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over that received by enrollees. In addition, many thousands of 
former enrollees have left the corps in better physical condition and 
with a background of valuable experience and training to take posi- 
tions in private industry and business. 
OTHER EMERGENCY PROJECTS 
The Forest Service has also contributed substantially to the relief 
of unemployed citizens through allotments of funds under various 
other emergency relief designations. A large quantity of useful 
work on the national forests has been done in practically every State. 
Work projects have included the construction of highways, roads, 
trails, bridges, dams, telephone lines, fire-lookout towers, and build- 
ings of various sorts; also much work has been done by relief em- 
ployees in the development of recreation facilities, forest culture, 
rodent control, and range improvement and surveys. 
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FIGURE 27.—Crew of C. C. C. members planting seedlings on Hinkle Run, Monongahela 
National Forest, W. Va. 
Large additions to the national forests have been made under the 
various relief programs. Purchase of these areas and the subsequent 
improvement and protection work done on them have also provided 
large-scale employment of men. By means of these programs, public 
forest properties have been greatly improved and men employed on 
healthful work, noncompetitive with private industry. 
INFORMATION ON FORESTRY 
The Forest Service places at the service of the public its fund of 
information about forestry, accumulated from its experience of more 
than a third of a century in managing forest properties, and from 
its forest research. It publishes its findings in helpful, practical 
bulletins, reports, and statements. Jts experts also furnish advice 
and cooperation by personal contact with many individuals. 
