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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOG BOOM HOLDS BACK OIL POLLUTED WATER PART OF EPA SUPERVISED CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL. 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL SPILLED FROM A BURST PIPELINE AND FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE IT WAS CONTAINED BY A LOG BOOM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSE-UP OF THE MOAB CITY DUMP. ALTHOUGH GENERALLY WELL-OPERATED, THE DUMP STILL PRACTICES OPEN-BURNING, WHICH CAUSES SMOKE AND HAZE TO BE VISIBLE IN THE TOWN BELOW, AND WHICH ALSO MARS THE BEAUTY OF MOAB'S NATURAL SETTING OF MOUNTAINS AND CANYONS. AS YET LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE NO PLANS TO STOP THE BURNING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GLOBE MALLOW
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A HIKER IN THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. IN THESE WILD SECTIONS THERE ARE NO TRAILS, AND THE EXPLORER MUST RELY ON MAP AND COMPASS. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY; WATER IS SCARCE, THE TERRAIN HARSH AND HELP IS SOMETIMES DAYS AWAY. BUT THE REWARDS ARE GREAT, AND MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY EXPERIENCE THE CANYONLANDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS THAT LITTER THE COUNTRYSIDE COULD BECOME A SIGHT OF THE PAST IF THE EXPERIMENTAL HOUSES BUILT FROM THEM NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO, BECOME POPULAR. SOME 70,000 CANS ARE NEEDED TO BUILD ONE STRUCTURE, SO THE CAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS WATCHING WITH INTEREST. BUILDER MICHAEL REYNOLDS CONSIDERS THE HOUSES FUNCTIONAL AND ATTRACTIVE, AND AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN ONES BUILT BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. NIGHTTIME RODEO FOR 4-H CLUB BOYS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SETTING UP A CAMERA AT ANTICLINE OVERLOOK IN THE CANYONLANDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SETTLING PONDS OF THE TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY'S POTASH DIVISION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BACKPACKERS ON A WEEK-LONG HIKE THROUGH THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS, CAMP UNDER THE SHELTER OF A TOWERING OVERHANG. BECAUSE IT SELDOM RAINS, TENTS ARE NOT NECESSARY. FIREWOOD IS DRY AND PLENTIFUL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THESE FREMONT CULTURE PICTOGRAPHS, DATING BACK TO THE 11TH CENTURY A.D., HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED BY A RECENT APPLICATION OF SPRAY PAINT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED ON PICEANCE CREEK. IN THE SUMMER THEY MOVE 15 MILES SOUTH TO THEIR COW CAMP, AND THEIR CATTLE GRAZE ON HIGHER LANDS OWNED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND PRIVATE OIL COMPANIES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CATTLE GRAZING ON THIS PARK LAND IS SCHEDULED TO END BY 1975
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PIPELINES OF THE SALT SETTLING PONDS OF THE TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY. TOGETHER WITH URANIUM, POTASH FORMS ONE OF THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES OF THE AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR COMMUNITY OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, IS A SMALL TOWN WITH A ONE-STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. JUDGING LIVESTOCK RAISED BY YOUNGSTERS IN THE 4-H PROGRAM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PICEANCE BASIN, SEMI-ARID RANGE LAND
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHING IS THE CHIEF OCCUPATION OF THE PICEANCE BASIN. THE LARGE RANCHES ARE BASED ON PRIVATE LANDS IN THE VALLEY BOTTOMS. SURROUNDING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS ARE LEASED FOR GRAZING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STACKS OF BUILDING BLOCKS FOR EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING BEING BUILT OF EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO A TOTAL OF EIGHT CANS WEIGHING 14 OUNCES ARE WIRED TOGETHER AND PLACED IN MORTAR IN THE OUTSIDE WALLS. BUILDER MICHAEL REYNOLDS CONSIDERS THE HOUSES FUNCTIONAL AND ATTRACTIVE, AND AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN ONES BUILT BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS. SOME 70,000 CANS ARE NEEDED TO BUILD ONE HOUSE. A MACHINE COULD BE DESIGNED TO MAKE THE UNITS AT A SHARPLY REDUCED COST
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. HIRED HAND JAKE MILTON SPENDS AN IDLE MOMENT PRACTICING ROPING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AERIAL OF WHITE RUN AND GRANDVIEW POINT IN CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK. TOWN OF MOAB ON THE COLORADO RIVER IS SUPPLY CENTER FOR THE AREA. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.)
