New Mexico delegates renew push for broader protection at Chaco National Park
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New Mexico delegates renewed a push for broader protection for the Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The legislation will provide a 10-mile buffer around the national park.
It's the latest attempt to protect what environmentalists and Native American tribes consider the greater Chaco region, an expansive stretch of northwestern New Mexico that includes locations that are culturally significant to New Mexico pueblos and other tribes.
A moratorium on new leasing and mineral development on federal land remains in effect as the U.S. Interior Department considers a 20-year withdrawal that would prohibit drilling and other activities across.
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