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The Civilian Conservation Corps put young men back to work during the Great Depression. Here, CCC members saw down dead trees in a burned area near Belton, Mont.
Photo by
George A. Grant -
National Park Service History Collection
With college classes going online because of COVID-19, Joe Spofforth put his double major in political economies and educational studies on hold to move West and find work. When the pandemic was over, he'd go back.
"You can get real into this stuff," the 21-year-old Ohioan said, grinning at his mountain surroundings as his fellow Montana Conservation Corps crew members saw, chop and lop branches and logs away from a dirt path — trail work.