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEVIL'S GARDEN CAMPGROUND
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE COLONY PLANT (NEAR GRAND VALLEY IN THE PICEANCE BASIN) AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH, HAS TAKEN OIL SHALE FROM AN UNDERGROUND MINE AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED IT IN AN EXPERIMENTAL RETORT TEN PER CENT OF COLONY'S TWENTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLAR RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT CERTAIN SPECIES OF GRASS WILL GROW ON PROCESSED SHALE IF GIVEN WATER DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A VIEW OF THE EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE MADE OF EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS AFTER COMPLETION WITH ADOBE EXTERIOR. PERSONS USING CAN CONSTRUCTION CAN SAVE UP TO 20% OVER THE COST OF CONVENTIONAL HOUSING, REPORTS ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER MICHAEL REYNOLDS. PEOPLE INEXPERIENCED IN CONSTRUCTION WORK CAN BE USED TO BUILD THE HOUSES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PRINCE'S PLUME
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED HERE. ROPING IS AN ESSENTIAL SKILL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEER HUNTERS' KILL IS COUNTED AND EXAMINED AT CHECK STATION NORTH OF RIFLE BY EMPLOYEES OF THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. THE INFORMATION IS USED TO DETERMINE THE TIME AND DURATION OF NEXT YEAR'S SEASON AND WHAT TYPE OF DEER MAY BE HUNTED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. INSIDE THE NNA HOME IN RIFLE. MRS. A WAS BORN IN RIFLE IN 1890
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE ARCH IN WINDOWS SECTION OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EPA MEN CHECK LOG BOOM FOR LEAKAGE OF OIL AND DEBRIS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. THE BOOM SERVED TO CONTAIN THE OIL UNTIL FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED MUCH OF THE OIL TO OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL. ALSO IN THE BOAT ARE OFFICIALS FROM THE COAST GUARD AND THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY. THE SPILL WAS CAUSED BY THE BURSTING OF A COMPANY PIPELINE 200 MILES UPSTREAM NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOLE IN quot;THE ROCKquot;, 1.5 MILE SOUTH OF MOAB, IS THE ONLY COMMERCIAL, ROADSIDE ATTRACTION IN THE AREA. IT IS A HOME CARVED FROM THE SANDSTONE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM IN THE CANYONLANDS IS THE OFF-ROAD USE OF VEHICLES. BECAUSE OF SCARCE RAIN AND THIN GROUND COVER, THIS OLD ROAD SCAR WILL TAKE YEARS TO HEAL. IN THE NEEDLES AND NEAR THE MAZE AREA THE PARK SERVICE IS ATTEMPTING TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY ROADS AND RESTORE THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. BUT THE RULES ARE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE REMOTE MAZE SECTION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VANDALISM IS A PROBLEM, AS MOST OF THE CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK AREA IS UNSUPERVISED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIKERS REST AT FIERY FURNACE IN ARCHES NATIONAL PARK. RANGER NATURALISTS TAKE TOURISTS THERE THROUGH A MAZE OF NARROW CANYONS WITHOUT AN EXPERT ALONG THE INEXPERIENCED VISITOR CAN EASILY GET LOST, HENCE ONLY GUIDED TOURS OF THE AREA ARE PERMITTED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE COLONY PLANT (NEAR GRAND VALLEY IN THE PICEANCE BASIN) AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH, HAS TAKEN OIL SHALE FROM AN UNDERGROUND MINE AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED IT IN AN EXPERIMENTAL RETORT COLONY, A JOINT VENTURE OF THE OIL SHALE CORPORATION AND ATLANTIC RICHFIELD, IS NOW PLANNING A FULL SCALE OPERATION. IT WILL EMPLOY 1000 PERSONS AND PRODUCE BETWEEN 40,000 AND 85,000 BARRELS OF SYNTHETIC CRUDE OIL A DAY
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING SOUTH OVER THE CLIFFS, BUTTES, AND MESAS OF THE DEAD HORSE POINT REGION TO THE COLORADO RIVER, ALMOST HIDDEN IN ITS CANYON 2000 FEET BELOW
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEWSPAPER ROCK, IN INDIAN CREEK HISTORIC STATE PARK, IS REMARKABLE FOR THE CLARITY AND NUMBER OF ITS ANCIENT INDIAN PICTOGRAPHS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING SOUTH OVER PICEANCE CREEK. FEDERAL OIL SHALE LEASE SITE quot;C-Bquot; LIES SOUTH OF THE CREEK BETWEEN THE TWO NORTH-SOUTH VALLEYS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THE OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED HERE FOR THREE GENERATIONS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SAND NEAR ENTRANCE TO THE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT SITE OF OIL-SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER. BOAT PUSHES OIL-LADEN DEBRIS TO A POINT WHERE A DRAGLINE SHOVEL CAN REACH IT. SPILL ORIGINATED NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. OIL FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM UNTIL TEMPORARILY CONTAINED BY THE LOG BOOM PICTURED HERE. JUST BEYOND BOOM SITE IS THE NORTHEASTERN TIP OF LAKE POWELL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRAGLINE SCOOPS OIL-LADEN DEBRIS FROM SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. SPILL ORIGINATED NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. OIL FROM BURST PIPELINE FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM UNTIL TEMPORARILY CHECKED BY LOG BOOM SHOWN HERE. CREWS WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK WERE HAMPERED BY ALMOST CONTINUAL RAIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE E. DENE MOORE MEMORIAL HOME IS A NURSING HOME CONNECTED WITH THE RIFLE HOSPITAL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. JUDGING LIVESTOCK RAISED BY YOUNGSTERS IN THE 4-H PROGRAM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE ARCH IN WINDOWS SECTION OF THE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STUDENTS OF ROCK SCHOOL IN PICEANCE CREEK AREA ARE PLANTING TREES AROUND THE SCHOOL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN OCTOBER, 1972, A PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY BURST, RELEASING 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POLITICAL POSTER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UTAH--CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. quot;PAUL BUNYON'S POTTYquot; IN THE NEEDLES IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF A POT HOLE ARCH: AN ARCH THROUGH A ROOF
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TOURISTS AT DEAD HORSE POINT STATE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAIN VALLEY FLOOR OF THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE CENTER OF THE CANYONLANDS. IT CONTAINS ONLY ONE OR TWO TRAILS USABLE BY HORSES. HIKERS ENTER BY MEANS OF ROPES, OR STEPS CUT IN THE ROCK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, SOUTHEAST OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, BENEATH THE OIL SHALE BEARING BOOK (OR ROAN) CLIFFS, IS THE MAJOR COMMUNITY IN THIS REGION OF SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOCUMERICA PHOTOGRAPHER, DAVID HISER, AT DEAD HORSE POINT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CAMPING AT NIGHT DURING A WEEK-LONG HIKING TRIP THROUGH WATER CANYON AND THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. BECAUSE IT SELDOM RAINS, TENTS ARE NOT NECESSARY. SHELTER CAN USUALLY BE FOUND BENEATH AN OVERHANG FIREWOOD IS DRY AND PLENTIFUL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PASQUE FLOWERS-THIS EARLY BLOOMING SPRING FLOWER SURVIVES THE LATE SNOW STORMS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THE OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED HERE FOR THREE GENERATIONS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ASPEN RESIDENTS PLANT SEEDLINGS AT MAROON LAKE CAMPSITE, 12 MILES NORTH OF ASPEN. THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE TO REPLACE THE NATIVE ASPENS THAT HAVE BEEN DYING OF A ROOT DISEASE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. HIRED HAND JAKE MILTON SPENDS AN IDLE MOMENT PRACTICING ROPING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. JUDGING LIVESTOCK RAISED BY YOUNGSTERS IN THE 4-H PROGRAM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DE BEQUE, LIKE OTHER SMALL TOWNS IN THE PICEANCE BASIN, IS BARELY MAINTAINING ITSELF. DEPARTURE OF SMALL RANCHERS AND FAILURE OF THE OIL SHALE INDUSTRY TO MATERIALIZE HAS MADE QUASI-GHOST TOWNS OF MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES. FRANK JOHNSON, OWNER OF A SECOND-HAND STORE, WANTS TO SELL OUT AND MOVE TO ARIZONA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FEDERAL OIL SHALE LEASE SITE IN PICEANCE BASIN, SEMI-ARID LAND COVERED WITH SAGEBRUSH AND SMALL PINON AND JUNIPER TREES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AERIAL VIEW OF THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND ALMOST INACCESSIBLE REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. THERE ARE NO FOOTPATHS HERE, AND BACKPACKERS ENTERING THE AREA SHOULD BE EXPERIENCED IN MOUNTAINEERING TECHNIQUES, AS WELL AS IN THE USE OF MAP AND COMPASS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FUNERAL AT RIFLE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRAGLINE BASKET AND CLAIM SHELL BUCKET ARE USED TO SCOOP OIL-LADEN DEBRIS FROM LOG BOOM ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER. DUMP TRUCK WILL CARRY IT TO DISPOSAL SITE ON HILLSIDE HALF A MILE AWAY. OIL SPILL WAS CAUSED BY A BURST PIPELINE 200 MILES UPSTREAM NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. BOOM SERVED TO CONTAIN MUCH OF THE OIL SLICK BEFORE HEAVY RAINS CAUSED IT TO OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OIL SHALE. IT IS THE KEROGEN IN THIS ROCK WHICH WHEN HEATED TO 900 F., YIELDS OIL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT CALGGETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL--WALTER SOLON MOYER III, THE FIRST BABY OF THE NEW YEAR, AND HIS MOTHER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DESCENDING INTO THE MAZE FROM NEAR CHIMNEY ROCK, USING MOUNTAINEERS' quot;RAPPELINGquot; TECHNIQUE. IN THIS REMOTE REGION OF THE CANYONLANDS THERE ARE NO TRAILS AND NO MEANS OF ACCESS EXCEPT BY ROPE AND, SOMETIMES, BY STEPS CUT IN THE ROCK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BONY REMAINS OF DEAD CATTLE OUTSIDE THE MOAB CITY DUMP (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.)
