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The Civilian Conservation Corps:
Created by the federal government during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided work for unemployed young men while helping the nation's forests. Under military discipline, CCC workers planted trees, worked to prevent fires, floods and erosion, and fought pests on both public and private lands. The program's impact on the South was especially positive, for the need was so great.
The CCC disbanded after the U.S. entered World War II in 1941. During its brief existence, it not only planted more than a billion trees, it also brought a new awareness of conservation to the rural South and helped change traditional attitudes toward the land. |