Over a dozen employees at Lake Mead Nationwide Recreation Space fired as a part of cuts to federal workforce

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Over a dozen federal employees at Lake Mead Nationwide Recreation Space have been fired as a part of Elon Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity’s (DOGE) cuts to the federal workforce.

The federal authorities fired 13 employees at Lake Mead Nationwide Recreation Space, together with one accountable for monitoring for poisonous water, Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee’s workplace confirmed Tuesday.

“I simply came upon that Elon Musk’s DOGE process power has hit fairly near dwelling, shedding 13 members of the workers of Lake Mead Nationwide Recreation Space,” Lee said. “What does this imply? Initially, Lake Mead is without doubt one of the busiest nationwide parks within the nation and one of many deadliest. Not solely that, one of many workers that was let go is accountable for monitoring the water high quality to be sure to aren’t swimming in polluted water. And actually, they simply lifted a well being advisory for poisonous algae final week.”

As of 2023, Lake Mead has 220 workers and sees 5.6 million guests yearly, based on its web site.

“This is dangerous for the employees. It’s dangerous for our visitors. But more importantly, this does absolutely nothing to save you one dime at the gas pump, one dime at the grocery store, or lower your housing costs. This is reckless, and we’re going to fight it,” Lee stated.

The Trump administration has fired round 1,000 newly employed Nationwide Park Service workers who preserve and clear parks, educate guests and carry out different capabilities. Nonetheless, the park service introduced it’s reinstating about 5,000 seasonal jobs that have been initially rescinded final month.

General 1000’s of federal authorities workers have been fired. There isn’t any official determine obtainable for the whole firings or layoffs.

Based on the Nationwide Park Service, greater than 325 million folks visited nationwide parks in 2023, up 13 million from the earlier yr.

8 Information Now reached out to the park service to specify which positions have been let go and has not obtained a response presently.

The Related Press contributed to this text.