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Our Mission:
To Promote the Health of the Fishing Creek Watershed
To Promote the Health of the Fishing Creek Watershed
****UPCOMING EVENTS****
FCWA Meeting February 10, 2025
The CCC Boys of Camp Morton: Planting the Seeds of Conservation during the Great Depression
The Civilian Conservation Corps along Fishing Creek near Elk Grove
William "Bill" Williams
PA Game Commission, Retired
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(see description and flyer below)
****All events will be held in the Lower Level Conference Room in the Ag Services Building
at 702 Sawmill Road, Bloomsburg PA 17815 unless noted otherwise****
This entertaining program examines the daily life of members of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Morton, which was located along Fishing Creek near Elk Grove.
The CCC was a federal program created by an act of Congress in 1933 to address massive unemployment and revitalize the area’s ravaged natural resources. Young men in the program planted trees, built roads, fought forest fires, and improved wildlife habitat. Traces of their camp can still be seen today.
Camp Morton was administered by reserve officers from the Department of the Army and local men served as supervisors on conservation work projects. Over three million young men participated in the project nationwide, many of whom went on to serve in the armed forces during World War II. Perhaps someone in your family worked at Camp Morton. If so, this is a good opportunity to share your information and learn more about what life was like at the camp.
Please join us as we take a look back at earlier conservation work in our Fishing Creek watershed.
The CCC was a federal program created by an act of Congress in 1933 to address massive unemployment and revitalize the area’s ravaged natural resources. Young men in the program planted trees, built roads, fought forest fires, and improved wildlife habitat. Traces of their camp can still be seen today.
Camp Morton was administered by reserve officers from the Department of the Army and local men served as supervisors on conservation work projects. Over three million young men participated in the project nationwide, many of whom went on to serve in the armed forces during World War II. Perhaps someone in your family worked at Camp Morton. If so, this is a good opportunity to share your information and learn more about what life was like at the camp.
Please join us as we take a look back at earlier conservation work in our Fishing Creek watershed.
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