Stop Trump from Desecrating the Greater Chaco Landscape
The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is joining our Pueblo, Diné, and Tribal neighbors as well as other environmental and community groups in opposing Trump’s plan to expose the Great Chaco Landscape to oil and gas drilling ...
Move to Revoke Chaco Buffer Zone
On Oct. 30, the Bureau of Land Management sent notification to tribal governments that it would begin the process of revoking the buffer ...
Greater Chaco Coalition Condemns Further Sacrifice
Response to BLM letter sent to Tribal governments, stating the BLM would initiate a process to revoke an administrative mineral withdrawal for future oil and gas drilling within a 10-mile buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park ...
80+ Groups Demand BLM Halt Trump-Era Public Lands Giveaway
A powerful coalition of over 80 organizations—from Indigenous and frontline community groups to national environmental organizations, faith leaders, farmers, health professionals, scientists, and small business owners—joined thousands of individuals today in delivering a clear message to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): stop auctioning off public lands to oil and gas corporations ...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill that will harm Americans in a variety of ways from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that protect clean air and water. This legislation includes a repeal of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program’s (MERP) funding and delays the implementation of its Waste Emissions Charge for 10 years ...
Sierra Club Statement on the Reintroduction of Federal Legislation to Protect Chaco Canyon
Senator Ben Ray Lujan and Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez reintroduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, which would permanently ban new federal mineral leasing within a 10-mile buffer of Chaco Culture National Historical Park ...
Greater Chaco Coalition Applauds State Land Office’s Continued Commitment
The Greater Chaco Coalition commends New Mexico State Land Office Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard for the renewal of the 2019 Executive Order No. 2019-002. This order reinstates a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing covering 72,776 acres of state trust lands in the Greater Chaco area through December 21, 2043. The Commissioner’s commitment is one step on the path to ending the sacrifice of Indigenous lands and lives to toxic, destructive fossil fuels in Greater Chaco and beyond. 12/14/2023 ...
Greater Chaco Coalition Calls on Administration to Follow Through with “Honoring Chaco”
On the two-year anniversary of the launch of the Honoring Chaco Initiative (HCI), the Greater Chaco Coalition is calling on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to follow through with her promise to protect all of Greater Chaco and move forward with the Honoring Chaco Initiative ...
The Greater Chaco Coalition (Frack Off Chaco) reaffirms its unwavering commitment to safeguard the culturally significant Greater Chaco Landscape. The Coalition is voicing its concerns over the proposed bill that threatens to nullify the Biden administration's administrative withdrawal, and hinder the progress made through the Honoring Chaco Initiative ...
June 27, 2023: T J Trout interviews Miya King Flaherty and Mario Attencio from the Torreon Chapter of the Navajo Nation about Chaco Canyon and it's importance both culturally and environmentally on News Radio KKOB ...
