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Eagle, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi Eagle! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How many outdoor watering days Eagle County users may actually get
  • How serious is Eagle County’s wildfire risk heading into this summer?
  • Why a wolf killing on an Eagle County ranch is under review

Also on today's calendar: Teen Game Night and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 84 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 83, low: 48.
  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 85 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Grand Valley can — but hasn't — asserted rights to water being used in Vail area (vaildaily.com) — If you get water from an Eagle County provider tied to the Historic User Pool, expect strict conservation this year — likely indoor use plus just one day a week of outdoor watering. Western Slope irrigators are sacrificing their senior rights to keep Eagle-area taps flowing, but local officials warn every extra lawn watering could hurt farms and river habitat.
   

• Wildfire risk on Western Slope to rise in June amid ‘uncertainty' about whether El Nino will stave off fire risk later this summer (vaildaily.com) — Eagle County remains in the highest level of drought, putting our area at above-normal wildfire risk through at least August, according to federal fire and weather forecasters. While an emerging El Nino could eventually bring more rain, experts say uncertainty is high and residents on the Western Slope should prepare for a hotter, drier summer and elevated fire danger.
   

• Ranch employee reportedly shot and killed mother wolf in Colorado (denvergazette.com) — A major cattle ranch that spans into Eagle County is under scrutiny after an employee fatally shot the matriarch wolf of the King Mountain pack during a March livestock encounter. State and federal officials are now weighing whether the killing, which orphaned four pups and followed denied lethal control permits, meets Colorado’s narrow legal exceptions for shooting a wolf.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • City Market Food & Pharmacy posted a job opening for Online Grocery Pick-Up Clerk in Eagle. Apply here.
  • Government Jobs posted a job opening for Administrative Tech IV - Permits & Citations (Sheriff's Office) in Eagle. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Eagle here.

🗞 Nearby News

Gypsum

  • The 18th annual LG Tri coming in July (vaildaily.com)
  • Inside the Colorado mountain effort that will help Artemis astronauts land on the moon (aspentimes.com)

Edwards

  • Local author to give away surfboard as part of book tour (vaildaily.com)
  • EagleVail local who lost it all in Marshall Fire says being ready starts with your homeowner's policy (vaildaily.com)
  • Former ‘Architectural Digest' Publisher's Colorado Ranch Lists for $66.5 Million (mansionglobal.com)

Avon

  • Avon meeting educates families on online extremist groups targeting children (wtnh.com)

Ok Eagle! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Eagle

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Eagle

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.