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Oh
Wow!....
the staggering number of tasks accomplished surprises readers
The amount of work accomplished by the Civilian
Conservation Corps program is still a benefit to our modern
culture. The staggering number of recorded tasks is
generally surprising because it is hard to imagine such a massive
conservation effort in nine-years time.
Duration of Program: April 5, 1933 to June
30, 1942
Nicknames: "Roosevelt's Tree Army",
"Tree Troopers", "Soil Soldiers", "CCC",
"Colossal College of Calluses"
Total Men Enrolled: 3,463,766
Juniors, Veterans and Native Americans Enrolled: 2,876,638
Territorial Enrollees: 50,000 (Estimated)
Non-Enrolled Personnel: 263,755
Average Enrollee: "18 - 19 years old, 147
pounds, 5'8 1/4" tall
Average Weight Gain of Enrollee in First 3 Months: 11.5
pounds
Well Known Actors Enrolled in CCC: Raymond Burr
& Walter Matthau
Number of Illiterate
Enrollees Taught to Read: More than 40,000
Average Number of Camps Operating in U.S. Per Year: 1,643
Total Number of Different Camps: 4,500
Highest Elevation of CCC Camp: 9,200 feet above
sea level in Colorado
Lowest Elevation of CCC Camp: 270 feet below sea
level, Death Valley, CA Camp Locations: Every
state in the Union, plus Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands
Total Cost: 3 billion dollars
Approximate Cost Per Enrollee Per Year for Food, Clothing, Overhead,
and Allotments to Dependents: $1,000
Allotments to Dependents: $662,895,000
Number of People Directly Benefited From Enrollees' Checks:
12 to 15 million Value of Work in 1942 Dollars: 2 billion dollars
Miles of Roads Built: 125,000
Miles of Telephone Lines Strung: 89,000
Miles of Foot Trails Built: 13,100
Farmlands Benefited from Erosion Control Projects: 40
million acres
Stream and Lake Bank Protection: 154 million
square yards
Range Re-vegetation: 814,000 acres
Fire fighting Days: More than 8 million
Number of Enrollees Who Died fighting Fires: 79
Overall Death Rate: 2.25 per thousand
State Parks Developed: 800
Public Campground Development: 52,000 acres
Mosquito Control: 248,000 acres
Number of Fish Stocked: 972 million
Historic Restoration: 3,980 structures
Number of Trees Planted: Between 2 and 3 billion
Number of Conservation Work Days: 7,135,000
Federal Departments Administering the Program: Agriculture,
Interior, Labor, War
Total Number of Federal Government Agencies Participating in
Some Capacity: 25
Unofficial Motto of the CCC: "WE CAN TAKE
IT!"
SOURCES: Stan Cohen, 1980 - The Tree Army. A Pictorial History
of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933 - 1942. Pictorial Histories
Publishing Co. Missoula, Montana
Fred E. Leake. 1982 Roosevelt’s Tree Army: A Brief History of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, National Association of CCC Alumni St.
Louis, Missouri
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