Kirk Siegler

1 week ago | wesa.fm | Kirk Siegler

House Republicans have approved an amendment that authorizes the sale of thousands of acres of federal public land in Nevada and Utah; two states where the federal government owns most of the land that have long been at the forefront of a controversial movement to cede control of it to state or private entities. The House Natural Resources committee approved the amendment late Tuesday night after previously indicating federal land sales wouldn't be included in a budget reconciliation bill.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Kirk Siegler

6 hours agoJD Vance issues warning to tourists thinking of attending US World CupJD Vance issued a warning to tourists considering attending the 2026 US World Cup during a meeting at the White House on Tuesday, 6 May. After being appointed by Donald Trump as the vice chair of the tournament, the vice president addressed anyone intending to travel to the US to watch the football competition. Mr Vance stated: "We want them to come. We want them to celebrate. We want them to watch the game.

1 week ago | bpr.org | Kirk Siegler

Republicans are considering selling off some federal lands to pay for President Trump's domestic agenda, which is reigniting a decades-old controversy in the West.

2 weeks ago | wgbh.org | Kirk Siegler

April 24, 2025 FARMINGTON, N.M. — The San Juan Basin, in the northwestern part of the state, is one of the oldest federal lands drilling areas in the U.S. It’s a huge swath of barren, brown high desert that first started booming in the 1950s. Today, some 40,000 wells pockmark the rolling hills of the Four Corners region , several thousand of them still reliably pump up light sweet crude oil and natural gas through the old iconic pumpjacks.

3 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Kirk Siegler

MCGAFFEY, N.M. - In the American West, where the federal government owns more than half the land, much of everyday life is tethered to the federal agencies that manage it. In the remote Zuni Mountains of northwestern New Mexico, Brian Leddy owns an historic cabin on land he leases from the U.S. Forest Service. There should still be snow and mud under the tall pines. Instead it's alarmingly dry. "I think the fire season is on everyone's mind right now," Leddy says.