Rangeland Ecosystem Services Projects

Project Name	Malapai Borderlands Project
Project Website	http://www.malpaiborderlandsgroup.org/
Project Sponsor	Malapai Borderlands Group
Project Location	AZ and NM near Mexican border
Project Start Date	1994
Project Active	Yes
Project Summary	Conservation easements to preserve cattle ranches in AZ and NM near Mexican border and grassbank. Grassbank is a concept in which grass on one ranch is made available to another rancher’s cattle in return for the conveyance of land-use easements prohibiting subdivision. The Malpai Borderlands Group holds the easements. This accomplishes conservation in two ways: one, the rancher's own grass resource is rested; two, his land will never be subdivided and developed. A collaborative effort that is built around goals shared by neighbors within their community. The group originated as a series of informal discussions among ranching neighbors who recognized that a way of life, and a wild landscape, that they all loved was being threatened by spread of development and subdivision from nearby towns.
Location	World