🌱 How a long-running Gothic meadow experiment foreshadows Crested Butte’s warming future

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In today's newsletter:

• How a long-running Gothic meadow experiment foreshadows Crested Butte’s warming future

Also on today's calendar: Mountain Words Festival - 4 Day Pass (May 21 - 24, 2026) and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 73 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 68, low: 35.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 39 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 29-year experiment shows what happens underground when meadows start warming (earth.com) — Long-term climate research at a high-altitude meadow near Crested Butte shows how decades of experimental warming transformed wildflower-rich grassland into sagebrush and disrupted key underground fungal partnerships. The findings suggest local mountain meadows may dry, shrub over, and store carbon and nutrients more slowly, with ripple effects for wildlife forage and land restoration efforts across the Colorado high country.
   

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📸 Around Crested Butte

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Crested Butte

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday May 20

• Cookbook Club: Something From Nothing →
  Center for the Arts Crested Butte, 606 Sixth St, Crested Butte
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday May 21

• Mountain Words Festival - 4 Day Pass (May 21 - 24, 2026) →
  Center for the Arts Crested Butte, 606 Sixth St, Crested Butte
  1:00 pm

Wednesday June 3

• The String Cheese Incident →
  Center for the Arts Crested Butte, 606 Sixth St, Crested Butte
  8:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• The String Cheese Incident at Crested Butte Center for the Arts →
  Center for the Arts Crested Butte, 606 Sixth St, Crested Butte
  8:00 pm

Saturday June 6

• Crested Butte Bazaar →
  Crested Butte/Mt. Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, 601 Elk Ave, Crested Butte
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Historic Preservation Commission →
  Aspen, CO Calendar, 427 Rio Grande Place 3rd Floor, Aspen
  4:30 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Bridges High School District Office-2-Colorado Room (A203 Upstairs - large room) (60)
  6:15 pm
• Belly Up Aspen - supporting Kevin Morby →
  Belly Up Aspen, 450 S Galena St #202, Aspen
  8:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Track to State
  Roaring Fork High School Carbondale, CO 81623
  6:00 am
• Tasting Table →
  MOLLIE Aspen, 111 S Garmisch St, Aspen
  4:00 pm
• Sparkling Wine Disgorging Party — Buckel Family Wine →
  Buckel Family Wine, 1018 CO-135 Unit B, Gunnison
  4:00 pm
• Summer Forecast →
  I Bar Ranch, 850 Co Rd 49, Gunnison
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Troon Golf, L.L.C. posted a job opening for Golf Course Maintenance Technician in Crested Butte. Apply here.
• Vail Resorts posted a job opening for Housekeeper (Crested Butte, CO, US) in Crested Butte. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Crested Butte here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Gunnison

• Gunnison Copper Appoints Craig Hallworth CEO, Announces Key Leadership Changes (geneonline.com)
• Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport to conduct emergency drill Wednesday, May 20 (gunnisontimes.com)
• Cañon City High School Principal Bill Summers accepts position in Gunnison, Assistant Principal Shane Thornton named new principal (canoncitydailyrecord.com)

Aspen

• Annual electronic waste drive returns to Aspen (aspentimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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