May 28, 2020 · Over the nine-year run of the CCC, a total of 2 million CCC workers labored to create new national and state parks and make existing ones more accessible by paving roads, cutting trails, and...

Here are 10 of the best, compiled from my personal visits and research on the National Park Service’s websites. 1. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. My favorite CCC legacy is the one closest to where I live: Grand Canyon National Park.

The CCC performed 300 types of work projects in nine approved general classifications: Structural improvements: bridges, fire lookout towers , service buildings Transportation: truck trails, minor roads, foot trails and airfields

Feb 21, 2025 · Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s earliest New Deal programs, established to relieve unemployment during the Great Depression by providing national conservation work primarily for young unmarried men.

May 11, 2010 · The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression.

The most obvious example is the CCC, or the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal initiative by FDR to provide jobs, food, and housing for young, unemployed men building and fixing parks, roads, and other public works.

CCC projects included 3,470 fire towers erected, 97,000 miles of roads built, 3 billion trees planted, 711 state parks created, and over 3 million men employed. PWA funded the construction of over 34,000 projects, including airports, dams, schools, and hospitals.

Oct 6, 2021 · In Zion National Park, CCC workers were responsible for creating much of the early infrastructure in the park. This included establishing new trails, building retaining walls along the Virgin River, constructing buildings, working on the switchbacks below the Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel, and more.

A Day in Virginia Camps, documenting a variety of work projects and recreational activities of CCC members, 1934 (1 reel). The Civilian Conservation Corps at Work: Erosion Control, documenting CCC methods of controlling soil erosion, 1934 (1 reel).

Dec 7, 2021 · Nicknamed “Roosevelt’s Tree Army,” the CCC was operated through the cooperative efforts of four departments. The Department of Labor oversaw the selection of enrollees, the Army ran the camps, and the Interior and …