Kirk Sigler
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510 appearances
72 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 9 Sep
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There has been some rain in the northwest in recent weeks, but not enough to chip away at a major moisture deficit after one of the driest and warmest winters on record.
The National Interagency Fire Center in neighboring Idaho says this and other wildfires have already burned more than 2.5 million acres across the country this year, well ahead of the 10-year average.
In Spokane, firefighters are hoping to take advantage of calmer winds, but unseasonably hot and dry weather is forecast through the weekend.
Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Boise.
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The quarter-century-old roadless rule bans logging on tens of millions of acres of pristine national forests, though there are carve-outs for wildfire prevention work.
Republicans on the powerful Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee want a full repeal, though.
Its chairman, Mike Lee of Utah, has gained national attention for pushing to sell federal public lands, which in a hearing caught the ire of Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell.
The GOP push coincides with the Trump administration's recent plans to repeal the roadless rule by administrative action.
That's how it was originally created by President Clinton in 2001.
Kirk Sigler, NPR News.
Scott Socha runs one of the biggest concessionaires for the National Park Service, Delaware North, which operates cafes and hotels and tours inside and near parks like the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone.
Former Park Service employees had pointed to Socha's ties to interests pushing for more privatization of national parks, but sources tell NPR his nomination had also been on hold for weeks due to other ethics and conflict of interest concerns.
It is unusual, though not unprecedented, for the Park Service to be without a Senate-confirmed director.
The agency operated with all acting directors during the first Trump administration.
The withdrawal of SOCIA comes as many national parks are seeing record visitation while dealing with billions of dollars in maintenance backlogs and about 25 percent less staff since President Trump's doge cuts last year.
Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Boise.
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