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CCC Veterans to Be Honored At Bastrop State Park (Region C)

Bastrop State Park will host 100 or more former Civilian Conservation Corps members who helped build the foundation of the Texas State Park system back in the 1930s and 1940s. The March 28-29 event commemorates the 75th anniversary of the CCC, started by Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration in 1933 to address joblessness during the Great Depression years.

Most of the young men whose skilled hands worked on soil conservation and forestry projects, and helped build the structures that form the backbone of such outstanding state parks as Caddo Lake, Garner and Indian Lodge have passed on as the 75th anniversary approaches. Those CCC workers who are still alive today are in their 80s and 90s.

Registration begins at 1 p.m. Friday, March 28, in the Bastrop Refectory.   (Read more...)

Applications Being Taken for Game Warden Academy (All regions)

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is taking applications for a game warden cadet class scheduled to start Oct. 1, 2008. Applications will be accepted through March 31.

It is anticipated that up to 55 cadets will be accepted into the 54th Game Warden Academy, which will begin its seven-month training in October. More than 400 people applied for the 40 positions in the previous cadet class that will graduate in May.   (Read more...)