Here’s the WoodenBoat School campus lily pond Friday. Our ponds and streams remain full, frozen, and snow-covered. Yet, we also remain in moderate drought despite the snow and snow-mix that we’ve received recently.
That heightens wildfire danger. Frozen ground does not absorb moisture well; much of our precipitation runs off into streams that feed the ponds or that empty into the ocean. (Image taken in Brooklin, Maine, on January 24, 2025.)