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Update To BLM Oil And Gas Leasing Rules Expected To Help National Parks

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, and Dinosaur National Monument are among the National Park System sites expected to benefit from rule changes for oil and gas leasing on Bureau of Land Management lands, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.

Fajada Butte And The Milky Way, Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Fajada Butte stands in silhouette against the night sky and Milky Way at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, NM.

On August 19, 2013 Chaco Culture was officially designated an International Dark Sky Park, and you can see why with this image. "Chaco has long been considered by many night sky enthusiasts to be one of the best places in America to stargaze. Today, amidst this ancient landscape, visitors can experience the same dark sky that the Chacoans observed a thousand years ago. The protection of dark night skies is a priority at Chaco not only for the enjoyment of star-gazing visitors, but for the natural environment as well.

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Chaco Culture National Historical Park: Hard To Reach, Filled With The Unexpected

Chaco Culture National Historical Park is an atypical national park. The massive, thousand-year-old pueblos blend mysteriously into the towering canyon walls. Mystery and curiosity are among the top reasons thousands of visitors make the intentional trek far from paved roads deep into the Navajo Nation.

2nd Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks: Energy And Mineral Extraction

From the air, the seismic lines worm their way across the landscape of Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, while under foot some are hard-packed routes that thwart vegetation and alter the flow of the "river of grass." The impairment to the country's first national preserve, a wild remnant of what once covered southern Florida, is both palpable and tangible.

UPDATE | Omnibus Bill Carried Protection For Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Buried within the thousands of pages of the omnibus bill that will fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year is a run-on sentence that provides a measure of protection from oil and gas development for Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico.

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