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Landscapes

Chacoan Landscape
Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Chacoan Landscape
Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Chacoan Landscape
Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Chacoan Landscape
Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Chacoan Landscape
Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Fajada Butte
Fajada Butte. Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Chacoan Landscape
Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Greater Chacoan Landscape
Fajada Butte
Fajada Butte

Cultural Sites

Pueblo Alto
Pueblo Alto looking northwest
Pueblo Alto
Pueblo Alto
Kin Klesto
Kin Klesto. Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Casa Chiquita
Casa Chiquita. Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Jackson Stairway
Jackson Stairway
Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Bonito
Casa Chiquita
Casa Chiquita. Photo courtesy of Tom Vaughan
Chaco Canyon
Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Photo courtesy of Ecoflight
Chaco Canyon
Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Photo courtesy of Ecoflight
New Alta
New Alta from Pueblo Alto
Pueblo Alto
Pueblo Alto looking north
Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Bonito Doorways
Doorways of Pueblo Bonito

Development in the Region

Well Pads near Chaco Canyon
Well pads within 15 miles of Chaco Canyon. Photo courtesy of EcoFlight.
Well pads outside Farmington, New Mexico. Photo courtesy of EcoFlight
Well Pads near Huerfano Mountain
Well Pads near Huerfano Mountain. Photo Courtesy of EcoFlight
Well Pad outside of Chaco Canyon
Well Pad outside of Chaco Canyon. Photo Courtesy of EcoFlight
Flaring at a well site
Flaring at a well site. Photo courtesy of EcoFlight
Flaring at a well site
Flaring at a well site. Photo courtesy of EcoFlight
Flaring at a well site
Flaring at a well site. Photo courtesy of EcoFlight
Pump jack near Pierre's
Pump jack near Pierre’s site, which is on the hill in the distance.
Proposed Greater Chaco Landscape Map

Videos

EcoFlight Overflight of Chaco Canyon

Energy development (oil & gas, coal, uranium) is intensive in the area surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in Northwestern New Mexico. Chaco NHP is designated as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO and is one of the finest examples of Puebloan culture centers in the Southwestern United States (inhabited AD 850-1250). Our video shows the encroachment of oil & gas development on Chaco.

From Chaco Canyon to Chimney Rock: A Landscape Worth Protecting

Join the National Trust for Historic Preservation on an animated visit to the Chaco world, which spanned the Four Corners area of Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico and was inhabited by ancestral puebloan people from about 850-1250. You’ll have an aerial perspective on the breadth of Chaco sites, their connectivity on the landscape and threats that they face in the wake of energy development in the San Juan Basin.

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