NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico’s federal lawmakers are trying again to pass a bill to protect land around Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. If passed, the bill would create a 10-mile zone free of ...

Pueblo Bonito, constructed by Ancestral Pueblo People a millennia ago, as seen from the air on Sept. 14, 2025. The site is the most significant site at Chaco Canyon National Historical Park, which ...

Nearly 70,000 acres of state land surrounding Chaco Canyon will be protected from oil and gas leasing for the next 20 years. SANTA FE, NM – New Mexican conservation groups are applauding State Land ...

For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history. The Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, has oral ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – In 2019, New Mexico State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richards signed an executive order to prevent new oil and gas wells from being drilled near Chaco Canyon. The order ...

More than a thousand years ago, Indigenous people created a vibrant community at Chaco Canyon, in what is modern-day New Mexico, where they celebrated spiritual traditions, observed the heavens using ...

Eclipse-chasers and archaeo-astronomers flocked to Chaco Canyon in New Mexico to see annularity from the home of the famous 'Rock of the Sun' petroglyph. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Two of New Mexico’s national parks are the most at risk in the U.S. from nearby oil and gas drilling, according to a recent study. Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the state’s southeast Permian Basin ...

SANTA FE, NM – New Mexicans and park advocates are applauding the reintroduction of the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, supported by the entire New Mexico delegation – Senators Ben Ray ...