🌱 How new satellite maps reveal Dove Creek’s drying farms and shrinking water.

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In today's newsletter:

• How new satellite maps reveal Dove Creek’s drying farms and shrinking water.

Today's riddle: What do you call a Priest that becomes an attorney? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Hazy sun and hot, with a high of 96 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Hazy sun and hot, temps: high: 95, low: 69.
• Thursday: Hazy sun and hot, with a high of 97 and low of 68 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• August 2, 2026 (coyotegulch.blog) — Irrigation cutbacks and extreme aridification are leaving many fields around Dove Creek dry and fallowed this summer, a stark contrast to the greener, well-watered 2023 season. Using satellite moisture maps, the piece shows how McPhee Reservoir shortages, water-rights priorities, and nearby fire scars are reshaping the Great Sage Plain’s farms and the Dolores River corridor.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 4

• Story Time →
  Cortez, CO Calendar, 202 N Park St, Cortez
  10:30 am
• Historic Preservation Board Meeting →
  Cortez, CO Calendar, 123 Roger Smith Ave., Cortez
  5:00 pm
• Elementary Back to School Night / Registration at Kemper, Mesa, L
  Montezuma Cortez, CO 81321
  5:30 pm
• M-CSD RE-1 Board of Education Work Session, District Office Boardr
  Montezuma 400 N Elm St, Cortez, CO 81321, USA
  6:00 pm
• Planning & Zoning Commission →
  Cortez, CO Calendar, 123 Roger Smith Ave., Cortez
  6:30 pm

Wednesday August 5

• Naturita: Storytime →
  Naturita Community Library, 107 W 1st Ave, Naturita
  11:30 am
• Friends of the Cortez Public Library Meeting →
  Cortez Public Library, 202 N Park St, Cortez
  12:00 pm
• Middle School Back to School Night / Registration at M-CMS
  Montezuma Cortez, CO 81321
  5:30 pm
• Daniel Rodriguez Music →
  Dolores Bike Hostel, 507 Central Ave, Dolores
  7:00 pm

Thursday August 6

• AARP CO Downsizing & Decluttering presentation, Norwood, CO 8/6/26 →
  Lone Cone Library, 1455 Pinion St, Norwood
  2:00 pm
• High School Back to School Night / Registration at M-CHS
  Montezuma Cortez, CO 81321
  5:30 pm

Friday August 7

• District Office Open 7:30-4:30 (Closed 12-1 PM for Lunch)
  Montezuma Cortez, CO 81321

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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🗞 Nearby News

Dolores

• Boggy Draw Beat Down riders put pedal to metal in event's 28th year (the-journal.com)
• Why Colorado's Three Largest Wildfires Matter to Everyone (townsquarenoco.com)

Cortez

• Cortez composer returns home for world premiere of anniversary overture (ksjd.org)
• Montezuma County Fair celebrates tradition and future (the-journal.com)
• Cortez middle schooler chooses her own path in raising grand champion goat (the-journal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Father in law. (Thank you John B. for sending it in!)
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