Antonito Daily Digest Friday, October 02, 2026
Ty's Take
The bear in Creede is doing what bears do when water runs thin and bellies start growling, which means the drought that's been tightening its grip on the whole valley has finally worked its way up the mountain. We've watched it coming for years now, the snowpack lighter each spring, the Conejos running lower through late summer, and now the wildlife service is asking folks not to fish two stretches of the Rio Grande to give the fish a fighting chance. That's the kind of voluntary closure that sticks in your throat, because it means the water situation isn't theoretical anymore. It's in your creeks, it's in the animals' behavior, and it'll be at the table come harvest time and irrigation season. Dry years have hit this valley before, but when CPW starts asking people to stay off the water, you know we're not just talking about a tough season.
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