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The CCC program in Massachusetts had seven primary activities: camp construction, road building, silviculture, fire hazard reduction, pest control, wildlife management and recreational development. The program not only touched the lives of the enrollees, but also left a lasting legacy of forest improvements and recreational resources. More than 75 years later, many of the facilities built by the CCC throughout the state are still in use.

The origins of the Commonwealth’s park system date to 1893 with the purchase of three public-funded properties in the metropolitan Boston area, and to 1898 when Mount Greylock became the state’s first wilderness park. As the forest and park system expanded, much of this land was undeveloped, inaccessible to a public interested in outdoor recreation. Until 1933, only a few state properties offered picnic areas or campgrounds. With the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) there would be coordinated development, through the Park Service and US Forest Service, of a nationwide state parks program, setting standards for park development, planning and advancing forestry work for future generations.

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