(a) Abolition of Chaco Canyon National Monument

There is hereby established in the State of New Mexico, the Chaco Culture National Historical Park comprising approximately thirty three thousand nine hundred and eighty nine acres as generally depicted on the map entitled “Chaco Culture National Historical Park”, numbered 310/80,032-A and dated August 1979. The Chaco Canyon National Monument is hereby abolished, as such, and any funds available for the purpose of the monument shall be available for the purpose of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

(b) Designation of Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites

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Terms Used In 16 USC 410ii-1

  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7

(1) Thirty-nine outlying sites as generally depicted on a map entitled “Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites”, numbered 310/80,033-B and dated September 1991, are hereby designated as “Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites”. The thirty-nine archeological protection sites totaling approximately 14,372 acres 1 identified as follows:

Name: Acres
Allentown 380
Andrews Ranch 950
Bee Burrow 480
Bisa’ani 131
Casa del Rio 40
Casamero 160
Chimney Rock 3,160
Coolidge 450
Dalton Pass 135
Dittert 480
Great Bend 26
Greenlee Ruin 60
Grey Hill Spring 23
Guadalupe 115
Halfway House 40
Haystack 565
Hogback 453
Indian Creek 100
Jaquez 66
Kin Nizhoni 726
Lake Valley 30
Manuelito-Atsee Nitsaa 60
Manuelito-Kin Hochoi 116
Morris 41 85
Muddy Water 1,090
Navajo Springs 260
Newcomb 50
Peach Springs 1,046
Pierre’s Site 440
Raton Well 23
Salmon Ruin 5
San Mateo 61
Sanostee 1,565
Section 8 10
Skunk Springs/Crumbled House 533
Standing Rock 348
Toh-la-kai 10
Twin Angeles 40
Upper Kin Klizhin 60.

(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be kept on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, the office of the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the office of the Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs located in Window Rock, Arizona, and the offices of the Arizona and New Mexico State Historic Preservation Officers.