Grayling Visitors Bureau

Contacts: Rob Burg 989-348-2537 or Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014

History of the Civilian Conservation Corps to be Presented at Hartwick
Pines Logging Museum March 7

“The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Grayling
Area” will be the topic of a presentation at 2 p.m. Sunday, March
7, at the Hartwick Pines Logging Museum in Grayling. Department of
Natural Resources and Environment historian Rob Burg will present the
program that highlights the work the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
did in Grayling, Gaylord, Houghton Lake, Kalkaska, Mio and Roscommon.

The CCC planted more than 400 million trees in Michigan, fought
thousands of forest fires across the country and developed some of
America’s most beloved national parks. In the Grayling and surrounding
areas alone, the CCC operated the Higgins Lake Nursery, built the
Logging Museum at Hartwick Pines, the Conservation Training School (now
the Ralph A. McMullan Center) at Higgins Lake, the Reedsburg Dam near
Houghton Lake, operated the Grayling Fish Hatchery, and made
improvements at the Grayling Winter Sports Park (Hanson Hills).

This hour-long program will highlight these and other accomplishments
of the “CCC Boys” during the Great Depression, when the CCC not only
put men to work, but also helped to heal the state from the results of
the lumber practices and wildfires of an earlier period. Michigan-and
the entire United States-benefited from the work that “Roosevelt’s
Tree Army” performed from 1933-1942.

Hartwick Pines Logging Museum is part of the Michigan Historical Museum
system. The Logging Museum is located at 4216 Ranger Rd. in Grayling.
Admission to the event is free; however a motor vehicle permit is
required for entry into the park. For more information about the museum,
visit www.michigan.gov/loggingmuseum.

Refreshments will be served. If you have any questions about this
program or any other events at Hartwick Pines, please contact Rob Burg
at (989) 348-2537 or by email at burgr@michigan.gov.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is committed to the
conservation, protection, management and accessible use and enjoyment of
the state’s environment, natural resources and related economic
interests for current and future generations.