Project type: Forestry and Agriculture, Dams, Flood and Erosion control, Infrastructure and Utilities, Pest Control
New Deal Agencies: Civil Works Administration (CWA)
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Description
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) developed what is now the Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area in Carlstadt, New Jersey.
NYTimes: “The Federal Government is cooperating in the important mosquito extermination program in the Hackensack meadows where a grant of $93,000 is giving work to 600 men. By the construction of dikes and tide gates large swamp areas are being drained and a considerable portion of land is being reclaimed.”
Source notes
The New York Times: "CWA GREAT BENEFIT TO BERGEN COUNTY," February 25, 1934 (pg. 6)
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 27, 2018.
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