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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 [1]), offering work in environmental conservation, fire protection, land maintenance, and emergency response ...
CCC−Civilian Conservation Corps projects in the U.S. state of California — a component of the 1930s−1940s federal New Deal. Pages in category "Civilian Conservation Corps in California" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
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.
Poster by Albert M. Bender, produced by the Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago in 1935 for the CCC CCC boys leaving camp in Lassen National Forest for home. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. [1]
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]
The California Department of Conservation is a department within the government of California, belonging to the California Natural Resources Agency.With a team of scientists, engineers, environmental experts, and other specialists, the Department of Conservation administers a variety of programs vital to California's public safety, environment and economy.
While CDCR inmate firefighters earn about $3 to $5 a day depending on skill level (and an extra $1 an hour when actively fighting fires), members of the California Conservation Corps and ...
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.