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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.
Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve is a protected area located south of Alice Springs, Northern Territory in Australia. The reserve was established in 1990 to protect the unique sandstone formations and the Aboriginal art, artifacts and sacred natural objects within an area of 24.83 km 2 (9.59 sq mi) around a large sandstone bluff .
For Civilian Conservation Corps projects in the U.S. state of Washington. Pages in category "Civilian Conservation Corps in Washington (state)" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
Camp Albuquerque; Camp Angel; Camp Bullis; Camp Grant (Illinois) Camp Renaissance; Camp Rhododendron; Camp San Luis Obispo; Camp Sharpe; Camp Tulelake; Camp William James; Civilian Conservation Corp Camp F-10; Civilian Conservation Corps camps; Civilian Conservation Corps Powder Magazine
The She-She-She Camps were camps for unemployed women that were organized by Eleanor Roosevelt (ER) in the United States as a counterpart to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) programs designed for unemployed men. ER found that the men-only focus of the CCC program left out young women who were willing to work in conservation and forestry ...
The state is spending $3 million on a conservation easement that will protect 135 acres along the Rainbow River from development.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Company 1633, [5] built the park, its log structures, and a popular footbridge over the falls, completing the grounds in 1935. [6] The site was noted for having the tallest flag pole at a CCC camp, measuring 135 feet (41.1 m) in height. [5]
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