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John,

Trump’s Bureau of Land Management is trying to bring up to 3,100 new fracking wells to the Greater Chaco region, opening up nearly four million acres for drilling!

The draft plan amendment was introduced right before the pandemic hit, creating another urgent threat to the region's people and culture. Much of the impacted land is in or near Navajo communities, which continue to suffer disproportionately due to the immediate health crisis.

The Bureau has shifted to holding online hearings, but with little access to broadband internet, there’s no fair way for frontline communities to be engaged and fight against this latest fracking threat.

Earlier this year, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt extended the comment period for this dangerous draft plan amendment due to public pressure. Now the extended deadline is quickly approaching while the pandemic persists — frontline communities need another extension now!

Tell Secretary Bernhardt: Don’t rush this fracking plan forward during a once-in-a-century health crisis!
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Though Secretary Bernhardt extended the comment period earlier this year, circumstances have not improved for frontline communities. In fact, life has become more challenging; young people can’t attend school in person, and nightly curfews and weekend lockdowns are being implemented on the Navajo Nation to combat COVID-19. Navajo communities have had the highest rates of coronavirus per capita in the U.S.

The Bureau of Land Management held another round of virtual town hall meetings which proved (once again) grossly inadequate in engaging Navajo and Pueblo communities that lack internet access in rural New Mexico. Many residents in the region also lack running water and electricity.

Indigenous communities cannot meaningfully participate in these sham virtual hearings, which means the hearings are by design excluding the voices of the communities that would be most deeply impacted by fracking.

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In addition to the families and communities that would be directly impacted, Chaco Canyon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a sacred ancestral site for the Navajo, Hopi, and Pueblo people.

The deadline for public comment is Friday, September 25 — we need Secretary Bernhardt to halt this comment period by extending it indefinitely!

Tell Secretary Bernhardt to put a hold on the plan to frack the Greater Chaco area!
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The Trump Administration’s brazen scheme to push its fracking plans in the midst of a pandemic is beyond outrageous. This process must be put on hold until it is safe to resume truly inclusive public forums.

Take action today to help postpone drilling decisions that will impact Chaco Canyon until after the pandemic!
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Onward together,

Margaret Wadsworth
Senior Organizer - New Mexico
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