This is urgent.
The Trump Administration just took the first step towards reopening sacred public lands around Chaco Canyon to oil and gas drilling.
Right now, they’re considering revoking the 20-year drilling ban that community leaders fought hard to secure. That protection could now be rolled back — or completely erased.
Let’s be clear: This is about protecting identity, ancestry, and our obligation to honor sacred public lands.
For generations, Pueblo and Tribal communities have prayed, gathered, and walked the paths of Chaco. These lands hold stories written in stone.
As Secretary of the Interior, I worked to protect Chaco and ban new drilling within 10 miles of the site for 20 years — a victory shaped by community voices. Now, Trump is threatening to unravel everything we fought for.
If he gets away with this, it could open hundreds of square miles of land to drilling in New Mexico. That would do irreversible damage to the landscape, poison our water, and desecrate sites tied to the spiritual and cultural foundations of our state’s ancestors.
Chaco is not for sale. Will you please join me and add your name to say NO drilling in Chaco Canyon?
Thank you for speaking up today,
Deb
