Oil and gas lease sale spurs dozens of protests

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Oil and gas lease sale spurs dozens of protests

BLM receives 120 protests
Tourists cast their shadows on the ancient Anasazi ruins of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. Dozens of protests have been filed by tribal officials, environmentalists and others as federal land managers consider leasing parcels in northwestern New Mexico for oil and gas development that critics say are too close to sites they consider culturally significant.

Oil and gas lease sale spurs dozens of protests

Tourists cast their shadows on the ancient Anasazi ruins of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. Dozens of protests have been filed by tribal officials, environmentalists and others as federal land managers consider leasing parcels in northwestern New Mexico for oil and gas development that critics say are too close to sites they consider culturally significant.
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