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Tribal Nations Warn: Chaco Canyon’s Sacred Landscape at Risk as Comment Period Closes

A proposal to weaken protections around Chaco Canyon has sparked alarm among tribal nations, who describe the region as a sacred living landscape. Tribal leaders warn the proposal...

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 — Oil drilling vs cultural preservation at Chaco Canyon

The Trump Administration is moving to undo a 20-year ban on oil and gas drilling near Chaco Canyon, a place of major cultural significance to pueblos in the Southwest. The threat o...

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 – Chaco Canyon put on most endangered places list

The National Trust for Historic Preservation just named Chaco Canyon in New Mexico to its list of most endangered places. The designation comes at the urging of Pueblo leaders conc...

The Trump Administration’s Attempt to Expand Drilling at Chaco Canyon

ALBUQUERQUE — This week, the Trump administration advanced the process of increasing oil and gas drilling on a landscape considered sacred by Pueblos and Tribes. On Tuesday, the Tr...

Greater Chaco on Annual List of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

Dear Friends, Earlier this week I attended my twin sons’ graduation ceremony from East High School in Denver. Nearly 600 students matriculated. Unbelievably, the ceremony was just...

Only 7 (Now 5) Days to Protect Chaco Canyon

Dear Friends, Before I share my Las Capas note with you—which I drafted two weeks ago and Kate primed you for last week—I must acknowledge that the Greater Chaco Landscape is today...

Revoking Chaco Canyon Protections Ignores Pueblos, Tribes, and the Public (REPOST)

The Department of the Interior’s Proposal Provides Only 7 Days to Weigh-In (Santa Fe, NM)—Yesterday, the Trump administration began a 7-day Public Scoping period as part of its pro...

Paraguay expanded a reserve in the Gran Chaco. Why is deforestation still rising there?

More than a decade ago, officials in Paraguay expanded a biosphere reserve in the Gran Chaco, hoping to protect more of the world’s largest tropical dry forest and the Indigenous c...

Exploring “The Big Empty”: Arizona’s Most Forgotten Wild Place

The San Pedro by Land

Bill Doelle, President Emeritus & Senior Advisor (May 8, 2026)—“The land has missed you,” said Brandon Wert, a resident of Cascabel, Arizona, as he welcomed members of the Toho...

Protections continue for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

The Havasupai Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, and the Navajo Nation defended their request to intervene in a lawsuit attacking their role as co-managers of the new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukven...

Border Wall Construction Damages Sacred Indigenous Geoglyph in Sonoran Desert

A sacred Indigenous geoglyph in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert was damaged during border wall construction, prompting outrage from Indigenous leaders, archaeologists, and environmental a...

Honoring Earth Day: Protections for Tribal homelands and sacred places

This Earth Day, we celebrate a recent win for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni (Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument), established through sustained The post Honori...