Protest derails planned celebration of 20-year ban on oil drilling near Chaco national park

Social media posts showed protesters blocking the road and yelling ‘Go Home!’

(Jon Austria | The Albuquerque Journal via AP) Landowner Paulina Atenico, left, tell activists to "go home" near a road block on County Road 7950 east of Chaco Culture National Park on Sunday, June 11, 2023. Opponents and supporters for a buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Park clashed on Sunday after Navajo Allotees blocked a portion of CR 7950 that lead in to the park during U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's planed visit.

Protest derails planned celebration of 20-year ban on oil drilling near Chaco national park

Social media posts showed protesters blocking the road and yelling ‘Go Home!’

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