National Parks Conservation Association: Revoking Chaco Canyon Protections Would Risk A Thousand Years of History
April 02, 2026
April 02, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on April 1, 2026:
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Revoking Chaco Canyon Protections Would Risk A Thousand Years of History
The Trump administration proposed eliminating protections for the Greater Chaco Region that safeguard the area from new oil and gas leasing, undoing a 20-year mineral withdrawal that has kept public lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park off-lim . . .
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Revoking Chaco Canyon Protections Would Risk A Thousand Years of History
The Trump administration proposed eliminating protections for the Greater Chaco Region that safeguard the area from new oil and gas leasing, undoing a 20-year mineral withdrawal that has kept public lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park off-lim . . .