Civilian Conservation Corps
Americannoun
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To provide work for the unemployed, FDR formed the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration that mobilized nearly nine million people to build 8,000 parks, 75,000 bridges and 650,000 miles of roads.
From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025
In 1937, he enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps, which got him out on his own: farmwork for room and board, clothing and a salary.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 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
Civilian Conservation Corps planted millions of kuzu seedlings to fight soil loss, a major fear in the era of the Dust Bowl.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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