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Chaco protections in the crosshairs; USFS HQ to SLC

Chaco comment period ends April 7

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Apr 03, 2026
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Rubble and a cone-shaped butte at Pierre’s Site, a Chacoan great house about ten miles north of Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The area around the site would be re-opened to new oil and gas leases under the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke a Biden-era “buffer zone” around the park. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

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