Chaco Park News Today

An executive order extends the ban on oil and gas leasing around Chaco Park for 20 years. Read more here.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, executive producer Jeff Proctor talks with Trip Jennings, executive director of New Mexico In Depth, and Emma Green, program coordinator with the state’s Public Education Department, about a pilot program aimed at...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel react to the 7-2 U.S. Supreme Court decision preserving a system that gives preference to Native Americans in adoption and foster care proceedings related to Native children. Then,...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel discuss the recent developments in the U.S. Interior Department’s decision to withdraw oil and gas leases from Chaco Park and the surrounding 10-mile area. Plus, the panel reacts to...

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Center for Biological Diversity: Advocates Call for Protecting Entire Greater Chaco Landscape, Climate

The Biden administration's approval of oil leases in a corner of New Mexico that has become a battleground over increased development and preservation of Native American sites has prompted a legal challenge.

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Fajada Butte greets visitors at the entrance of Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Sen. Martin Heinrich is asking the Biden administration to withdraw all minerals on federal land in a 10-mile zone surrounding the park from future leasing or sales. (Richard Pipes / Albuquerque Journal) Copyright...

DeSmog Feds Move Forward with New Mexico Drilling Plan Despite Community Outcry The plan could allow as many as 3,650 new oil and gas wells in areas near Chaco Culture National Historical Park and surrounding Navajo communities. Mar 30, 2021 @ 16:13 An Ensign Energy drilling rig in Eddy County, New Mexico. May 27, 2020. Credit: ©2020 Justin Hamel By Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main. This story originally appeared in Capital and Main and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a glo...