Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Necessity

Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Necessity. Fort Necessity National Battlefield. , By 1933, the fourth year of the Great Depression, America's unemployment rate stood at twenty-five percent. To alleviate this and other economic issues, newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt initiated his New Deal reforms. The best known of these programs to emerge was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)., Administration of the nearly 2000 camps across the country and half a million young men came under the U.S. military. Other federal and state agencies, like the National Park Service, were responsible for overseeing conservation projects overseeing conservation projects performed by the CCC. Typical projects included fire prevention and control, landscaping, tree pest and disease management, flood and anti-erosion control, and park improvements., From 1935 to 1937, Fort Necessity was host to one such CCC camp, Pennsylvania SP-12. The camp accommodated 850 enrollees during its existence. Re-forestation with trail and road building was the primary work performed here., The legacy of the CCC is very evident today by forests, trails, roads and picnic area found in this national park.