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Civilian Conservation Corps

(Encyclopedia)Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established in 1933 by the U.S. Congress as a measure of the New Deal program. The CCC provided work and vocational training for unemployed single young men through ...

conservation

(Encyclopedia)conservation, in art: see art conservation and restoration. ...

Peace Corps

(Encyclopedia)Peace Corps, agency of the U.S. government, whose purpose is to assist underdeveloped countries in meeting their needs for trained manpower. The Peace Corps was established in 1961 by executive order ...

conservation of natural resources

(Encyclopedia)conservation of natural resources, the wise use of the earth's resources by humanity. The term conservation came into use in the late 19th cent. and referred to the management, mainly for economic rea...

conservation laws

(Encyclopedia)conservation laws, in physics, basic laws that together determine which processes can or cannot occur in nature; each law maintains that the total value of the quantity governed by that law, e.g., mas...

Women's Army Corps

(Encyclopedia)Women's Army Corps: see WAC.

conservation of wildlife

(Encyclopedia)conservation of wildlife: see conservation of natural resources; endangered species; wildlife refuge. ...

wildlife, conservation of

(Encyclopedia)wildlife, conservation of: see endangered species; wildlife refuge; conservation of natural resources. ...

World Conservation Union

(Encyclopedia)World Conservation Union: see International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. ...

Marine Corps, United States

(Encyclopedia)Marine Corps, United States, military corps that forms a separate service within the U.S. Dept. of the Navy. The commandant of the Marine Corps is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During conflic...