From 1933 to 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps gave young men in America a chance to enlist in work programs to improve America’s public lands, forests and parks – at the same time earning a ...

Biden launched the American Climate Corps to create jobs and address the climate crisis. The program is similar to the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Depression-era work relief plan by FDR. The CCC ...

They worked for $1 a day, and most were glad to get it. A new exhibit at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corps — a New Deal-era program that ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Archival collections of the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni (NACCCA) donated in 2006. The Civilian Conservation ...

America’s 20th-century “tree army” brought generations of citizens closer to nature’s wonders while enduring the nation’s greatest economic plight. If the political winds are favorable, new recruits ...

Of the three million men who took part in the New Deal-era public works program, it is estimated that around 53% came from rural parts of the country. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys at work in ...

In 1933, as part of the New Deal Program, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). This work program, and its military-like structure, was for single men ...