when i see such plantings in MI.. they are usually CCC plantings from the 30s ...

wonder if its the same there???

and its common to see them in state parks .. which i believe.. were gotten on the cheap after the land was clear cut during the lumber boom ...

ken

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=CCC+tree+planting&t=ffcm&ia=web

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ccc+tree+planting+1930s+images&t=ffcm&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

You might be right, ken. ~80+ years old or so would seem reasonable.

yup ... lol... tree time ...

ken

I’ve seen several Texas State Parks over the past couple of years, and the Civilian Conservation Corps was instrumental in building many of them. It’s an interesting part of U.S. history, and PBS did a nice piece on it a few years ago. Who knows, we may see a similar program in the not too distant future.

Locally, the CCC built our baseball stadium, which is still in use and looks splendid. Henry Aaron got his pro baseball start here. Yes, I’m missing baseball. :(

Hi interested,

I have not been privy to actually seeing any of the Lololly Pine stands planted by the CCC in western Maryland but have seen several ccc plantings of Resinosa Pine in West Virginia of the same era. There were very few small native stands of Pinus resinosa to supply needed seed and seedling when CCC was most active in reforestation!

I believe the Red Pine seedling were supplied by Pennsylvania and same provenance!

Johnny

conifer50, I've seen mass-plantings of Pinus sylvestris along Rt 77 just north of the Beckley, WV area -- miles of them, prb'ly averaging 60-70 ft tall. Beautiful w/the pinkish-orange branches, but that was 35 yrs ago -- don't know how they've fared w/diseases (needlecast, pine nematode blight).

A magnificent loblolly pine is an oxymoron... :-)