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| Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma |
I propose to create
a civilian conservation corps to be
used in forestry, the prevention of soil erosion,
flood control and similar
projects ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt, March21, 1933
1. the forestation of lands belonging to the United States or a State;
2. the prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion;
3. plant pest and disease control;
4. the construction, maintenance,
or repair of paths, trails, and fire-lanes
in
units of the National Park System, public lands, and other lands under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and units of the
National Forest System;
5. such other work on Federal or State land incidental to or necessary
in connection with any projects of the character enumerated in paragraphs
(1) through (4) that the President determines to be desirable.
(b) Role of Federal Agencies- To operate the Civilian Conservation Corps,
the President may utilize existing Federal departments and agencies,
including the Department of
Labor, the Department of Defense,
the National Guard Bureau, the Department of Interior,
the Department
of Agriculture, the Army Corps of Engineers,
the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy,
the Environmental Protection Agency,
and Federal governmental corporations.
(c) Inclusion of Other Lands- The President may extend the
activities of the Civilian
Conservation Corps to lands owned
by a political subdivision of a State and lands in private
ownership,
but only for the purpose of conducting such kinds
of cooperation work as are otherwise authorized by
law in
preventing and controlling forest fires and the attacks of
forest tree pests and diseases and
such work as is necessary
and in the public interest to control floods.
(d) Contract Authority- For the purpose of carrying out this Act
the President
may enter into such contracts or agreements
with States as may be necessary, including provisions for
utilization
of existing State administrative agencies.
(e)
Acquisition of Real Property- The President, or the head
of any department or agency authorized by the President
to
construct any project or to carry on any public works under
this Act, may acquire real property
for such project or
public work by purchase, donation, condemnation, or otherwise.
Reforestation
A Tree Left to Grow
If it’s not cut down,
a
tree grows
to
be worth $196,250.00!
In 50 years it produces:
$62,500 in air pollution control
$37,500 in water recycling
and humidity control
$31,250 worth of oxygen
$31,250 in soil benefits
$31,250 in wildlife shelter
$2,500 worth of protein in the leaves
and bark consumed by wildlife.
(American Forests magazine)
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.
Trail Work
National Forest or National Park trails throughout the United States
where probably built by the 20th 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.
NEW
CCC PROJECTS ideas
National and Community Service
Repair and build structures,
campgrounds, picnic areas and shelters on
our public lands.
( Work crews could provide labor and coordinate labor in projects
with non-profits as Habitat for Humanity
to construct low-income housing.)
Historical
Restoration and Preservation
Conservation-restoration, introducing enrollees to the profession devoted
to the preservation
of cultural property as restoring
historic buildings
to performing Archeoalogical excavations. CCC enrollees would take pride
in learning history while working to
preserve our past.
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| CCC would build wind turbines on our public lands |
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| wind turbines on our seas and shores Photo: GETTY |
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| Install solar panels on our public lands |
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Solar Energy Installation on our Public Lands
CCC enrollees would receive training
to install and maintain a variety of
solar alternative energy products such as wind generators, tidal generators and photovoltaic
cells units
on our public lands, shores, sea and waterways .
Hazardous
Waste Disposal
They would be equipped to perform those duties on our public and adjacent lands and
waters.
Fly-ash disposal and mountain top and strip mining clean-up and
reclamation would require training
in
using heavy equipment. Clean-up could involve workcrews performing tasks
using phytoremediation in waste disposal on our public and adjacent land and watersheds. contaminated soils, water or air with plants able to contain, degrade or and various other
contaminants, from the media that contain them.)
CCC Public Work Projects from Low to Hi Tech
Enrollees would
travel, work, earn, learn to live together as they perform low-tech work projects from planting trees to perform high-tech
jobs installing and maintaining wind turbines and solar cells. They would benefit in real time green job experience
working in the outdoors on our nation's public lands (as our national parks and forests) and adjacent private lands, shores,
and waterways.
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| CCC workers could build wind turbines on green landscape |
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| 800px-Mafate Marla solar panel |
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Please note that similar guidelines set in the Roosevelt Administration will be in use today!
Below are new project ideas.
If you think of any, let us know by contacting us.
This photograph of a young CCC worker
epitomizes the agency’s emphasis on the morally and physically curative powers of vigorous outdoor life. “Building
strong bodies is a major CCC objective,” the accompanying caption states. “More than half of the enrollees who
entered CCC during the last year were seventeen years of age. Work, calisthenics, marching drills, good food, and medical
care feature the CCC health program.”