A Few c o ver s t o r y Ki By Harvey Chipkin I t's been almost 80 years since President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps as a work relief program. The " Cs " , as many still fondly call the program, is wrapped in myth because of the number of lives it affected and the many permanent projects in national parks and elsewhere that continue to benefit visitors today. 44 Parks & Recreation J U LY 2 0 1 1 www.NRPA .ORG