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Committee questions Corps and Reclamation on staffing shortfalls, seasonal recreation closures and regional office leases

3429043 · May 13, 2025
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Members pressed agency leaders about workforce shortages, temporary recreation site closures and planned lease reductions; witnesses said hiring and coordination with GSA were underway and that recreation mission impacts were largely driven by voluntary departures and seasonal hiring challenges.

Lawmakers probed the Army Corps and Bureau of Reclamation about workforce shortfalls, temporary closures of recreation sites, and possible office lease terminations that could affect field operations and local services.

Representative Michael Guest and others raised closures of recreation sites in the Corps Mobile District, including one 3,800-acre lake facility in Mississippi, and asked whether the closures would last through peak…

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