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EKKER BUTTE RISES IN THE CRYSTAL AIR OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK. BATES WILSON, SUPERINTENDENT OF BOTH CANYONLANDS AND NEARBY ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, SAYS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE JUST NOW IS THEIR CLEAR ATMOSPHERE. HE FEARS THIS WILL BE HARMED SOON BY THE OPERATION OF GIANT COAL-BURNING POWER PLANTS IN UTAH AND ADJOINING STATES. SOME PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE AIR IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO SUFFER FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE HUGE PLANT AT SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANVIL POINTS RESEARCH CENTER, A GOVERNMENT FACILITY, HAS BEEN LEASED TO DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING INC. WHICH WILL TEST A NEW KIND OF RETORTING (DISTILLING BY HEAT) PROCESS TO EXTRACT THE OIL FROM OIL SHALE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE RESIDENT MANA AGNA WAS BORN HERE IN 1890
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PATROLMAN MARK SHEARER PUTS UP SCHOOL CROSSING SIGNS AT DAYBREAK. LAWBREAKING IN RIFLE IS MOSTLY CONFINES TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND OCCASIONAL DRUNKENNESS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PASSENGERS ON A RIVER TRIP SOUTH FROM MOAB ON THE COLORADO PASS BENEATH ONE OF THE TOWER-LIKE ROCK FORMATIONS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE REGION. SUCH TRIPS PROVIDE THE GREATER NUMBER OF VISITORS HERE, THEIR MOST DIRECT CONTACT WITH WILDERNESS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PLAQUE DESCRIBES quot;NEWSPAPER ROCK,quot; AT INDIAN CREEK STATE PARK. THE ROCK IS REMARKABLE FOR THE NUMBER AND CLARITY OF ITS PICTOGRAPHS, MADE BY ABORIGINAL INDIANS OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AERIAL VIEW OF UPHEAVAL DOME, PERHAPS THE MOST GEOLOGICALLY INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE CANYONLANDS. IT IS A VAST CRATER, MORE THAN A MILE ACROSS, FORMED WHEN A SALT DOME THRUST ITSELF UP FROM BENEATH THE EARTH. THE ROCKS IN THE CENTER ARE THE OLDEST, HAVING COME FROM DEEPEST IN THE EARTH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED ON PICEANCE CREEK. IN THE SUMMER THEY MOVE 15 MILES SOUTH TO THEIR COW CAMP, AND THEIR CATTLE GRAZE ON HIGHER LANDS OWNED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND PRIVATE OIL COMPANIES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ISLAND IN THE SKY, THE NORTHERN-MOST SECTION OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE E. DENE MOORE MEMORIAL HOME IS A NURSING HOME CONNECTED WITH THE RIFLE HOSPITAL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OIL SLICK ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER JUST ABOVE LOG BOOM. A BURST PIPELINE AT SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO, SPILLED ABOUT 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL. THE OIL FLOWED DOWNSTREAM MORE THAN 200 MILES BEFORE THE BOOMS CONTAINED IT. EPA SUPERVISED CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP IS FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THE OLDLANDS ARE THIRD GENERATION RANCHERS HERE. THEIR CATTLE GRAZE ON LANDS OWNED BY VARIOUS OIL COMPANIES AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FUNERAL AT RIFLE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ARCHITECT AND EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE BUILDER MICHAEL REYNOLDS LIVES IN THIS STRUCTURE WHICH IS A COMPENDIUM OF HIS EXPERIMENTS IN THE FIELD, NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. THE LEFT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE WITH THE PYRAMID-SHAPED ROOF HAS BEEN BUILT USING EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS. THE SLOPING WALL AT ITS BASE IS A SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR. REYNOLDS HAS BUILT ENTIRE HOMES FROM THE CANS, AND REPORTS THEY CAN BE BUILT AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN CONVENTIONAL HOUSING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WATER CANYON IS NAMED FOR ITS SPRING WHICH FURNISHES A GOOD SUPPLY OF PURE WATER, A RARITY IN THIS DRY AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OIL SHALE. IT IS THE KEROGEN IN THIS ROCK WHICH WHEN HEATED TO 900 F., YIELDS OIL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PART OF THE NEEDLES, SOUTHEAST OF THE JUNCTION OF THE GREEN AND COLORADO RIVERS. THESE SHARP, MULTICOLORED, SENTINEL LIKE ROCK FORMATIONS ARE AMONG THE BEST-KNOWN GEOLOGICAL WONDERS OF THIS SPECTACULAR REGION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SPECTATORS CROWD THE BANKS AS THE STERN-WHEELER quot;CANYON KING' BEGINS HER MAIDEN VOYAGE. LARGER AND MORE COMFORTABLE THAN ANY CRAFT HITHER-TO AVAILABLE, AND BUILT IN MOAB FOR LOCAL CONDITIONS, IT WILL CARRY SIGHT-SEERS FORTY MILES DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE DEEP CANYONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER. THE BOAT IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT