Grazing

Cattle grazing is the default use of most land in Sonora. It is a large part of life for rural people of Sonora and contributes to a number of people's incomes. It is also the source of the state's official food: the carne asada taco. While less obvious and initially disturbing to some eyes than other destructive activities, grazing has an unparalleled and widespread negative effect on ecosystems in Sonora, especially when you consider that much of Sonora would practically be untouched wilderness otherwise.