New Mexico lawmakers demand halt to Chaco Canyon policy reversal
CANYON POINT, Utah
New Mexico’s congressional delegation is calling on the U.S. Department of the Interior to halt its efforts to revoke federal protections around the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, warning that the action threatens one of the most culturally significant landscapes in the United States.
In a June 6 letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, and U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández, Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez expressed “deep concern” over the agency’s move to reconsider Public Land Order No. 7923, a 20-year administrative withdrawal of federal lands within a 10-mile buffer zone surrounding Chaco Canyon.
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