YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GAS RIGS POPPING UP WITHIN HISTORIC CHACO CANYON IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. THAT FROM NEW MEXICO OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION SPOKESMAN WALLY DRANGMEISTER, ON WORD THAT THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IS BEING ASKED BY VARIOUS GROUPS TO PROTECT THE AREA FROM DEVELOPMENT. DRANGMEISTER SAYS THERE’S NOT ONLY NO DESIRE TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA, THERE’S ALSO NO WAY TO DEVELOP THERE. HE CALLS IT A “BIT OF A RED HERRING.”
DRANGMEISTER SAYS THERE ARE RIGS OPERATING FIVE TO TEN MILES FROM THE NATIONAL PARK, THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. HE SAYS IF THERE’S ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD BE 15 TO 20 MILES AWAY.
