ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

	Agency	Grant or Contract Number
	Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
	Chesapeake Bay Program, Environmental Protection Agency	CB983807-01-0
	Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Coastal Resources Management Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NA03NOS4190104
	Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Zone Management Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NA03NOS4190086

We gratefully acknowledge the federal and state agencies who financially supported this project: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA-DEQ) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD-DNR) Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, administered by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and the School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary. Also, we thank the Norfolk - Southern Foundation for providing a private grant to VIMS in partial support of this work.

Acknowledgments would not be complete without commendation for the groups that provided ground surveys of SAV beds, which were used in conjunction with interpretation of the 2003 photography: Geoffrey Jay and Todd Beser of Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG); Brian LeCouteur of Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG); Daniel Ryan of D.C. Department of Health (DCDOH); John Melton, Evamarie Koch, Debbie Hinkle, and Laura Murray of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science-Horn Point Laboratory (UMCES-HPL); Julie Bortz, Lee Karrh, Greg Kearns, Drew Koslow, and Cathy Wazniak of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD-DNR); Chris Tanner of St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM); Peter Bergstrom of (NOAA); Nancy Rybicki, Alfonso Lombana, Julie Baldizar of the USGS Water Resources Division; John Page Williams of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF); Brian Sturgis of the National Park Service (NPS); Candace Croswell of Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management (BCDEPRM); Eva Machelor Bailey and Bob Stankelis of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies-Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (UMCES-CBL); and Ken Moore, David Combs, and Scott Marion of VIMS Department of Biological Sciences SAV Monitoring and Research Program. We would also like to thank all of the citizens who provided ground data, including Terry Willis and Fred Kurst.

The production of this report required the dedication of numerous scientists, technicians, artists, photographers, and others. The following people deserve a note of thanks: Mike Fritz of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mike Naylor of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD-DNR), and Peter Bergstrom of NOAA. We are especially grateful to the dedicated VIMS personnel who contributed greatly to the production of this report: for Chris Trice's tremendous assistance and perseverance in orthorectifying flight lines and for constant, careful efforts to maintain high quality control; Jane Lopez, Kathryn Davis Small, Connie Motley, Margaret Fonner of the Sponsored Programs office provided grant administration; Information Technology and Network Services provided computer services; and Regina Burrell and Maxine Butler of the Department of Biological Sciences provided secretarial and purchasing services.

Air Photographics, Inc. conducted the aerial photographic missions and was responsible for the high quality aerial photographs and scans. Additional photography was provided by Brian LeCouteur of Metropolitan Washington Council of Government (COG) and by Jeff Edgin of St. Mary's County Government, Maryland.