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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. 





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. Its experts also furnish advice 

 and cooperation by personal contact with many individuals. 



