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Fact Sheets
State Trust Land
Under the Arizona Constitution, State Trust Land must be sold at auction to the highest bidder and the proceeds must be used primarily for education. But almost all auctions have only a single bidder.
Zoning
State Trust Land in North Scottsdale was rezoned in 2014-2016 at the request of the State Land Department.
Traffic
3,600+ additional homes would further impact travel on Pima Road north of Dynamite. This stretch of two-lane road is already congested most of the day.
Water
Scottsdale claims it has plenty of water for future needs. But the Colorado River no longer has the volume of water that was used for planning allocations in the past, and the states in the Colorado Basin have been unable to agree on new water-sharing arrangements. It's likely that the Central Arizona Project, and therefore Scottsdale, will no longer receive the water it has in the past.
Tourism
Protecting the last intact vistas of the Sonoran Desert for visitors driving north on Pima Road is an investment in our long‑term tourism economy.
Desert Ecosystem
The Sonoran Desert is the most diverse desert in North America, but is under threat from overdevelopment and climate change.
Preservation
Scottsdale's vision for the McDowell Sonoran Preserve was never fully realized, but there is money to acquire more land - as long as developers don't buy it first.