Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk
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Former Grand Coulee Dam worker, Stephanie Duclos, sits in front of the Grand Coulee Dam on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 in Coulee Dam, Wash., explaining how she was terminated from her job under the Trump administrations federal workforce reduction plan. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
Banks Lake on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, is a 27-mile-long reservoir created by water pump from the Grand Coulee Dam, run by the Department of Reclamation. (AP Photos/Martha Bellisle)
The Grand Coulee Dam, the largest hydropower generator in North America is located in Coulee Dam, Wash., is run by the Bureau of Reclamation, is shown near the Columbia River on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
The Grad Coulee Dam, the largest hydropower generator in North America is located in Coulee Dam, Wash., is run by the Bureau of Reclamation, is shown near the Columbia River on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
A road sign east of the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest hydropower generator in North America, welcomes travelers to Electric City, Washington, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
A sign outside the visitors center at the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest hydropower generator in North America, identifies the facilitys power plants and spillway on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Coulee Dam, Wash. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
Former Grand Coulee Dam worker, Stephanie Duclos, sits at a picnic table in front of Banks Lake in Electric City, Wash., holding a letter from the Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, saying she has been terminated from her job. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
Former Grand Coulee Dam worker, Stephanie Duclos, sits in front of the Grand Coulee Dam on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 in Coulee Dam, Wash., explaining how she was terminated from her job under the Trump administrations federal workforce reduction plan. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)
