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Death Valley National Park officials brief supervisors on staffing shortfalls, $62M water project and possible Rio Tinto land transfer
Summary
Park officials told the Inyo County board that park staffing is down about 45%, that a $62 million Burns Creek water/wastewater replacement project is slated to begin this fall, and that Rio Tinto is exploring options to donate or transfer roughly 3,209 acres that might require county input on tax and service impacts.
Death Valley National Park officials updated the Inyo County Board of Supervisors on operations and a set of infrastructure and land‑transfer matters that could affect county services and revenues.
Mike Reynolds, the park superintendent, told the board the park signed a mutual‑aid agreement with the county sheriff’s office that gives federal rangers concurrent jurisdiction to enforce certain state and local laws in the park, a change supervisors praised as improving joint response capacity. Reynolds said park staffing is down about 45 percent since January,…
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