One of the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps put three million young men to work in the nation's forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression.

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys at work in Beltsville, Maryland (Source: The Library of Congress) In July 1936, the nation was firmly behind the Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC, as it had ...

The Civilian Conservation Corps put young men back to work during the Great Depression. Here, CCC members saw down dead trees in a burned area near Belton, Mont.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) sought to counter high unemployment caused by the Great Depression by hiring young, unmarried citizens for nationwide conservation projects on public lands.

At a time when money was so scarce in southern Delaware, the Corps pumped an estimated $5,000 a month into the economy of Sussex County.

The federal public work program known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) formed in 1933 in response to the soaring unemployment rates of the Great Depression.

How racism reshaped the Civilian Conservation Corps The New Deal program that rebuilt Washington parks is remembered as boldly progressive. But early attempts to rid it of discrimination unraveled.

The Civilian Conservation Corps left a lasting legacy in Washington, which is now on display at Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.

Both beautiful and functional, projects built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s endure at national parks. NPCA shares 10 examples.

The original signs were created on wood by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire) Several projects in the Mendenhall Glacier area were constructed by CCC ...

President Roosevelt’s CCC put three million young men to work across America during the 1930s Great Depression.

The Civilian Conservation Corps left a lasting legacy in Washington, which is now on display at Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.