"New Mexico Tribes Pressure Feds On Drilling In Chaco Region"

"ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Leaders from the nation's largest Native American reservation and pueblos throughout New Mexico are putting more pressure on federal land managers to curb oil and gas development in the northwest corner of the state.

The Navajo Nation has sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management seeking a moratorium on drilling and lease sales across a wide swath of land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historic Park."

The Associated Press had the story March 1, 2017.

SEE ALSO:

"Chaco Canyon Oil and Gas Leases Spark Protests" (Indian Country Today Media Network)

Source: AP, 03/01/2017