ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Native American leaders and archaeologists on Monday pointed to a recent survey of an area around Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mwxico that is considered sacred by some tribes in the Southwest, saying there are thousands of sites outside the park’s boundaries that deserve […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP)-The U.S. Senate has passed a package of bills signed by President Donald Trump that includes enacting a buffer zone around a national park in New Mexico protecting it from oil and gas leasing activities. Tuesday, the Farmington Daily Times reported the 2020 federal spending package was passed […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on federal legislation to create buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park (all times local): 3:40 p.m. The U.S. House has approved legislation that would prohibit oil and gas development on federal land surrounding a national park in New Mexico held sacred by numerous […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development near a national park in New Mexico held sacred by Native Americans has been endorsed by a key congressional committee. The House natural resources panel on Wednesday approved the Democrat-sponsored bill. A similar measure is pending in […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are pushing for a Senate hearing on legislation that would withdraw federal holdings from oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The legislation was reintroduced earlier this year as environmentalists and Native American tribes seek to make […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has agreed to put off oil and gas leasing for a year on land that Native Americans consider sacred surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico. The decision comes after Bernhardt visited the siteTuesday and met with leaders of […]
ACOMA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — Native American leaders are banding together to pressure U.S. officials to ban oil and gas exploration around a sacred tribal site that features massive stone structures and other remnants of an ancient civilization but are facing the Trump administration’s pro-drilling stance. Creating a formal buffer […]
