The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) isannouncing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for applicants to provide the Chesapeake BayProgram (CBP) partners with a proposal addressing an annual aerial survey, imageinterpretation,mapping and web-based access to
maps denoting the distribution and abundanceof submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries.CBP partners include federal agencies, seven watershed jurisdictions, and many non-federalorganizations; however, work funded under this RFP will support the seven watershedjurisdictions and other non-federal partners.