Santa Fe Defends Chaco’s Buffer | Santa Fe News

Santa Fe County commissioners are fiercely defending the current 336,400-acre public land withdrawal around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, warning that proposed cuts to the buffer zone—or eliminating it entirely—would jeopardize vital protections against oil, gas, and mineral drilling. They argue the park, a sacred Ancestral Puebloan site and World Heritage treasure, demands permanent preservation, not ongoing political battles. The Bureau of Land Management is considering shrinking the buffer from 10 to 5 miles, but commissioners and locals are rallying to stop it. The public can still weigh in via the BLM portal—comments due July 29 at midnight Mountain daylight time. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/c7a8f9e9ee6802bb