Keywords: Land conservation
Item 21574
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Bar Harbor, 1940
Contributed by: Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: 1940 Location: Bar Harbor; Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 82368
Civilian Conservation Corps Bar Harbor Football Team, 1934
Contributed by: Stubby Wheeler through Maine Conservation Corps Date: 1934 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees
While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4
"This group is dedicated to the conservation, protection, restoration and enhancement of the Scarborough Marsh watershed."
Site Page
"While MHS has provided extensive preservation and conservation work for the collection, it is considered at risk due to the heavy use."
Story
A New Beginning for Wabanaki Land Relationships
by John Banks
Wabanaki leadership in land stewardship
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
