The Drought of 2022

The following are photographs taken in the Woodstock area that show some of the effects of the Drought of 2022.

Woodstock’s Green, August 2022.

The Woodstock History Center’s Back Lawn, August 2022

Barnard Brook just to the north of Billings Farm, August 2022

The Ottauquechee River behind 26 Elm Street, August 2022.

Ottauquechee River in West Woodstock, just east of Bridgewater Village, in August 2022.

Corn in a local field that is stunted and so dry that the lower leaves have have turned brown and the upper leaves are curled.

Crops drooping from the lack of moisture.

Local stream bed that is completely dry.

North Bridgewater Brook, August 2022