Lake Roosevelt staff hopes for more openings this summer

LAKE ROOSEVELT – Staff at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are hoping and planning for more camping availability this summer, superintendent Dan Foster shared with Lincoln County commissioners at the commissioners’ March 1 meeting.

“Hopefully we will be able to offer a lot more than we did last summer,” Foster said. “The big crunch was the requirements from the CDC and health service on cleaning. We’re hoping with strides made against the coronavirus and also additional knowledge about the potential for coronavirus to pass from surfaces, that we’ll be able to relax the guidance and open...