CPS Camp Number 149

CPS Camp Number 149

Technical Agency: Forest Service

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 149, a Forest Service project conducted from several locations opened in June 1945. Operated by the American Friends Service Committee and the Brethren Service Committee, the project closed in June 1946. Men worked on Forest Research Projects.

CPS Camp # 149
CPS Camp No. 149
Goose Creek fire. McCall Camp S-223 CCC's on fire.
Photo by B.W. Schubert, U.S. Forest Service Photo
Date: August, 1940
CPS Camp No. 149
CPS Camp No. 149
Nezperce National Forest, Idaho. Blister rust crew building fire line on Pack River Fire.
Photo by K.D. Swan, U.S. Forest Service Photo
Date: Aug. 20, 1934
CPS Camp No. 149
CPS Camp No. 149
South Carolina. Fire fighting crew [handwritten note: "of conscientious objectors"] attacks head fire with half ton pumper truck in hand tools. Water from truck applied by hosemen to base of flame, cools down fire only enough so that men following with flaps can handle it.
Photo by Geo. K. Stephenson, U.S. Foreign Service Photo
Date: March, 1944

Units:

  • Location: various locations, | Opened: June 1945 | Closed: June 1946