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Elephant Butte dam

ellenberk wrote 6 days ago: This dam is at Elephant Butte Lake where among the things I am preparing for Monday, for post on ado … more →

The Youth Conservation Corps: Has Its Time Arrived? SPECIAL FEATURE

Jim Taggart wrote 1 week ago: This post is a special to my blog. It’s longer than usual, but I want to ensure its completeness to … more →

Tags: Intergenerational Leadership, America's Future?, Conservation, dust bowl, Gen Y, Great Depression, leadership, President Roosevelt, youth unemployment

When Will Unemployment Get Better?

preplan wrote 2 weeks ago: The duh answer is. when companies start hiring, but that doesn’t really provide a meaningful a … more →

Tags: Politics, renewable energy, Economy, Public Policy, Wall Street, 1929, Great Depression, Unemployment, C.C.C

That's right... resist war Mr. President!

Holly Barry wrote 2 weeks ago: Open letter to our President: That’s right, Sir. Don’t listen to the same old, same old … more →

Tags: Economy, New Problems Need New Answers, Outside the box, Afghanistan, Alternative, Alternative Energy, Army, Barack Obama, C.C.C

The Best RV Site Yet!

muenker wrote 3 weeks ago: Towering Pines and Deciduous Trees Shade Sesquicentennial State Park RV Site Here we are in the mids … more →

Tags: RV Travel, Southeast USA, COLUMBIA, Columbia South Carolina, rv site, Sesquicentennial State Park, South Carolina, State Park

It's all part of our history2 comments

jessicabecker2 wrote 1 month ago: I read today that the average fuel efficiency of U.S. cars has improved by three miles since the Mod … more →

Tags: Culture, Environment, History, Humanities, Performing Arts, C.C.C, Milwaukee Public Theater, Wisconsin History

Big reward for little effort at Great Smokies1 comment

didaniel wrote 1 month ago: Buildings at Mountain Farm Museum October is a peak season at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, t … more →

Tags: Environmental, FAMILY TRAVEL, Farms, North Carolina, road travel, Tennessee, US/Canada national parks, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Kephart Prong Trail

San Solomon Springs, Balmorhea, TX -- 30 Sept 20091 comment

Daniel Chamberlin wrote 1 month ago: Whether they are classified as arroyos, oases, wadis, tinajas, cienegas, step-wells or swimming hole … more →

Tags: Deserts, Photography, Wetlands, writing, artesian springs, balmorhea, C.C.C, far west texas, San Solomon Springs

Michigan Historical Museum Internships2 comments

MI SHPO wrote 2 months ago: Internships with the Michigan Historical Museum are available at our flagship site in Lansing year-r … more →

Tags: History, lighthouse, light station, Michigan, Museums, internship, Walker Tavern, Fayette, Iron Industry

Social Security Card Number tattoos predated Auschwitz & German National Socialism

tinnyray wrote 2 months ago: Social Security Number http://rexcurry.net/social-security-number-tattoo3.jpg Tattoo from 1939? Amer … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Dr. Rex Curry, Edward Bellamy, Francis Bellamy, Pledge, Pledge of Allegiance, social security card numbers, Swastikas, Auschwitz

All for just a dollar a day ...

peacefulsmokies wrote 2 months ago: No … not asking for a donation. ;o) Sometimes during a hike through the Smokies, I get a littl … more →

Tags: 1, 75th Anniversary, Conservation, Environment, FDR, fire tower, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mt. Cammerer

See (sort of) How the CCC Succeeded

kathusitalo wrote 3 months ago: Simple tar-papered barracks served as home sweet home to CCC men Our greatest task is to put people … more →

Tags: Roscommon Michigan, CCC Museum, Michigan history museum, North Higgins Lake State Park, grayling michigan

Canoe Dig It?6 comments

kathusitalo wrote 3 months ago: Canoes and kayaks survived our half-day paddle on the AuSable River In an earlier post I mentioned t … more →

Tags: Canoe, Ausable River, AuSable River Center, Roscommon Michigan, paddling Michigan rivers, Blue Ribbon Trout Stream, Mason Tract, Trout Unlimited, Verlen Kruger

Volunteer Vacation

Jim wrote 4 months ago: By Susan Middaugh Photograph © 2002  Gretchen Sacotnik. At least once a year, go someplace you’ve ne … more →

Tags: essays, Holidays, Non-Fiction, Travel, @ vacation, access trails, Accomplishment, american hiking society, Arkansas

New Again1 comment

coolplaneteditor wrote 5 months ago: Amanda Muise By Amanda Muise Development Officer, Clean Air-Cool Planet For my birthday last month, … more →

Tags: New Generation, wilderness conservation, green jobs, State Parks, Conservation, Wild Areas, Massachusetts, environmental job, climate change conservation corps

Bell Smith Springs, part two6 comments

suehenryphotography wrote 5 months ago: One could not help but admire the suberb craftsmanship of these stairs when descending from the park … more →

Tags: Sue Henry Photography, abstract, Nature, IL, Bell Smith Springs, Shawneww National Forest, Southern IL, Hiking Trails, steps

Young Hoosiers Conservation Corps is Depression-era Good Sense for Our Modern Times1 comment

Candace Keener wrote 6 months ago: An article on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) crossed my desk last week, so FDR’s initia … more →

Tags: Stuff You Missed in History Class, young hoosiers conservation corps, FDR & New Deal, indiana new deal program

Gordon Parks' Voices in the Mirror.2 comments

jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 6 months ago: Gordon Parks recounts his fascinating life in Voices in the Mirror, one of his three memoirs. I … more →

Tags: Current Books, Audobon Ballroom, Block Museum, Flavio da Silva, forrest gump, Gordon Parks, horatio alger, Ingrid Bergman, Malcolm X

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp1 comment

macwhatley wrote 7 months ago: On the north side of NC 22 halfway between Ramseur and Franklinville are these two quartz columns th … more →

Tags: Deep River, Government, NC Geography, Randolph County, New Deal, Soil Conservation


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