Kentucky's Civilian Conservation Corps

Many of the Kentucky camps were devoted primarily to the issue of soil erosion and the maintaining of good farmland. The ongoing calamity of the Dust Bowl , which devastated the Midwest in the 1930's, reinforced the need for communities to better conserve their land. Several camps found themselves working on projects such as gully repair and land terracing to try and prevent soil erosion that could devastate farms and economies. Perhaps the most iconic work of the CCC, or at least the effort most associated with the camps, was the planting of billions of trees on both public and private lands. Images of industrious, hardworking young CCC men planting trees was frequently used in footage filmed by the government that was meant to inspire other CCC enrollees as well as the nation. Indeed, this work of the CCC and its particular interest to Franklin D. Roosevelt garnered the agency the nickname of Roosevelt's "Tree Army". Under the CCC, trees were planted in many locations across the state, including at state parks. The Cumberland Falls Spray mentions the planting of one-thousand walnut trees as the first of many tree shipments to be planted in Cumberland Falls State Resort Park .Near Fine copy with light rubbing to rear cover. bx103