- City:
- Morro Bay, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built an access road and other facilities, including a day-use picnic facility and protective fencing, at the Morro Strand State Beach in Morro Bay CA. It is unknown if those features are still standing today.
The National Youth Administration (NYA) also worked at Morro Strand State Beach restocking clam beds (shown below).
Source notes
Joseph H. Engbeck, Jr., By the People, For the People: The Work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in California State Parks, 1933-1941. (Sacramento: California State Parks, 2002), p. 96.
Site originally submitted by Douglas Dodd on April 5, 2009.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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