oil and gas extraction

Indigenous community leaders, including Diné allotment shareholders, protest the Trump administration's proposal to revoke a 2023 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) order banning oil and gas drilling near New Mexico's Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The BLM is reviewing public comments on the proposal, which aims to restore mineral leasing discretion to facilitate development under a 2025 Trump executive order.

Diné community leaders and allotment shareholders are protesting a Trump administration proposal to revoke a 2023 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) order that banned oil and gas extraction near Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The BLM opened a public comment period on revoking the 20-year ban, which protects 338,000 acres of federal land around the culturally significant site.

Diné community leaders and allotment shareholders are protesting a Trump administration proposal to revoke a 2023 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) order that banned oil and gas extraction near New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The BLM opened a public comment period on revoking the 20-year ban, which protects over 338,000 acres of federally managed land around the culturally significant site.

Diné community leaders and allotment shareholders are protesting a Trump administration proposal to revoke a 2023 Biden-era Bureau of Land Management (BLM) order that banned oil and gas extraction near New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The 20-year ban protects over 338,000 acres around the culturally significant site, but the Trump administration seeks to lift it to enable mineral leasing in the region.