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Tribal Leaders, Indigenous, and Environmental Groups Call on Bureau of Land Management to Reject “Man Camp” in Greater Chaco Landscape
Man camp would increase oil and gas impacts and risk of sexual violence and trafficking for Indigenous communities in the region
Contact: Cheyenne Antonio, Greater Chaco Coalition, c.antonio40@gmail.com
Robyn Jackson, Diné C.A.R.E.,robyn.jackson@dine-care.org
Translated into French for Censored News by Christine Prat
FARMINGTON, New Mexico -- A coalition of Tribal leaders, Indigenous organizations, and environmental groups sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) urging the agency to reject a proposal by Logos Operating to build a “person camp” in the Greater Chaco Landscape for the purposes of expanding oil and gas extraction.
The letter pointed out that person camps, or “man camps” as they are more commonly called, are known to put Indigenous women, girls, and persons at increased risk of experiencing sexual violence and trafficking. The proposed camp would also exacerbate the health and cultural resource impacts from oil and gas extraction that communities in the Greater Chaco Landscape are already facing.