Commissioners hear update from Lake Roosevelt superintendent

DAVENPORT—The Lincoln County Commissioners heard an update concerning the happenings at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area from superintendent Dan Foster at the commissioner’s March 18 meeting. The National Parks Service manages three standard campsites and nine boat-in campsites along Lake Roosevelt and the Spokane River arm in Lincoln County and Stevens County.

Like most businesses and organizations around the world, the National Park Service at Lake Roosevelt is facing a labor shortage.

“Our biggest problem has been getting people to apply for jobs,” Foster told the commissioners. “Peo...