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The California Conservation Corps, CCC, is a department of the government of California, falling under the state cabinet-level California Resources Agency.The CCC is a voluntary work development program specifically for men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 (up to 29 for veterans [2]), offering work in environmental conservation, fire protection, land maintenance, and emergency response ...
The Horseshoe Lake Ranger Station in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California is a backcountry ranger station that was built by Civilian Conservation Corps labor in 1934. . The cabin typifies National Park Service standard designs for such structures in the prevailing National Park Service Rustic style then used by the Park Serv
In response to firefighter labor shortages during World War II, the Rainbow Conservation Camp was established as the first permanent fire camp, in 1946. It was modeled after New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps camps. The program grew to 16 camps throughout California in the 40s and 50s, including the first youth camps.
Civilian Conservation Corps: Camp Cap Eele: Drum Barracks Camp Drum: Wilmington: Los Angeles: 1861: 1871: Union Army Fort Emory: Coronado: San Diego: 1942: 1947: United States Army Cantonment Far West [6] Camp Far West Fort Far West: Marysville : Yuba: September 28, 1849: May 4, 1852: United States Army Fort Funston: Lake Merced Military ...
The California conservation or fire camp program is jointly run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CalFire, and Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Here are a few California corps members and their stories: Michelle Carranza , 34, gets to work at 5:30 a.m. on installation days. The summers near Sacramento are hot, and no one wants to install ...
The Conservation Corps State Museum is located in four barracks buildings on the grounds of Camp San Luis Obispo. Opened in 1995, the museum exhibits the works of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in California. One building is a replica of a 1930s CCC barracks, including tools, uniforms and other artifacts. The museum is open by appointment.
Camp Tulelake was a federal work facility and War Relocation Authority isolation center located in Siskiyou County, five miles (8 km) west of Tulelake, California.It was established by the United States government in 1935 during the Great Depression for vocational training and work relief for young men, in a program known as the Civilian Conservation Corps. [1]