THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
In March 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt announced the creation of an emergency conservation work program which became known as the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC. Its purpose was to provide employment opportunities for the many young men who were out of work and to improve the forest and recreational resources of the country. CCC camps began to close in 1938 because of reductions in funding. A major hurricane in the fall of 1938 generated enormous need for emergency forestry work so some camps remained open to assist local communities, to clear forest roads and to reduce the severe fire hazards created by all the downed trees. However, with the entry of the United States into World War II, all of the CCC camps in Massachusetts were closed by the end of 1941. Department of Conservation budgets were reduced and resources available were diverted into supporting the war effort.

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