I propose to create a civilian conservation
corps to be used in forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, flood control and similar
projects . . .
More important, however, than the material gains from their labors will be the moral and spiritual value of
such work."
Franklin D. Roosevelt, March21, 1933
*Forestry*
Prerequesites
All enrollees would be trained in wildland fire suppression.
All would be trained to perform controlled burning.
All enrollees
would be trained to restore forest and grasslands burned by fires.
Trail Work
National Forest or National Park trails throughout the United States
where probably built by the 20ty Century CCC
and need
to be restored and develop new trails.
Habitat
Enhancement
Landscape,
seed, remove weeds, and plant trees for habitat or
for
reforestation with mixed hardwood and soft wood species.
Biological
Research
Enrollee
work crews would work side by side with scientists
to
help with biological inventories, forest
measurements, fish implants,
and data collection for short or long-term
research projects.
*Prevention of soil erosion*
HABITAT ENHANCEMENT
Landscape, seed, remove weeds, and provide preventive measures
against soil erosion of agricultural and grazing
lands.
Preventing soil erosion as in the
dust bowls
of the past as climate change occurs.
*Flood Control*
Conservation and Watershed Restoration
Preserve habitat on projects that range from stream bank stabilization, native
seed collection, to planting trees.
Prepare
our shores and waterways for eventual sea level rise.
