Here you see, but unfortunately can’t hear, a robust local stream laughing as it clears its hurdles in the race to the marshes yesterday morning. We’ve had more than our share of rain to keep our streams vigorous and our woods vibrant:
(Image taken in Brooklin, Maine, on November 25, 2021.)
And, conditions continue to get better in the interior of the State. Maine’s dry areas have shrunk considerably compared to last year, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor. At this time last year, almost 11 percent of Maine was in severe drought. Now it’s 5.32 percent. Nonetheless, an estimated 59,619 Mainers are even now affected by moderate or severe drought, according to the report.
The above Monitor map for data as of November 23 shows the State’s areas that have no harmful dryness (white), compared to those that are “abnormally dry” (yellow), in “moderate drought” (tan), or in “severe drought” (burnt orange):