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National Parks in Crisis
OCTOBER 2006
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Cultural Hub
Photograph by Michael Melford
A thousand years ago Chaco Canyon was a center of politics, commerce, and ritual for the ancestors of modern Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo peoples. Depending on the route, reaching the National Park that protects the remains of this culture—declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987—requires traveling over 16 to 33 miles (26 to 53 kilometers) of what the Park Service calls "infrequently maintained" roads that vary from rough to impassable. Each year tens of thousands of people make the trip.
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