Protecting Alabama's Forests: The Civilian Conservation Corps Projects in State and Private Forests 1933-1942

摘要

On March 21, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress and laid out his plans for dealing with unemployment. The president proposed "to create a civilian conservation corps to be used in simple work, not interfering with normal employment, and confining itself to forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, flood control and similar projects," On March 31, Congress passed the Emergency Conservation Act, creating what was popularly called "the Civilian Conservation Corps," or simply, the CCC.