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2023
05
May
New Mexicans Applaud Introduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon
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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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2022
06
May
More Than 80,000 Comments Submitted in Support of Chaco Protections
Taos, N.M. (May 6, 2022)—Today was the final day to comment on the Bureau of Land Management's proposed mineral withdrawal for federal lands within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Read New Mexico Wild's press release on the outpouring of support here.
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2022
02
May
Now Showing: Protecting Chaco's 10-Mile Zone
New Film Showcases Broad Support from Tribal Leaders for Protecting Federal Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon
Taos, N.M. (May 2, 2022)—We are pleased to announce the public premiere of “Protecting Chaco’s 10-Mile Zone,” a mini-documentary produced by Paul Reed and Archaeology Southwest, and fi...
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2022
05
Jan
Archaeology Southwest Commends Administration's Formal Moves to Protect Greater Chaco
Taos, N.M. (January 5, 2022)—This morning, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) took important steps toward permanently protecting the cultural landscape within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park when the agency formally proposed to withdraw approximately 351,000 acres of public lan...
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2021
29
Nov
Archaeology Southwest Applauds Release of Interior Department Report to Reform Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program, Enhance Consideration of Cultural Resources
Tucson, Ariz. (November 29, 2021)—The U.S. Department of the Interior has released its report on the future of the federal oil and gas leasing program. With recommendations that will enhance consideration of cultural resources during the federal oil and gas decision-making process, the report sign...
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2021
15
Nov
Chaco Protection Zone Comes Closer to Being a Reality
Taos, N.M. (November 15, 2021)—Earlier today, at the administration’s first White House Tribal Nations Summit, President Biden and Secretary Haaland announced that the Department of the Interior will take action to protect the Greater Chaco Landscape in northwest New Mexico. Secretary Haaland ha...
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2021
07
Oct
President Biden Restores Protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
(October 7, 2021)—President Biden will take action on Friday, October 8, to restore protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
On December 4, 2017, then-President Trump attempted to reduce the boundaries of Bears Ears by 85 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante...
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2021
29
Sep
Archaeology Southwest Supports Passage of Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act
Tucson, Ariz. (September 29, 2021)—Archaeology Southwest joins national and local conservation organizations in supporting passage of the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (S. 2256/H.R. 4164). The Act, which is included in the reconciliation package before Congress, would bols...
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2021
24
Aug
NEW REPORT: Former DOI Secretary, Pueblo of Acoma’s Governor, Preservation Group Discuss Impact of Broken Federal Oil & Gas System on West’s Cultural Resources
Paper from Archaeology Southwest highlights need for overhaul
of the federal oil & gas leasing system
*** Read the paper here — listen to the press call here ***
Washington, D.C. (August 24, 2021)—Today, Archaeology Southwest released a new paper on the impact of the federal government’...
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