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National forest roads and bridges in 31 states will get long-needed repairs under an economic stimulus spending plan announced by the Obama administration. Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday that $228 million in economic stimulus Agriculture money will be used for road maintenance and decommissioning and watershed restoration in dozens of national forests.

… Rep. Norm Dicks. D-Wash., chairman of a House appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Forest Service, called the projects wise investments and good stewardship.

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The economy was a shambles. Millions of Americans were out of work. Saying something drastic needed to be done, the newly elected president announced a massive economic stimulus package aimed at repairing the nation's sagging infrastructure and putting people back to work.

The first "emergency agency" established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the Civilian Conservation Corps, which eventually put 3 million men to work in the national park system.