This file was created by scanning the printed publication. Errors identified by the software have been corrected; however, some errors may remain. Toward Integrated Research, Land Management, and Ecosystem Protection in the Malpai Borderlands: Conference Summary January 6-8, 1999 Douglas, Arizona Contents Foreword......................................................................................................... . v Overviews of Science and land Management ,···.·. Achieving Ecosystem Management in the Borderlands of the Southwestern United States Through Coordinated Research/Management Partnerships: An Overview of Research Unit RM-4651 ....................................................... .. Carleton B. Edminster and Gerald}. Gottfried, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station The Landscape and Small-Ranching Economy ................................................ Bill McDonald, Rancher 5 Natural Resources Conservation Service Activities in the Borderlands............. Ronald}. Bemis, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 7 Inventory of Borderlands Resources Rangeland Monitoring in the Malpai Borderlands, 1995-1998 ........................ Peter C. Sundt, Rangeland Consultant Geology and Geomorphology of the San Bernardino Valley, Southeastern Arizona ........ ... ..... .. ...... ......................... .......... .. ..... .. ..... ..... ... ... ... Thomas H. Biggs, RobertS. Leighty, Steven}. Skotnicki, and Philip A. Pearthree, Arizona Geological Survey Geomorphic Surface Mapping of the Southern Animas Creek Valley, New Mexico, for Ecological Purposes ............................................................. Kirk R. Vincent, U.S. Geological Survey The Soil Survey of the San Bernardino Valley .................................................. Cathy E. McGuire, Tucson Soil Survey, Natural Resources Conservation Service Runoff and Sediment Yield Derived from Proxy Records, Upper Animas Creek Basin, New Mexico ............................................................................... W R. Osterkamp, Water Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey Influences of Geomorphology on Vegetation in the Animas Creek Valley, New Mexico.................................................................................................... Peter C. Sundt, Rangeland Consultant; and Kirk R. Vincent, U.S. Geological Survey A Vegetation Map of the Borderlands Ecosystem Management Area .. ....... .. ... .. Esteban Muldavin, University of New Mexico Review of New Mexico's Wildlife Conservation Act and of Department of Game and Fish Studies of Special Status Species in the Borderlands of Southwest New Mexico................................................................................... Charles W Painter, Sartor 0. Williams Ill, and C. Gregory Schmitt, New Mexico Department of Came and Fish 10 11 16 20 22 25 44 45 Information on Borderlands Resources: A Bibliography for Planners, Managers, and Research Workers....................... Peter F. Ffolliott and Leonard F. DeBano, School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona 49 Environmental Change in the Malpai Borderlands Human Occupation and Ecological Change in the Borderland Region of Arizona/New Mexico/Sonora/Chihuahua: An Analysis of Causes and Consequences ....................................................... Diana Hadley and Thomas E. Sheridan, Arizona State Museum of The University of Arizona; and Peter Warshan Whole Earth Magazine Fire History in Canyon Pine-Oak Forests, Intervening Desert Grasslands, and Higher-Elevation Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Southwest Borderlands............ Mark Kaib, Thomas W Swetnam, and Christopher H. Baisan, University of Arizona An Archaeological Research Design for the Malpais Borderlands, Southeast Arizona and Southwest New Mexico............................................................... Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish, The University of Arizona 51 57 · 65 The Changing Mile Revisited ........................................................................... Raymond M. Turner, University of Arizona 72 Recent Environmental Change in the Malpai Borderlands ............................... james H. Brown, University of New Mexico 73 Fire and Borderlands Ecosystems Fire Management in the Borderlands: The Peloncillo Programmatic Fire Plan............................................................ Larry S. Allen, Coronado National Forest Fire Frequency and Spatial Variability of Soil Biogeochemistry and Plant Biochemistry in a Southeastern Arizona Desert Grassland ............................... Thomas H. Biggs, Arizona Geological Survey; Robert H. Webb, U.S. Geological SurveYt Desert Laboratory; and jay Quade, University of Arizona, Desert Laboratory Fire Frequency and Soil Nutrient Status on the Southern Gunnery Ranges at Fort Huachuca Military Reservation, Arizona.................................................. Thomas B. Wilson, Department of son Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona; Robert H. Webb, U.S. Geological Survey; and Thomas L. Thompson, Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for Assessing Prescribed Fire in the Madrean Archipelago ...................................................................................... Larry K. Clark, Department of Geography and Regional Development University of Arizona Remote Sensing Fire Studies in the Greater Borderlands.................................. Stephen R. Yool, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona Effects of a Prescribed Burn on Vegetation and Birds in a Semi-Desert Shrub-Grassland .............................................................................................. Peter E. Scott, Department of Life Sciences, Indiana State University Experimental Fire Studies in the Malpai Region: Research Questions and Initial Results............................................................. Thomas j. Valone, Department of Biology, California State University Northridge ii 74 77 81 83 88 93 94 Range Restoration in the Malpai Borderlands Range Restoration Studies in the Southwestern Borderlands of Southeastern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico.......................................................... 95 Gerald}. Gottfried and Carleton B. Edminster, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; and Ronald}. Bemis, Natural Resources Conservation Service Restoration Through Reintroduction of Fire and Herbivory.............................. 100 Charles G. Curtin, Arid Lands Project and Malpai Borderlands Group The Rising Site Archaeological Project: Investigating and Preserving a Heavily Eroded Site Near Douglas, Arizona..... 104 Patricia A. Gilman, Department of AnthropologYt University of Oklahoma; james A. McDonald, Coronado National Forest; and E. Gene Riggs, Archaeological Consultant Species Ecology and Borderlands Management Effects of Prescribed Fire on Montane Rattlesnakes: Endangered Species and Ecosystem Restoration .. ............ .............. ..... .... .. .. .... . 109 A. T. Holycross and L. }. Smith Arizona State University; C. W Painter, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish; and M. E. Douglas, Arizona State University Effects of Prescribed Burning on the Palmer Agave and the Lesser Long-Nosed Bat............................................................................................... 111 Liz Slauson, Desert Botanical Garden; and V. Dalton and D. Dalton, D2 Chiropterology Mutualists Out of Synchrony: Agave Flowering and Nectar Bat Visits in the Southern Peloncillos and Chiricahua Mountains in 1997 ................................ 115 Peter E. Scott, Department of Life Sciences, Indiana State University Herpetofauna Studies and Management in the Arizona Borderlands ............... 116 Philip C. Rosen, University of Arizona Borderland Blacktails: Radiotelemetry, Natural History, and Living With Venomous Snakes............... 117 David L. Hardy Sr., and Harry W Greene, Cornell University Bird Habitat Relationships in Desert Grasslands .............................................. 122 Michael L. Morrison, Sacramento State University Future Directions in the Malpai Science and Resource Management Programs Regional Fire Planning: Future Directions in the Malpai Science and Resource Management Programs.......................................................................................................... 12 5 Larry S. Allen, Coronado National Forest Panel Session: Condensed Notes ..................................................................... 127 Gerald}. Gottfried, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; and Cathy E. McGuire, Tucson Soil SurveYt Natural Resources Conservation Service Conference Participants............................................................. 134 iii