Tribal Leaders Advocate in Washington, D.C. to Preserve Chaco Canyon Protections

Pueblo leaders, New Mexico lawmakers speak out to protect Chaco Canyon

Officials call push to remove an oil and gas buffer around the culturally critical monument ‘an absolute gut punch.’ The post Pueblo leaders, New Mexico lawmakers speak out to protect Chaco Canyon appeared first on High Country News.

Pueblo leaders, federal lawmakers ramp up calls to keep Chaco drilling buffer

The post Pueblo leaders, federal lawmakers ramp up calls to keep Chaco drilling buffer appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. Representatives from 20 pueblos joined New Mexico’s congressional delegates at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to repeat a simple message: “Chaco Canyon is not for sale.” State and federal Democratic lawmakers and tribal leaders — whose ancestors built a major city there more than a millennium ago — have long made clear …

New Mexico political leaders push for Chaco Canyon protections

WASHINGTON — Tribal leaders joined some New Mexico lawmakers for a day in Washington, D.C., with a clear message for other federal lawmakers. “Chaco Canyon is not for sale,” Sen. Martin Heinrich proclaimed. Heinrich and other members of the state’s congressional delegation is calling on the White House to withdraw a recent proposal to remove […] The post New Mexico political leaders push for Chaco Canyon protections appeared first on KOB 4.

Pueblo leaders lead advocacy effort to protect Chaco Canyon

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – After an environmental study was released by the feds, activists and indigenous peoples are worried it could reopen more than 300,000 acres of land around Chaco Canyon to oil and gas companies. "Our ancestors walked those canyons. They built those great structures and left their prayers in the ground. The ties we [...]

“Chaco is not for sale”: NM lawmakers and Pueblo leaders fight to preserve protections - The Paper.

By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Pueblo governors joined New Mexico’s entire congressional delegation Wednesday to defend federal protections around the Greater Chaco landscape, saying thousands of cultural sites could be at risk if the Trump administration rolls back the current safeguards. All Pueblo Council of Governors Chairman Joey Sanchez and Pueblo governors from the council’s 20-member Pueblo nations in New Mexico and Texas joined Sens. Mart…

Tribal leaders advocate in Washington, D.C. to preserve Chaco Canyon protections

Tribal leaders push to preserve Chaco Canyon drilling buffer as BLM weighs rollback of protections