Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements
	Agency	Grant or Contract Number
	Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary
	Chesapeake Bay Program, United States Environmental Protection Agency	CB96343701
	Virginia Department of Environmental Quality	16513
	Maryland Department of Natural Resources Maryland Department of the Environment	RAT-11-18-50
	Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Coastal Zone Management Program National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NA18NOS4190152

We gratefully acknowledge the federal and state agencies who financially supported this project: the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA-DEQ), Chesapeake Bay Program; the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD-DNR); the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA-DEQ), Coastal Zone Management Program; and the School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary. Also, we thank the Keith Campbell Foundation for providing private grants 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 2017 photography: Rebecca Golden, Roman Jesien, Brooke Landry, and Angel Willey of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD-DNR); Sarah Shpak of the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum; David Riter of Baltimore County; Carl Callahan, Chris Guy, and Peter McGowan of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Lindsey Hughes and Matt Pluta of ShoreRivers; Jeremy Testa of the University of Maryland; Matt Robinson of DC Department of Energy and Environment; Chris Jones of George Mason University; Bo Lusk of the Nature Conservancy; and Corey Holbert, Lisa Kellogg, Bob Orth, Paul Richardson, Erica Smith, Melissa Southworth, and David Wilcox of VIMS. We would also like to thank citizens who provided ground data, including Tom Harten, Eugene McCord, James Reidy, and Terry Willis.

The production of this report required the dedication of numerous scientists, technicians, photographers, and others. The following people deserve a note of thanks: Rich Batiuk of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Brooke Landry, Rebecca Golden, and Cathy Wazniak of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD-DNR), Matt Stover of the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), Cindy Johnson of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VA-DEQ), and Laura McKay of the Virginia Coastal Zone Program. We are especially grateful to the dedicated VIMS personnel who contributed greatly to the production of this report: Valerie Woodard and Pam Ivey of the Sponsored Programs office provided grant administration; Information Technology and Network Services provided computer services; Corey Holbert's assistance in orthorectifying flight lines, and Regina Burrell and Maxine Butler of the Department of Biological Sciences provided administrative assistance and purchasing services.

Air Photographics, Inc. conducted the aerial photographic missions and was responsible for the high quality aerial imagery.