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‘It’s gotten really ugly.’ A community of freedom-lovers squares off against climate change in the Arizona desert

Whatever label you choose to pin on Rio Verde Foothills, the community’s Old West lifestyle that allows uncontrolled growth has run up against the defining issue of the modern era: climate change.

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Scottsdale proposes a plan to provide Rio Verde Foothills with water. But the details remain murky

The city’s solution would provide the unincorporated community just beyond its borders with water for another two years, if Maricopa County agrees. But Scottsdale still needs to find a new water supply, which is proving elusive.

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Scottsdale cuts off Rio Verde Foothills water supply amid drought

Some living here amid the cactus and creosote bushes see themselves as the first domino to fall as the Colorado River tips further into crisis.

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