Oregon Experience: Civilian Conservation Corps

Fact Sheet

The Program

Duration : April 5, 1933 to June 30, 1942
Nicknames: "Roosevelt's Tree Army", "Tree Troopers", "Soil Soldiers", "CCC", "Colossal College of Calluses"

Total Cost: 3 billion dollars

Approximate Cost Per Enrollee Per Year for Food, Clothing, Overhead, and Allotments to Dependents: $1,000

The program operated in every state in the Union, plus Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

The Enrollees

Total Men Enrolled: 3,463,766

Average Enrollee was 18 - 19 years old, 147 pounds, 5'8 1/4" tall.
Within the first 3 months he gained 11.5 pounds.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt objected to the exclusion of women and pushed for a similar all-female program. The “She-She-She” employed 8,500 women until it was closed in 1937.

More information:
 http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/she-she-she-camps.htm


The Work

State Parks Developed: 800
Miles of Roads Built: 125,000
Miles of Telephone Lines Strung: 89,000
Farmlands Benefited from Erosion Control Projects: 40 million acres
Stream and Lake Bank Protection: 154 million square yards
Range Re-vegetation: 814,000 acres
Fire fighting Days: More than 8 million
Number of Fish Stocked: 972 million