Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Chaco park to host equinox sunrise event and astronomy festival

Tradition followed by astronomy discussions, viewings

DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Groups take aim at New Mexico drilling plan amid U.S. review

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists and Native American activists on Wednesday renewed their demands for more meaningful talks with Indigenous leaders and other communities on the front lines of...

DATE: Apr 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Bureau of Land Management faces lawsuit over oil and gas leases

Parcels located near Chaco Culture National Historical Park

DATE: Jul 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Advocates push BLM to delay drill permitting during COVID pandemic

In-person visits put remote, at-risk communities in danger, they say

DATE: May 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Rockfall concerns lead to closure of specific campsites in Chaco park

Study revealed about 17 sites within ‘hazard zone’

DATE: Jan 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

U.S. House passes bill to protect Chaco Canyon from new oil and gas leasing

Act would create 10-mile drilling buffer around park in N.M.

DATE: Oct 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico Land Office pursues new survey policy

Archaeologists aim for better list of cultural sites

DATE: Jun 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. officials to put off oil leases near Chaco Culture National Historical Park

ALBUQUERQUE – 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 Hi...

DATE: May 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Interior secretary, tribes meet amid drilling fight

CHACO CANYON NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, N.M. – U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt met with leaders of the Navajo Nation and Pueblo tribes at Chaco Canyon National Historical Park on Tues...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. lawmakers seek to protect Chaco national park in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are renewing a call for the creation of a formal buffer around a national park held sacred by Native Americans. A me...

DATE: Apr 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News