This story originally appeared in the The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the West’s smallest rural enclaves.
Tucked into the bends of the lower Colorado River, Cibola, Arizona, is a community of about 200 people. Maybe 300, if you count the weekenders who come to boat and hunt. Dusty shrublands run into sleepy residential streets, which run into neat fields of cotton and alfalfa.
Nearly a decade ago, Greenstone Resource Partners, a private company backed by global investors, bought almost 500 acres of agricultural land here in Cibola. In a first-of-its-kind deal, the
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