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[VerdantSF]

At the moment, I'm marking the surface of all frozen bodies of water as Restricted Traffic so that my dwarves don't drown during a thaw.  Is there an easier way than doing them one-by-one?

[Quatch]

What are you doing outside anyhow?

I can't think of an easier way. I'd probably just approximate the coverage with a square, rather than fiddley details.

[VerdantSF]

Wood cutters and wood haulers for the first winter/early spring in temperate climates.

[Mechanoid]

Either build fortifications around the water hazards; or dig a trench that encompasses the water a few tiles away from the edge of said water, and then remove all but 1 ramp from that trench. This causes the area that has the water in it to be a "dead end" for the pathing routine and will never send a dwarf inside that area unless they absolutely must because of an assigned task.

[Iapetus]

When the water freezes over, channel out some of it, and then build a ramp at the edge of the pool.  It won't stop your dwarves falling in, but it should (hopefully) let them climb out if they do.

(Alternatively, you can channel a ramp on a dry-land tile adjacent to the water, although this will cause the water level to slosh about a lot, which may be bad for FPS).

[VerdantSF]

Thanks for the tips, all!

[krenshala]

At the moment, I'm marking the surface of all frozen bodies of water as Restricted Traffic so that my dwarves don't drown during a thaw.  Is there an easier way than doing them one-by-one?

If you aren't already doing it, mass select the entire pond area, and use the mouse to change back any "extra" tiles marked as restricted.  I did the same thing for my fort and it took all of 30 - 45 seconds to restrict traffic over a 100 tile irregular shaped pond for me ...