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  • Growing a Tree Army: Historic Photos of Michigan’s USFS Nurseries

    By Eben Lehman on November 6, 2013

    A significant amount of Michigan’s public forests today owe their existence to the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s. Known as “Roosevelt’s Tree Army,” CCC enrollees played a crucial role in reforestation efforts throughout the country during the Great Depression, and nowhere was the impact of their work more significant than in…

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