[image: Outdoor portrait headshot of Director Gayle Zydlewski] <https://seagrant.umaine.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/467/2018/07/Gayle_062119-crop.jpg>It is with great excitement that I reach out to you at a time when our Program has much to celebrate: new team members, new state and regional initiatives, and the many partnerships and projects that continue from Wells to Eastport. I am thrilled to introduce Hannah Robbins, our new communications manager and Justin Stevens, our newest extension team member focusing on sea-run fish and healthy coastal ecosystems. On another positive note, Congressional support for the Sea Grant Program is at an all-time high. The federal budget passed