MANY TOURISTS TO THE AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AFTER THIS BREAK FOR LUNCH, VISITORS TO THE CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK WILL CONTINUE THEIR TRIP DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER SEVERAL OUTFITS IN MOAB OFFER SUCH TRIPS. THEY ARE THE MAIN MEANS OF PROVIDING AN EXPERIENCE OF WILDERNESS TO VACATIONERS IN THE AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR TOWN OF THE PICEANCE BASIN IS LOCATED ON THE COLORADO RIVER. THE TOWN STANDS AT THE JUNCTION OF US 6 (I-70) AND COLORADO 13, BOTH MAJOR HIGHWAYS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE ARCH IN WINDOWS SECTION OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. THIS LOG BOOM IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH TEMPORARILY CONTAINED THE SPILL. BESIDE THE OIL COMPANY, 5 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE CLEAN-UP. WORK WENT ON AROUND THE CLOCK; CREWS WERE RELIEVED BY HELICOPTERS BASED AT OLJATO TRADING POST. TENT WAS THE ONLY SHELTER FROM THE ALMOST CONSTANT RAIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN THE MAZE, A WILD AREA IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE PARK HIKERS MUST NAVIGATE BY MAP AND COMPASS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOCOWEED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANTONELLI INDUSTRIES, RIFLE, A SKI GOGGLES FACTORY, EMPLOYS FOURTEEN WORKERS MOST OF WHOM ARE FARM WIVES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARK RANGER LENDS A HAND TO MOTORCYCLE RIDER WHO CAN'T MANAGE HIS BIKE ON THE STEEP ROAD ELEPHANT HILL, NEEDLES SECTION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DELICATE ARCH, THE MOST FAMOUS NATURAL ARCH IN THE PARK. IT IS IN A SUPERB RAISED AND ISOLATED LOCATION, REACHED BY A ONE-AND-A-HALF MILE FOOT TRAIL. BEHIND IT, TO THE EAST, ARE THE LASAL MOUNTAINS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EIGHTY-ONE YEAR OLD CELIA MAPES SPEAKS FOR MOST OF HER FELLOW TOWN PEOPLE WHEN SHE SAYS, quot;RIFLE IS THE ONLY PLACE FOR MEquot;
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BURNING DUMP. (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.)
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COMPLETED PICTURE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ALL ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CAN HOUSE NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. IT TOOK ABOUT 70,000 CANS TO COMPLETE THE TWO STORY STRUCTURE. THE CANS WERE LAID HORIZONTALLY IN TWO THICKNESSES, SEPARATED BY A VERTICAL SHEET OF FOAM INSULATION. THE TECHNIQUE OF LAYING THE CANS IS EASILY LEARNED ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR COSTLY SKILLED LABOR. MANY OF THE CANS CAME FROM A NEARBY BAR WHERE ARCHITECT MICHAEL REYNOLDS GOT THEM FOR 15 CENTS A CASE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THIRTEEN FACES EAST (THREE FACES OUT OF CAMERA RANGE), IN HORSE CANYON. THESE PICTOGRAPHS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INSCRIBED 1000 YEARS AGO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEVIL'S GARDEN CAMPGROUND. MANY GOOD HIKING TRAILS BEING HERE. LASAL MOUNTAINS ARE IN THE BACKGROUND
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OIL LADEN RIVER DEBRIS CONTAINED BY LOG BOOM PART OF EPA SUPERVISED CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER SPILL. CRUDE OIL FROM A BURST PIPELINE FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE IT WAS CONTAINED BY A BOOM MADE OF TELEPHONE POLE SECTIONS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ROCK SCHOOL, BUILT IN 1897, STILL SERVES THE CHILDREN OF THE PICEANCE CREEK AREA. THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE TAKES THEM FROM THE FIRST GRADE THROUGH THE EIGHTH. THE BUILDING ALSO FUNCTIONS AS A COMMUNITY CENTER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. JUDGING LIVESTOCK RAISED BY YOUNGSTERS IN THE 4-H PROGRAM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FIRST EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE COMPLETED NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO USING EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE O ARCH IS AT THE END OF THE DEVIL'S GARDEN TRAIL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OF THREE EXPERIMENTAL HOUSES BUILT FROM EMPTY BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE O ARCH, ONE OF MANY WINDOWS CARVED INTO VERTICAL REDROCK BY CENTURIES OF EROSION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANGEL ARCH, FAMOUS ROCK FORMATION IN CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAIN VALLEY FLOOR OF THE MAZE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UPHEAVAL DOME, PERHAPS THE MOST INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL FEATURE OF THE CANYONLANDS. IT IS A CRATER, MORE THAN A MILE ACROSS FORMED WHEN A SALT DOME THRUST ITSELF UP FROM THE EARTH. THE ROCKS THROWN UP IN THE MIDDLE ARE THE OLDEST. SINCE THEY CAME FROM DEEPEST IN THE EARTH. THIS IS SAID TO BE THE BEST EXAMPLE OF A SALT DOME IN THE WORLD
