Civilian Conservation Corps
Americannoun
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Biden first announced that he planned to revive a version of FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps during his first days in office in 2021.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024
Public nurseries also expanded during that era, with labor from the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
Reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps is widely popular, with 84 percent of Americans supporting the idea in polling conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication last year.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023
The state set aside the park land in 1933, and Civilian Conservation Corps crews spent many hours blazing trails and building faux ruins at some of the campsites.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023
It was part of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and was modeled after the Depression era’s Civilian Conservation Corps.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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