As Barrack Obama was being sworn into office, I was talking with an expert on ecology and biodiversity in the border region, Professor Landeros of the Autonomous University of Baja California, in Mexicali. He told me about the state of�the borderlands and his hope for them in the future.

Part of the "Transition in the Borderlands" project. For more information, see newsontheline.tv

Cast: steev hise