We are drawing near to the end of another academic year-and as always it has been busy. This issue of CCWS News presents just a small portion of this year's projects and water-related activities at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Connecticut Sea Grant continues to support a wide range of student projects, three of which are described in these pages. Tasha Eichenseher writes about the continuing investigation into disappearing vegetation in the Quinnipiac Tidal Marsh; Hahn-Ning Chou describes a study of New Haven nitrogen and water flows; and Jen Molnar discusses the oyster restoration brochure that she prepared for Connecticut coastal communities.

The Yale student chapter of the American Water Resources Association was very active this past year. Their current co-president, Brett Golden describes a number of the excellent programs held at the School.

Two relatively new faculty also introduce themselves in this issue. Pete Raymond, Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Ecology talks about his background, his research on carbon cycling in rivers and estuaries, and his upcoming courses. David Post, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, writes about his interest in food web relationships of anadromous fish.

We also continued our Marine Conservation Lecture Series with support from the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation-this year offering public lectures in conjunction with a class on "the Science and Policy of Coastal Eutrophication." The lecture series ran for four weeks during the fall semester, examining both science and policy aspects of three estuary systems-the Chesapeake Bay, Long Island Sound and the Gulf of Mexico. The series wrapped up with a look at the overall national state of estuarine science and policy.

Finally, credit for much of the work to keep CCWS running always goes to the student assistants: Julie Earle, Kelly Coleman, and Beth Owen. Hahn Ning-Chou and Brett Golden helped keep the CCWS website up to date. The students' knowledge and perspectives on a wide range of water and environmental issues is one of the fringe benefits I enjoy in this position.