Forest Resources." This 
report (which excluded 
Virginia) provided an overview 
of the forest situation with 
much tabular material. It was 
broad in its discussion, 
covering such items as 
marketing, taxes, credit, 
forest management, 
communities and mill towns, 
pulp mill towns, and the 
influx of people with housing 
problems. It presented a 
forest program centered 
around fire protection, forest 
management, and 
reforestation, noting that the 
enormous backlog of 
reforestation made it difficult 
to estimate what would be 
considered an adequate 
State planting program. 
The report identified the 
major problems as (1) forest 
fire protection, (2) forest 
management education, (3) 
reforestation, (4) adequacy 
of public forestry programs, 
and (5) forest communities. 
In Summary, the report stated 
that these problems could 
be dealt with by coordinated 
action if “someone plans for 
it." The report called for State 
and local planning and more 
effective use of the Civilian 
Conservation Corps and the 
Works Progress 
Administration on private 
lands, and identified a general 
need for research. The report 
was intended to be used by 
the States to improve their 
forestry programs (National 
Resources Planning Board 
1940). 
Civilian Conservation Corps 
Within a few days after his 
inauguration, President 
Franklin D. Roosevelt asked 
Congress to authorize and 
fund a program of emergency 
conservation work. On March 
31, 1933, scarcely 4 weeks 
after inauguration, the bill 
was signed to create a new 
agency, Emergency 
Conservation Work. The 
heart of the program was 
the Civilian Conservation 
Corps. With surprising speed, 
the Departments of Army, 
Labor, Agriculture, and the 
Interior mobilized a plan and 
a process to put young men 
to work on conservation 
projects. The Army provided 
initial orientation and clothing 
and built and operated the 
camps. The Department of 
Labor was responsible for 
recruitment. Agencies at 
Agriculture and Interior were 
responsible for planning and 
supervising the work and 
supplying tools, materials, 
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