Kirk Siegler
Kirk Siegler , based out of NPR West in California.
Siegler grew up near Missoula, MT, and received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Colorado. He’s an avid skier and traveler in his spare time.
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Though Ryan Zinke promised to bring a balanced vision to managing public lands, hunters and other sportsmen now feel that he's not listening to their concerns. -
NPR's Kirk Siegler travels back to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in rural South Dakota, where his parents worked when he was born. -
HUD Secretary Ben Carson visited a struggling Illinois river port, where his department is closing two public housing projects. Many of the town's remaining residents live in those developments. -
More than 70 rural U.S. hospitals have closed since 2010, and rural areas are likely to be short 45,000 doctors by 2020. It's one more example of the nation's division between haves and have-nots. -
"Our clinic space being compromised will directly lead to more suffering and more death in this desert," one aid worker said. The agency insists it is not targeting humanitarian operations. -
Most mornings and afternoons, a newly built footpath that plunges through a grove of towering redwoods is clogged with workers and school kids. -
Bears Ears in Utah is on land considered sacred to Native Americans. But some local residents say the 1.35-million-acre national monument is being pushed by extreme out-of-state environmentalists.
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Monday's protests for worker rights around the country are expected to draw larger than usual crowds this year due to President Trump's efforts to crack down on immigration. -
In Utah's canyon country, federal land managers are partially lifting a ban on off-road vehicle travel through an area that's prized for its sensitive Native American cultural sites. -
The Interior Secretary says, under the policy, his department will review protective designations since 1996 of 100,000 acres or more, particularly their size.
