Editing Civilian Conservation Corps (section)

===Work classifications===
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The CCC performed 300 types of work projects in nine approved general classifications:
#Structural improvements: bridges, [[fire lookout tower]]s, service buildings
#Transportation: truck trails, minor roads, [[hiking trail|foot trails]] and airfields
#[[Erosion control]]: [[check dam]]s, terracing, and vegetable covering
#[[Flood control]]: irrigation, drainage, dams, ditching, channel work, [[rip rap|riprapping]]
#[[Forestry|Forest culture]]: tree planting, fire prevention, fire pre-suppression, firefighting, [[pest control|insect and disease control]]
#[[Landscape architecture|Landscape]] and recreation: public camp and picnic ground development, lake and pond site clearing and development
#[[Rangeland|Range]]: stock driveways, elimination of predatory animals
#[[Wildlife]]: stream improvement, [[fish stocking]], food and cover planting
#Miscellaneous: [[emergency service|emergency work]], [[surveying|surveys]], [[mosquito]] control<ref>Merrill, Perry H. (1981) ''Roosevelt's Forest Army, A History of the Civilian Conservation Corps'', p. 9</ref>

The responses to this seven-month experimental conservation program were enthusiastic. On October 1, 1933, Director Fechner was directed to arrange for the second period of enrollment. By January 1934, 300,000 men were enrolled. In July 1934, this cap was increased by 50,000 to include men from Midwest states that had been affected by drought. The temporary tent camps had also developed to include wooden barracks. An education program had been established, emphasizing job training and literacy.<ref name="Fechner"/>{{rp|10}}

Approximately 55% of enrollees were from rural communities, a majority of which were non-farm; 45% came from urban areas.<ref>"Your CCC, A Handbook for Enrollees", Happy Days Pub. Co., Inc. (1940) p. 9</ref> Level of education for the enrollee averaged 3% illiterate; 38% had less than eight years of school; 48% did not complete high school; and 11% were high school graduates.<ref name=" Ermentrout2"/> At the time of entry, 70% of enrollees were malnourished and poorly clothed. Few had work experience beyond occasional odd jobs. Peace was maintained by the threat of "dishonorable discharge". "This is a training station; we're going to leave morally and physically fit to lick 'Old Man Depression,'" boasted the newsletter, ''Happy Days,'' of a [[North Carolina]] camp.