2020
28
Jan
Reed Responds to Council Vote, Clarifies Terms of Proposed Chaco Buffer Zone
Taos, N.M. (January 28, 2020)—Last week, on January 23, delegates of the Navajo Nation Council passed a resolution seeking to reduce the proposed buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park from 10 miles to 5. (Read reporting in the Santa Fe New Mexican here; read a report at KNAU he...
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2019
20
Dec
Congressional Spending Bill Includes Protection for Greater Chaco
Provisional ten-mile buffer zone passes; president is expected to sign
Taos, N.M. (December 20, 2019)—The U.S. Senate has approved a $1.4 trillion spending package for the 2020 fiscal year. The White House has said that the president will sign the legislation. Importantly, the legislation include...
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2019
25
Nov
Archaeology Southwest Formally Opposes BLM Reorganization
Tucson, Ariz. (November 25, 2019)—Today, Archaeology Southwest joined a coalition of heritage preservation and advocacy groups in formally opposing the planned relocation of key offices at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from Washington, DC, to Grand Junction, Colorado, and other locations in ...
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2019
19
Nov
Archaeology Southwest Submits Comments on Tonto National Forest Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Tucson, Ariz. (November 7, 2019)—Archaeology Southwest has submitted formal comments to Neil Bosworth, Superintendent of the Tonto National Forest. The comments responded to the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) released by the forest regarding a proposed copper mine and land exchange.
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2019
24
Oct
Archaeology Southwest Supports Boundary Expansion at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Tucson, Ariz. (October 24, 2019)—Today, a bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers led by Representative Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) introduced the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act. This legislation would create a federal land exchange to expand Casa Grande Ruins National Mo...
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2019
27
Sep
Archaeology Southwest Applauds Inclusion of Chaco Protection Zone in Appropriations Bill
Taos, N.M. (September 27, 2019)—On Thursday, September 26, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies put forward a $35.8 billion spending package for fiscal year 2020. The bill includes language directing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to refrain fro...
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2019
13
Sep
Archaeology Southwest’s Archaeology Café Program Receives Grant Award from Arizona Humanities
Archaeology Southwest’s Archaeology Café Program Receives Grant Award from Arizona Humanities
Funding will help encourage meaningful visits to some of the Southwest’s most special cultural sites and landscapes.
Tucson, Ariz. (September 13, 2019)—Tucson-based nonprofit Archaeology Southwest ...
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2019
29
Jul
Archaeology Southwest Opposes Final Management Plan for Reduced Bears Ears
Tucson, Ariz. (July 29, 2019)—On July 25, the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service released a Final Monument Management Plan for the 15 percent of Bears Ears National Monument that remains after an illegal reduction. Archaeology Southwest's President and CEO, Bill Doelle, has issued t...
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2019
01
May
Archaeology Southwest Comments on Proposed Change to Listing of Properties on the National Register
Tucson, Ariz. (May 1, 2019)—On April 29, 2019, Archaeology Southwest submitted the following formal comments on a Proposed Rule regarding the listing of properties in the National Register of Historic Places. Archaeology Southwest's position is that the Proposed Rule should be withdrawn.
To lea...
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2019
15
Apr
Reed Testifies on Chaco at House Committee Field Hearing
Santa Fe, NM (April 15, 2019)—Archaeology Southwest Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar Paul F. Reed testified before a delegation of congressional representatives at a field hearing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this morning.
The delegation included Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Cha...
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2019
08
Feb
Archaeology Southwest Applauds Deferral, Will Continue to Advocate Protections for Greater Chaco
Although BLM has deferred nine oil-gas lease areas in the ten-mile cultural protection zone around Chaco and one of its outliers, Archaeology Southwest and its partners insist on tribal consultation and permanent protection.
Taos, N.M. (February 8, 2019)—In response to the Bureau of Land Manageme...
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2018
27
Dec
Publication News: Giving Back
Experts in multiple disciplines consider best practices for studies undertaken with Indigenous communities
Tucson, Ariz. (December 27, 2018)—John Welch gets in the last word in the just-released, multidisciplinary book dedicated to establishing balanced relationships among researchers and the Ind...
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