Our streams are gorged with water from melting snow. Here you see Patten Stream flowing robustly into Patten Bay yesterday. This is good environmental news, for a change.
Unlike last year, Maine in 2023 has been free of drought problems and has had ample ground water and stream flows. At about this time last year (March 22, 2022), about half the State was experiencing either abnormally dry or moderate drought conditions. Even parts of the Downeast coast were suffering from abnormally dry conditions and low stream flows last March.
(Image taken in Surry, Maine, on March 16, 2023.)