Maine has been in drought conditions 3 out of the last 4 years, and looks like we are going to have another this year if things stay the same. Last year we were over 10" down in precipitation year from normal. Our well was dry by Sept 1 even with drastic water conservation efforts starting late spring. It recovered a little finally in January, but it is still 3' (dug well) below where it was the first 4 years we lived here. We had a warm and dry winter, not much rain this spring either. I'm already having major water anxiety.
Its changed the wildlife activity as well. We used to have geese and moose coming through the yard to the river out back all spring. Haven't seen the moose in two years, the geese in 3. The geese can stay away, they are mean little mothers, but the moose are awesome to see. The white maple right outside the back door used to bud and be full of leaves by early May, this year didn't happen until about a week ago when we got 2 days of decent rain.
