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Oil and Gas Auction Near Chaco Postponed

KSJD | By Gail Binkly

Published June 8, 2016 at 3:13 PM MDT

The Bureau of Land Management has announced it will defer a planned oil and gas lease auction for some 2,000 acres near Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The agency says the three parcels were under evaluation for an October 16^th auction but required NEPA and tribal consultation has not yet been concluded.

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Gail Binkly

Gail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.

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