Figure 9: Images of the Malpai Borderlands (clockwise from top-left): Baker 2 burn (photo from Malpai Borderlands Group 2012), grassland (photo from Malpai Borderlands Group 2012), mesquite tree (photo credit: Jenna Kay), and rancher with cattle (photo from Malpai Borderlands Group 2012).
Figure 10: Images of four endangered borderlands species (left to right): Jaguar (photo credit: Arizona Game and Fish Department), Lesser Long-nosed Bat (photo credit: T. Beth Kinsey), Chiricahua leopard frog (photo credit: Jeff Servos), and New Mexico Ridge-nosed rattlesnake (photo credit: Jim Rorabaugh, USFWS).
What is the Malpai Borderlands Group? In 1990, a group of ranchers started talking with each other about their concerns for their livelihood. Environmentalists were advocating to end grazing on public lands to the chant of “Cattle Free by ’93.” This was problematic for the Malpai ranchers who relied on public lands in
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