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE RIFLE PACKING PLANT, A FAMILY OPERATION, PROCESSES LOCALLY GROWN LIVESTOCK. IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW SMALL PACKING COMPANIES IN WESTERN COLORADO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DELICATE ARCH IS THE MOST FAMOUS ARCH IN THE PARK. THE LASAL MOUNTAINS ARE BEHIND TO THE EAST
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FOSSILS ARE SEEN ALONG TRAIL FROM SPANISH BOTTOM, IN THE MAZE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEVIL'S GARDEN CAMPGROUND IS BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED, HAS FIREPLACES, AND IS WELL-MAINTAINED. GOOD HIKING TRAILS BEGIN HERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED HERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TOURISTS MUST BE GUIDED THROUGH FIERY FURNACE, AN INTRICATE MAZE OF NARROW CANYONS. A RANGER NATURALISTS LEADS, POINTING OUT PLANTS, ANIMALS AND GEOLOGY
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DESERT COTTONTAIL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHING IS THE CHIEF OCCUPATION OF THE PICEANCE BASIN. THE LARGE RANCHES ARE BASED ON PRIVATE LANDS IN THE VALLEY BOTTOMS. SURROUNDING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS ARE LEASED FOR GRAZING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AFTER A COLD MORNING OF PATROL DUTY POLICE OFFICER SHEARER AND CHIEF ALLEC ENJOY HOT COFFEE AT MAC'S CAFE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE ARCH IN WINDOW SECTION OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FAMILY ON WHALE ROCK, NEAR UPHEAVAL DOME, SAID TO BE THE BEST EXPOSED EXAMPLE OF A SALT DOME IN THE WORLD
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ARCHITECT AND EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE BUILDER MICHAEL REYNOLDS WHO LIVES NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO, BUILT THIS WELL HOUSING FROM OLD TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH PLASTER. HE PLANS MORE EXPERIMENTS WITH CASTOFF TIRES AS A BUILDING MATERIAL. CURRENTLY HE IS USING EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS TO BUILD HOUSES AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN CONVENTIONAL METHODS. HE ALSO IS EXPERIMENTING WITH SOLAR HEATING USING CANS PAINTED BLACK AND FILLED WITH WATER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR TOWN OF THE PICEANCE BASIN IS LOCATED ON THE COLORADO RIVER. THE TOWN STANDS AT THE JUNCTION OF US 6 (I-70) AND COLORADO 13, BOTH MAJOR HIGHWAYS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THIS LOG BOOM IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH, NEAR THE NEW MEXICAN BORDER, WAS THE SITE OF INTENSIVE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. THE BOOM CONTAINED THE SPILL UNTIL FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED MUCH OF THE OIL AND DEBRIS TO OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL. CREWS WORKED ROUND THE CLOCK IN ALMOST INCESSANT RAIN. SHIFTS WERE RELIEVED BY HELICOPTERS BASED AT THE OLJATA TRADING POST
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLIMBING UP FROM WATER CANYON, SO NAMED FOR A SPRING THAT SUPPLIES ABUNDANT FRESH WATER, A RARITY IN THIS REGION. THERE ARE NO TRAILS HERE, AND THE HIKER MUST NAVIGATE BY MAP AND COMPASS EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY; THE TERRAIN IS HARSH, WATER SCARCE, AND HELP SOMETIMES DAYS AWAY. BUT THE REWARDS ARE GREAT, AND MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THE CANYONLANDS CAN BE TRULY APPRECIATED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A LUNCH BREAK DURING A RIVER TRIP DOWN THE COLORADO FROM MOAB. SEVERAL LOCAL OUTFITS OFFER SUCH TRIPS. THEY ARE THE MAIN MEANS OF PROVIDING AN EXPERIENCE OF WILDERNESS TO VISITORS TO THE AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THIS OLD MAN SPENDS ALMOST EVERY EVENING WATCHING TV ALONE IN THE LOBBY OF THE MIDLAND HOTEL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE ANCIENT INDIAN PICTOGRAPHS ON NEWSPAPER ROCK, IN INDIAN CREEK HISTORIC STATE PARK, ARE NUMEROUS AND DISTINCT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ASPEN RESIDENTS HELP U.S. FOREST SERVICE PERSONNEL PLANT SEEDLINGS AT MARRON LAKE CAMPGROUND, 12 MILES NORTH OF ASPEN. THE NATIVE ASPEN TREES IN THIS POPULAR CAMP AREA HAVE BEEN DYING OF A ROOT DISEASE. THE USFS DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE FOR THE REPLANTING JOB SO CITIZENS VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICES. SNOW COVERED PEAKS IN BACKGROUND ARE THE 14,000 FOOT MAROON BELLS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN OCTOBER, 1972, A PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY BURST, RELEASING 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. THE COMPANY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEAN-UP, BUT 5 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE ALSO INVOLVED, UNDER THE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE EPA. A LOG BOOM CHECKED THE OIL AND DEBRIS UNTIL FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL. THE JARS