The Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-42
Otis AT, Honey WD, Hogg TC, Lakin KK. 1986. The Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-42. Corvallis, OR
Introduction The Civilian Conservation Corps was a combined effort of many government units to provide work for unemployed males during the Great Depression. It was devised to cope with national conservation needs as well as unemployment, a collective response to the worsening economic conditions of 1933. [1] One of the first thrusts of CCC activity was in the national forests, where the CCC remained for its 9-year existence until increased demand for employees in an improved economy and the war effort brought about its end. The CCC is probably the best remembered and most successful of all New Deal programs initiated by the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration during the 1930's. Today, many of the remaining physical features the CCC built have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Activities of the CCC were not limited to construction; contributions such as fighting forest fires and reducing pests and disease were also extremely important to national forest enhancement. The enrollees in the CCC came from diverse ethnic backgrounds, but all were unemployed. The Nation's natural resources were in equally poor condition. Not only were timber resources being depleted, but other problems, such as soil erosion, were becoming primary concerns.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Otis, Alison; Honey, William; Hogg, Thomas; Lakin, Kimberly
- Date of Issue
- 1986-08
- Units
- AKR , HIST , IMR , MWR
- Keywords
- Alaska, Alaska, California Region, CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps, Coronado National Forest, Eastern Region, ehistory, Forest Service, George Washington National Forest, History, Improvement, Intermountain Region, Land Use, Mount Hood, North Central Region, North Pacific Region, Northern Region, Rocky Mountain Region, Southern Region, Southwestern Region, territories