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Antonito Daily Digest Saturday, June 13, 2026

Ty McDuffey

13 Jun 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

There's something about watching the Class of 2026 walk across that stage that reminds you why towns like this hold on, even when the economics are mean and the young people are scarce. These kids grew up in a place where water rights matter more than stock tips, where you can see the Sangre de Cristos from the school parking lot, where your family's land-grant history is written in the dirt under your fingernails. They're leaving—most of them will, because that's what happens in a valley this small—but they're leaving with something solid underneath them. And some will come back, the way people do when they understand what they're from. Meanwhile, Ecoflight and the Ecosystem Council are doing the work that keeps this valley worth coming back to: seeing it whole, from above, understanding how the public lands that surround us hold everything together. That's not separate from those graduates. It's the same conversation.

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