Conservation Corps
Building America since 1933 .....
Conservation Corps in the Media ~ 1980's

Civilian Conservation Corps 1934
USFS  Youth Conservation Corps 2000
Southwest Conservation Corps 2008
Job Corps Conservation Center  2002
Montana Conservation Corps  2007

1980 - Five Mile Ride to Open Trail by Dorothy V. Gilbert - The Phoenix Gazette, Phoenix, AZ - Mar 13, 1980.  (YACC)

1980 - Depression Born CCC Perpetuated by Carson Brewer. 
           The Knoxville News-Sentinel - July 27, 1980.  

1981 - Bring Back the Work Ethic - Third Place is Not OK by B.T. Collins
           Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA - August 10, 1981.  (C6)   

1982 - Conservation Corps Reunion: Depression-Era Group Left Its Mark on the Land by Ursula Vils 
           Los Angeles Times - January 20, 1982.  

1982 - Outdoor Job Corps Dying: Conservation Projects are Victims of Funding Cuts by Duncan Osborn  
           The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, AZ - May 6, 1982.  (YACC and YCC funding cut)     View
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1982 - House OK's Bill to Create Jobs Corps for Youths (Associated Press) - The Arizona Republic
           June 10, 1982.  (proposed American Conservation Corps)    View   

1982 - New Conservation Corps The Arizona Republic (pg A6) 
           June 25, 1982.  (proposed American Conservation Corps)   View   

1982 - New Conservation Corps Could Repair Nation for a Fair Price The Yuma Daily Sun, Yuma, AZ
           July 14, 1982.  (proposed American Conservation Corps)    View

1982 - Our Debt to the CCC - Sports Afield - August 1982.  

1982 - Corpsmen Make BBQ Broilers , Present Them to Laona VFW 
           Forest Republican, Crandon, WI - August 5, 1982.  (Job Corps Conservation Center)    View  

1982 - Miles Testifies on ACCA The Friday Newsletter, USDA-Forest Service (No. 40) 
           October 1, 1982.   (proposed American Conservation Corps)      View

1982 - Revive The CCC - The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ - October 3, 1982.  Editorial  

1982 - Remembering the CCC: Buck Meadows, California, 1933-1934 by Clair E. Nelson
           Journal of Forest History - October 1982.  (vol 26, no 4, pg 184-191)      

1982 - Growing Up in the CCC by Jim Condon - Modern Maturity - October-November 1982.  

1983 - The CCC: Improvements for Arizona by Kenneth Arline - The Phoenix Gazette, Phoenix, AZ - Mar 26, 1983.  View

1983 - A Reborn CCC Shapes Young Lives With an Old Idea: Taking a Chapter From our Depression History, 
           California offers Thousands of Young People "Hard Work, Low Pay, Miserable Conditions" 
           by Thomas A. Bass - Smithsonian Magazine - April 1983.  (pgs 57-65)  

1983 - Civilian Conservation Corps' Legacy Lives on 50 Years Later by Walter Zipf 
           The Mesa Tribune, Mesa, AZ - April 12, 1983.     View

1983 - Memory Lane: A Woman in the CCC? by Mildred Valandry-Blanche - NACCCA Journal - May 1983.   View 

1983 - The CCCs on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF - The Greensheet - USFS R-6 Newsletter - May 27, 1983.    View

1983 - Andrew (Andy) Owens .... Sedona CCC Camp, 1933 to "41 by William Howard.
           Red Rock News, Sedona, AZ - Summer 1983. (CCC Camp F-32-A) 

1983 - State Youth Conservation Corps Promises to get underway Soon   
           Shawano Evening Leader, Shawano, WI - August 25, 1983.    View  

1983 - They Helped Build a Better America: The Saga of the Civilian Conservation Corps by Robert J. Duhse
           The Elks Magazine - September 1983.  (pg 24)        View

1983 - CCC Stint Ignited Love for North Woods by Larry Van Goethem - The Milwaukee Sentinel - Sep 15, 1983.  

1983 - Together Again: CCC Veterans Recall An Era by Roger McBain - The Milwaukee Journal - Sep 19, 1983.  

1983 - Alumni Dedicate CCC Museum by Roland Barker  - The Daily News, Rhinelander, WI  Sep 22, 1983.   View

1983 - Chief of Forest Service Salutes Veterans of CCC: CCC Was Only a Beginning 
           by Larry Van Goethem - The Milwaukee Journal - September 22, 1983. 

