PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 28, 2025
Nearly 1.2 million Mainers live in drought areas, encompassing all of southern, western, central and Down East Maine. The conditions have contributed to an unusually high number of wildfires in August. The coastal area now in severe drought has expanded in the past week and now encompasses about 11% of the state, stretching west from Washington County to the eastern half of Lincoln County and including Acadia National Park and the Bar Harbor area.