Public comment time! BLM is trying to re-open the ten-mile buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico to mining, after it won protections only a few years ago. We only have two weeks to comment- links in the article and 🧵. #ProtectTribalLands www.koat.com/article/chac...
Chaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasingA new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in.www.koat.comKelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development