Posts Tagged ‘chaco’

Chaco Canyon’s future: a pledge for environmental justice and tribal rights

The Honoring Chaco Initiative (HCI), launched by the U.S. Department of the Interior, represents a beacon of hope for the Greater Chaco Region—a culturally rich and ecologically sensitive area in northern New Mexico. This ambitious initiative proposes a 20-year ban on new oil and gas drilling and fracking in the region, marking a significant shift […]

Department of Interior announces protection of more than 351,000 acres of Chaco Canyon

Image Credit: gregorywass/Flickr The U.S. Department of the Interior’s proposal to protect Chaco Canyon will bar new federal oil and gas leasing. The proposal withdraws approximately 351,000 acres of public lands around Chaco Culture National Historical Park located in New Mexico. This action is an effort to “protect the Chaco Canyon and the greater connected […]

The Collapse of Chaco Canyon: Recent Study Challenges Drought Theory

In the center of America’s Four Corners Region , Chaco Canyon is an arid, desolate place, sprinkled with the occasional, lonely juniper tree, cactus, or sage bush. Hundreds of mysterious, ancient structures haunt this canyon and the entire region, meticulously aligned along the paths of the Sun, Moon, and constellation Orion. Known as Chacoan Great […]

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