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🌱 What looming drought means for fishing the Fraser and Colorado rivers.
Fraser, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Fraser! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What looming drought means for fishing the Fraser and Colorado rivers.
- How low Fraser River levels are reshaping Grand County’s economic strategy.
Also on today's calendar: Fairy Garden Crafternoon.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Sunny, breezy and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 45 degrees.
- Saturday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 77, low: 40.
- Sunday: Not as warm, with a high of 66 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Drought impacts flow into northwest Colorado fisheries (skyhinews.com) — State biologists warn that extreme drought and record-low snowpack will push rivers like the Colorado and Fraser toward very low flows and dangerously high water temperatures this summer, likely triggering fishing closures. With reservoirs drawn down, altered flow regimes and stressed fish populations across northwest Colorado, Grand County anglers should expect tighter restrictions and changing conditions on their usual waters. 
• Grand County Economic Summit focuses on demographics, drought and tourism marketing (skyhinews.com) — Grand County’s recent Economic Summit in Granby highlighted slowing population growth, shifting demographics, and how drought is already lowering Fraser River and lake levels enough to limit fishing. Local business, tourism, emergency and wildfire leaders shared how they’re pivoting marketing, operations and funding strategies to keep the county’s economy resilient despite fewer visitors and ongoing climate pressures.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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