Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Linda Starr on August 16, 2019
Greater Chaco Coalition Meeting
July 28, 2019
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 3 |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 5 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 8 |
Key Issue: Oil, Gas, or Mineral Development
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Key Partners: Counselor Chapter of Navajo Nation, 350.org, Navajo Health Care, NM Wild, Sierra Club, UNM students
Landscape/area: Chaco Culture National Historical Park (33977 acres)
Short Description of Activity
Greater Chaco Coalition Organizing Meeting – Agenda included: updates on Chaco legislation, a film project, Chaco 2.0 lawsuit, revisiting Coalition platform, Future actions re lease sales ad non-lease sales, the Counselor methane meting on Sept. 12, UNM projects and climate discussion
Reflection/Evaluation
This session was quite overwhelming for me as an unknown newcomer to the conversation. I didn’t say much, just took a lot of notes as there was no way I could retain all the information coming out. One of the interesting remarks was about the question of a Native Civil Rights Act in regard to Oil and Gas development. A fracking reality tour with speakers was planned for Aug. 12 that was reserved for the Navajo chapters. 350.org is sponsoring a fracking reality tour for conservation organizations on Aug. 25 and again at the end of September. I plan on going on the 25th and I am aware of 2 other Broads who expect to go in September.