Haines spared from Southeast drought

Haines is experiencing one of its warmest, driest springs on record. Conditions in northern Southeast have not yet reached drought level, but low precipitation in the spring and eroding winter snowpack bode ill for the future.

For the first time in the history of the U.S. Drought Monitor, a federal organization that monitors drought throughout the U.S reported ‘extreme drought’ in southern Southeast Alaska, the wettest part of the United States. Haines and northern Southeast…