1983 - WCC nod to Brackken The Daily News, Rhinelander, WI - Sep 22, 1983.  (WI CC)    View

1983 - Veterans of 1933 CCC Urge a New Corps by Larry Van Goethem - The Milwaukee Journal - Sep 25, 1983.  

1983 - Major Newspapers Endorse ACC by William R. Bajczvk - NACCCA Journal - October 1983.  (Vol 6, No 10)   View 

1983 - FDR's Tree Army by JohnG. Mitchell - Audubon - November 1983.  (pg 82-93)     

1983 - CCC Tree at the Capitol - NACCCA Journal - December 1983.  (Vol 06, No 12)     View

1984 - Draft: Nation, Youth Would Benefit From Mandatory Conscription by Nick Thimmesch (LA Times)
           The Arizona Republic, Phoeniz, AZ - March 29, 1984.    View

1984 - Regan Signs Trade Measure, Youth-Jobs Bill Vetoed by Margaret Shapiro - Washington Post - Oct 1984.    View

1984 - Superstition Wash Civilian Conservation Corps by Ron Lorenz - Superstition Mt. Journal (AZ) - 1984. (vol 3)  View

1984 - Job Corps Passes 20th Anniversary - The Friday Newsletter, USDA Forest Service - Dec 28, 1984.  (no 52)  View

1985 - Depression-Era Group Plans Center by Harry Weiner - St. Louis Globe-Democrat - Feb 5, 1985. (NACCCA)  View  

1985 - YCC Program Expanded in Payson The Payson Roundup, Payson, AZ - March 13, 1985.  

1985 - 3 Studies Laud Job Corps, but Reagan "Targets Funds"
            (UPI) The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ - May 6, 1985.       View  

1985 - Michigan State Seeks to Preserve Fledgling Conservation Corps NACCCA Journal - May 1985.   View

1985 - CCC Heritage Benefits RVers by Cleo J. Anderson - Trailer Life Magazine - June 1985. 

1985 - Government: An Instrument for Destruction of Youth by Judge George Kiester 
           NACCCA Journal - June 1985.  (Vol 8, No 6)    View 

1985 - Working and Learning .. Mountain Style by Russell Cox - Mogollon Advisor, Payson, AZ - June 26, 1985.  (YCC)

1985 - Youth Conservation Corps Very Successful, Palm Says 
            by Bart King - Rim Country News, Payson, AZ - September 6, 1985.      View

1985 - Former "CCC Boys" March, Press for New Corps by Charles Hillinger (LA Times)
           The Dallas Times Herald - September 28, 1985.    

1985 - Forgotten Men of Iron: Conservation Workers of Long Ago Recall Toil, Joy of Taming Arizona 
           by John Schroeder The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ - October 6, 1985.     View

1985 - CCC's Worthy Contributions by Muriel Freeman - The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ - October 22, 1985.  (A-14) 

1985 - Maryland Conservation Corps Aids Chesapeake Bay - NACCCA Journal - Nov/Dec 1985.  View

1985 - The Civilian Conservation Corps: Demonstrating the Value of Soil Conservation by Douglas Helms
            Journal of Soil and Water Conservation - 1985.  (pg 184-88)     

1986 - What's Your Opinion? Alumni Want to Revive CCC by John R. Moscinski - North Jersey Herald - May 18, 1986.   

1986 - Army Without Guns: The CCC by Robert T. Egan - The Retired Officer - July 1986.   

1986 - Superior Corps Starts Work on Island Trails - On Corps (WI CC Newsletter) - August 1986.   View   

1986 - Old-Timer Visits Sites of CCC Days on Umpqua Forest - USDA-Forest Service, 
           Pacific Northwest Region Greensheet - August 15, 1986.  (page 3)       View

1986 - The Legacy of the Soil Soldiers by Don Dedera.  Arizona Highways Magazine
           January 1986.   (Page 26)

1987 - CCC Members Holding Reunion at Cave Creek by Cindy Hayostek. - Daily Dispatch, Douglas, AZ 

1987 - 54 Years After His CCC Break Wlliam Greer Returns the Favor NACCCA Journal - June 1987.   View

1987 - "Hub" Burch Recalls a Volunteer's Life in "the Three Cs" by Paul Sweitzer
            Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, AZ - June 24, 1987.  

