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2023
29
Nov
Archaeology Southwest Researchers Honored with Awards
Tucson, Ariz. (November 30, 2023)—Archaeology Southwest is pleased to share that two of our staff members were honored by professional societies earlier this month.
Preservation Anthropologist Aaron M. Wright received the 2023 Professional Archaeologist Award at the annual meeting of the Arizon...
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2023
20
Nov
Archaeology Southwest Welcomes Stephen E. Nash as New President & CEO
Tucson, Ariz. (November 20, 2023)—The Board of Directors and Staff of Archaeology Southwest are delighted to announce that Dr. Stephen E. (Steve) Nash will be the organization’s next President & CEO. Founder and current CEO William H. (Bill) Doelle will be retiring in January 2024 after 35 y...
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2023
07
Nov
Chaco Short Wins Emmy
Pueblo leaders at Chaco Canyon. Left to right: Randall Vicente (Governor, Acoma Pueblo); Michael Chavarria (Governor, Santa Clara Pueblo); and Octavius Seowtewa (cultural leader, Zuni Pueblo). This is a still from the Emmy-winning short documentary “Protecting Chaco's 10-Mile Zone,” produced by ...
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2023
11
Sep
Call to Action: Support Common-Sense Reforms to Oil-Gas Leasing on Public Lands
Interior Dept. takes steps to modernize oil and gas leasing on public lands, ensure fair return to taxpayers
Comment now
Tucson, Ariz. and Taos, N.M. (September 11, 2023)—We and our coalition partners commend the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Department of the Interior, and the Bi...
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2023
15
Aug
On Head Shaking While Others Nod: Archaeology Southwest’s Collaborative Opposition to the SunZia Power Line
Archaeology Southwest issues statement on recent Notice of Dispute
sent to BLM Director Stone-Manning
John R. Welch, Bill Doelle, Skylar Begay, and Ashleigh Thompson
Tucson, Ariz. (August 15, 2023)—On August 4, 2023, Archaeology Southwest, the Tohono O’odham Nation, and the San Carlos Apach...
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2023
29
Jun
Archaeology Southwest Submits Formal Comments on USBLM's Proposed Rule
Tucson, Ariz. (June 29, 2023)—Yesterday, Archaeology Southwest submitted formal comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Proposed Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 Regulations on Conservation and Landscape Health (“Proposed Rule,” from 88 Fed. Reg. 19583-19604, April 3....
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2023
12
Jun
Archaeology Southwest’s Statement on the Chaco Blockade and Next Steps
Read a press release from the All Pueblo Council of Governors regarding this matter.
Taos, N.M. (June 12, 2023)—In the following statement, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar Paul F. Reed reaffirms our unwavering support for the administrative withdrawal that creates a protection zone...
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2023
02
Jun
New Mexico Communities and Environmental Groups Applaud Biden Administration for Protecting Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2, 2023
Contact:
Keegan King, Native Land Institute, keegan@native-lands.org, 505-910-0712
Paul Reed, Archaeology Southwest, preed@archaeologysouthwest.org, 505-486-4107
Sally Paez, New Mexico Wild, sally@nmwild.org, 505-350-0664
Ellen Montgomery, Environment Ameri...
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2023
05
May
New Mexicans Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 3, 2023
Contact: Abby Grehlinger, abby@team-arc.com, (856) 340-6656
New Mexicans Applaud the Introduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon from Oil and Gas Drilling
Indigenous communities, conservationists, preservationists, and other st...
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2023
28
Mar
Archaeology Southwest Continues to Oppose Routing of SunZia Transmission Line through Arizona’s San Pedro Valley
Formal protest submitted to the Bureau of Land Management on March 18
Tucson, Ariz. (March 28, 2023)—Earlier this month, on behalf of Archaeology Southwest, William H. Doelle (President & CEO) and John R. Welch (Director, Landscape and Site Preservation Program) filed a formal protest regardi...
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2022
17
Nov
Chaco Cultural Heritage Protection Act Reintroduced
Taos, N.M. (November 17, 2022)—Earlier today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez jointly reintroduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, a bill to permanently withdraw the federal lands and minerals around Chaco Canyon from further mineral developmen...
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2022
02
Aug
New Report Highlights Urgent Need for Federal Oil and Gas Reform to Protect Cultural Landscapes Surrounding National Parks
Washington, D.C. (August 2, 2022)—Today, Archaeology Southwest and The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (CPANP) released a report on the threats oil and gas development pose to ancestral homelands and sacred sites of Tribes within and adjacent to national parks in the United States....
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