Short-term and topsoil moisture, adequate, with 2.6" precip. for April, which is normal.  Long-term is dry, with D1 drought still present north and east of here, probably due to years of low snowpack and late-summer drought. Local rivers are normal levels, but spring-fed lakes and wetlands are low, with some wetlands almost dry. We normally have up to a foot of water in a wetland behind our house, and this year I can walk through in tennis shoes. Ag work is beginning. Fire danger is high, with red flags to our west and a few scattered small fires in the area. Except for this nice weekend, cold Canadian air and clipper system fronts have kept us shivering and delayed spring greenup. Some trees are just budding and blooming.