1987 - New CCC? Youth-Service Programs are Blooming Across the Country by Neil Peirce of the 
           Washington Post printed in The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ - June 26, 1987.  (A-15) 

1987 - The Way We Worked by Steve Sorenson - The Weekly Record, San Diego, A - Sep 17, 1987.    Vew

1987 - CCC History Underway by Halbert A. Burch (Research & draft by John C. Irish) 
           Arizona Historical Society Magazine - November/December 1987.   ( Vol 4, No 6, pg 3)    View

1988 - A Small Step Down a Long Road - On Corps, WiCC Newsletter - January 1988.
           Reprinted from the Pennyslvania Conservation Corps Newsletter - Winter 1987     View

1988 - Crews Learn First Aid From CCC Alum - On Corps, WiCC Newsletter - March 1988.     View 

1988 - Civilian Conservation Corps by Angelo Ulett - Missouri Conservationist - June 1980.  

1988 - WCC and CCC Join Forces in Waupaca County - On Corps, WiCC Newsletter - July 1988.   View 

1988 - Resource Management With a Mission by Dawn L. Jones - Wisconsin Natural Resources - Jul-Aug 1988.   View

1988 - Public-Woks Alumnus Reconstructs Camp - The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ - Aug 9, 1988.    View

1988 - The Mississippi River Conservation Corps by Pat Bruneau - On Corps - September 1988
            On Corps is the official newsletter of the Wisconsin Conservation Corps.    View

1988 - Helping Hands For Public Lands by Neil Sampson - American Forests - Sep-Oct 1988.    View

1988 - Living Legacy of the CCC by James P. Jackson - American Forests - Sep-Oct 1988.   (pg 37-44)

1988 - CCC Handiwork: Enduring Monuments by James P. Jackson - American Forests - Sep-Oct 1988.

​1988 - Wisconsin Conservation Corps Jamboree Scheduled.
           Shawano Evening Leader, Shawano, WI - October 11, 1988  (5th Anniversary Celebration)    View  

1988 - A Conservation Corps for Today by Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan - American Forests - Sep-Oct 1988.   View 

1988 - Conservation Corps Answered Call to Duty by James E. Cook 
           The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ - April 10, 1988.  (CCC & Alumni Chapter 44)    View  

1989 - For Whom the Corps Toils: There is a New CCC That Helps Youths and Clears Hiking Trails 
           U.S. News & World Report (pg 24) - February 13, 1989  (California Conservation Corps)  











1989 - Can Patriotism Be Legislated? by Daniel J. Boorstin - U.S. News & World Report - Feb 13, 1989.    View

1989 - Conservation Corps: It's a Great Idea (Editorial) - AZ Daily Sun, Flagstaff, AZ - March 28, 1989.    View 

1989 - USA Today - Special promotion Insert prepared on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders - April 1989.

                 Job Corps: America's Best Kept Secret, "Time to Pass It On".     View
                  Job Corps: 25 Years and Stronger Than Ever        View
                  An Original Public-Private Partnership        View

1989 - Bush Pushing Program for Youth Service (AP) - The Arizona Republic (A12) - April 22, 1989.  

1989 - Wisconsin CC Crews Plant 10,000 Trees in Nicolet Forest by Bob Satran
            The Forest Republican, Crandon, WI - May 11, 1989.  

1989 - Senate May Take Punch Out of Conservation Bill by Carl Scarbrough
            Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, AZ - May 23, 1989.  

1989 - Mofford Funds Conservation Corps - AZ Daily Sun, Flagstaff, AZ - June 28, 1989. (AZ CC) View

​1989 - State Resurrects New Deal Program to Benefit Youth and the Environment by Steve Yozwiak
​           The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ - July 2, 1989 (AZ Conservation Corps)    ​View   

1989 - MCC Joins With WCC in Cooperative River Project by Isabelle Ferrera  
            On Corps, WI CC Newsletter - July August 1989.     View  

1989 - Crew Constructs Wild Rice Boats - The Forest Republican, Crandon, WI - (WI CC) Aug 24, 1989.    View   

1989 - 13 Fish Cribs Installed in Cooperative Effort by Tom Matthiae  
            The Forest Republican, Crandon, WI - Sep 7, 1989. (WI DNR, USFS, WI CC, Industry & Sportsmans Club)  

​1989 - Dead Horse Ranch State Park to Benefit From ACC Program   
            Verde Independent, Camp Verde, AZ - December 13, 1989. (AZ CC)    View