We are pleased to announce that Bryan Swindell has earned a Master of Science degree from the Earth Sciences department at Montana State University, Bozeman.  Combining an interest in hydrology and climate science, he developed a suite of 800-year-long reconstructions of plausible streamflow for six subwatersheds of the Bighorn River Basin in Wyoming.  The reconstructions are based on a network of long-lived conifers that are highly sensitive to the annual moisture budget, thereby recording wet and dry years in their ring patterns.  Insights into the natural, long-term hydrologic variability in the Bighorn Basin can be used to better manage water supplies and mitigate the effects of drought.