SHOWN HERE CONTAIN WATER SAMPLES TAKEN BY EPA WORKERS AT THE BOOM SITE FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANGEL ARCH, FAMOUS ROCK FORMATION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ROAD FOLLOWS THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF ISLAND IN THE SKY, A MESA IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE CANYONLANDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POTASH PLANTS FORM THE MOST VISIBLE ALTERATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BETWEEN MOAB AND THE CANYONLANDS. THIS VIEW SHOWS THE SALT SETTLING PONDS OF THE POTASH DIVISION OF THE TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. NIGHTTIME RODEO FOR 4-H CLUB BOYS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MINISTER GREEN OF THE UNITED METHODIST-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GREETS MEMBERS AFTER SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING NORTH TO EKKER BUTTE FROM THE MAZE OVERLOOK IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE TOWERING WALLS OF A CANYON PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THIS GROUP OF BACKPACKERS IN THE MAZE, A WILD AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. ACCESS TO THE MAZE IS BY ROPE, OR OCCASIONALLY, STEPS CUT IN THE ROCKFACE. HIKERS HERE NEED EXPERIENCE, FOR THE GOING IS HARD, WATER SCARCE, AND TRAILS NON-EXISTENT. BUT THE REWARDS ARE GREAT, AND MANY SAY THAT THE CANYONLANDS CAN BE TRULY EXPERIENCED NO OTHER WAY
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FAIRVIEW CHURCH AND SCHOOL ARE ABANDONED NOW. IN THE 1950'S FIFTY-SIX STUDENTS ATTENDED FAIRVIEW SCHOOL (TO THE RIGHT OF THE CHURCH) AND FAIRVIEW WAS THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE FARM PEOPLE IN THE AREA. WHEN SMALL RANCHES COULD NO LONGER SUPPORT THEIR OWNERS, MANY HAD TO LEAVE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED ON PICEANCE CREEK. IN THE SUMMER THEY MOVE 15 MILES SOUTH TO THEIR COW CAMP, AND THEIR CATTLE GRAZE ON HIGHER LANDS OWNED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND PRIVATE OIL COMPANIES HAYING CREW AT WORK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOG BOOM, CENTER OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. HERE, EPA MEN CHECK MAIN BOOM FOR LEAKAGE. MADE OF TELEPHONE POLES SECTIONS, THE BOOM SERVED TO CONTAIN THE OIL AND DEBRIS UNTIL FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL. IN ADDITION TO THE PIPELINE COMPANY, FIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE CLEAN-UP. THE OPERATION WAS SUPERVISED BY THE EPA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS GROWS IN THE MAZE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. YUCCA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WRECKAGE OF AN ARMY HELICOPTER ASSIGNED TO CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ALL ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CAN EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. THE OWNERS REPORT THE HOUSE SEEMS TO WORK WELL SO FAR AND GIVES THE FEELING OF BEING VERY SOLID. THE SOUTH FACING WINDOWS CAPTURE HEAT FROM THE SUN, A GOOD FEATURE BECAUSE THE WINTERS OF THE SOUTHWEST ARE SEVERE. HOUSES OF THIS TYPE CAN BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES BECAUSE UNSKILLED LABOR CAN BE EMPLOYED AND THE COST OF THE CANS IS CHEAP
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING OUT AT CANYONLANDS FROM DEAD HORSE POINT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. JEWELRY STORE OWNER, MIKE CROSS, MAKES TIE TACKS, EARRINGS AND PAPER WEIGHTS FROM POLISHED CHUNKS OF OIL SHALE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HUNTERS TAKING THEIR DEER BACK TO DENVER MUST STOP AT CHECK STATION NORTH OF RIFLES, WHERE THEIR KILL IS COUNTED AND EXAMINED FROM THIS INFORMATION THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF FISHING AND GAME DETERMINES THE TIME AND DURATION OF NEXT YEAR'S SEASON AND WHAT TYPE OF DEER MAY BE HUNTED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RETIRING DENTIST DR. BLAKELY AND HIS WIFE HELD A YARD SALE TO CLEAR OUT THE ACCUMULATION OF 35 YEARS IN ONE HOUSE. THEY PLAN TO GO SOUTH TO WARMER COUNTRY
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAWN ON THE ROOF IS ONE OF SEVERAL UNUSUAL ASPECTS OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE BUILT NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO, USING EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ROCK FORMATIONS IN THE quot;THE DOLL HOUSE,quot; A REMOTE AREA IN THE CANYONLANDS SEPARATED FROM THE FAMOUS NEEDLES REGION BY THE COLORADO RIVER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ON TRAIL TO CHESLER PARK. ROCK SPIRES IN THE REAR ARE KNOWN AS THE NEEDLES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SCHAFER TRAIL, A STEEP MOTOR ROAD, IS IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE PARK. IT DESCENDS FROM ISLAND IN THE SKY TO THE COLORADO RIVER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OPEN BURNING IS STILL USED AT THE MOAB CITY DUMP, AND DESPITE HAZE AND SMOKE VISIBLE IN THE TOWN