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Santa Fe County commissioners unanimously approve letter urging DOI/BLM to preserve Chaco buffer
Summary
At a special April 7 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved a unanimously supported letter asking the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management to reject plans to reduce or eliminate the buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, citing a shortened seven-day comment period and urging fuller protections and consultation with Indigenous stewards.
Santa Fe County’s Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a letter on April 7 to the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management opposing a proposal to reduce or eliminate the buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
Chair Justin Greene introduced the draft during a special meeting called for urgent consideration. He said the BLM allowed communities only a seven-day window to comment, a significantly shorter period than the 30-to-90-day windows the board said are typically expected for matters of this scope. Greene framed the special meeting as a response to that compressed timeline and to the holiday weekend when the proposal was released.
Commissioner Lisa Cacari Stone, a co-sponsor of the letter, proposed two edits that were…
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