BELOW, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT STILL HAS NO PLAN TO END THE PRACTICE. THE DUMP ALSO MARS A FINE NATURAL SETTING, DOMINATED BY THE LASAL MOUNTAINS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS BLOSSOMS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, SOUTHEAST OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, BENEATH THE OIL SHALE BEARING BOOK, (OR ROAN) CLIFFS, IS THE MAJOR COMMUNITY IN THIS REGION OF SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT LOG BOOM ON SAN JUAN RIVER, IN A REMOTE AREA OF MONUMENT VALLEY. BOOM WAS SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING MASSIVE OIL SPILL FROM BURST PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY OIL FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE BEING TEMPORARILY CONTAINED BY BOOM. HERE, AN EPA MAN HELPS A COMPANY WORKER MOVE A STYROFOAM BOOM TO A SPOT WHERE THE MAIN BOOM IS LEAKING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DE BEQUE, LIKE OTHER SMALL TOWNS IN THE PICEANCE BASIN, IS BARELY MAINTAINING ITSELF. DEPARTURE OF SMALL RANCHERS AND FAILURE OF THE OIL SHALE INDUSTRY TO MATERIALIZE HAS MADE QUASI-GHOST TOWNS OF MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A CRYPTOGRAM COMMUNITY: THE DARK MOUND IS A COMMUNITY OF ALGAE AND FUNGI, BUILT UP VERY SLOWLY. THESE CRYPTOGRAMS COVER MUCH OF THE GROUND IN CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK. IF DAMAGED BY FOOT TRACKS OR TIRES, THE PLANTS TAKE FIVE TO TEN YEARS TO REPAIR THEMSELVES. THE PARK RANGERS TRY TO EDUCATE VISITORS TO THE NEED FOR CARE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PILE OF ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS ARE THE RAW MATERIAL FOR BUILDING BLOCKS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE BEING BUILT NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. A TOTAL OF 70,000 CANS WILL BE USED SINGLY AND IN BUILDING BLOCKS OF EIGHT TO BUILD A TWO STORY HOUSE DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT MICHAEL REYNOLDS. UNSKILLED LABOR AND CHEAPNESS OF MATERIALS WILL ALLOW THE STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL HOUSING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRAGLINE SCOOPS UP OIL-LADEN DEBRIS ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER FOLLOWING MASSIVE OIL SPILL FROM BROKEN PIPELINE 200 MILES UPSTREAM NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. BESIDE THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY, OWNERS OF THE BURST LINE, FIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE CLEAN-UP. THE OPERATION WAS SUPERVISED BY THE EPA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEAD LIVESTOCK DROPPED NEAR MOAB CITY DUMP. CARCASSES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE DUMP
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UPHEAVAL DOME AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY IN THE CANYONLANDS, INCLUDING THE GREEN RIVER GORGE. HAZE FROM WIND-BLOWN DUST MAKES VISIBILITY POOR
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAWYER STEVE NATELSON, WHO LIVES NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO RELAXES ON THE BED OF HIS EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT OF EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAIN STREET OF MOAB. THIS OLD MORMON PIONEER TOWN OF THE COLORADO RIVER IS THE STARTING POINT FOR TRIPS NORTH INTO THE ARCHES NATIONAL MONUMENT AREA AND SOUTH ALONG THE RIVER INTO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK. MOAB IS THE SETTING OF MANY OF ZANE GRAY'S NOVELS AND WAS HEADQUARTERS FOR A NUMBER OF OUTLAW GANGS OF THE EARLY WEST
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FIERY FURNACE IS AN INTRICATE MAZE OF NARROW CANYONS. A RANGER NATURALIST GUIDES TOURISTS THROUGH IT, EXPLAINING ITS PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE AND GEOLOGY
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UPPER END OF LOG BOOM ON SAN JUAN RIVER IN MONUMENT VALLEY UTAH. BOOM WAS THE SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING MASSIVE OIL SPILL FROM BURST PIPELINE 200 MILES UPSTREAM NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. OFFICIALS INSPECT OIL IN WATERS NEAR CANYON. TWO MONTHS AFTER THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN, REPORTS SAID THAT MOST OF THE OIL WAS OFF THE ROCKS BUT SOME COULD STILL BE SEEN ON VEGETATION. THERE HAVE BEEN VARYING REPORTS ON DAMAGE TO WILDLIFE, ESPECIALLY THE BEAVERS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE COLONY PLANT, NEAR GRAND VALLEY IN THE PICEANCE BASIN AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH, IS NOW PLANNING A FULL SCALE OIL SHALE OPERATION. A JOINT VENTURE OF THE OIL SHALE CORPORATION AND ATLANTIC RICHFIELD, COLONY WILL EMPLOY 1000 PEOPLE AND PRODUCE BETWEEN 40,000 AND 85,000 BARRELS OF SYNTHETIC CRUDE OIL A DAY
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE DAY AFTER A RAIN THE POTHOLES IN THE NEEDLES AREA OF THE CANYONLANDS ARE FULL. DESERT ANIMALS DEPEND UPON THIS UNCERTAIN WATER SUPPLY AND MANY SMALL ANIMALS LIVE IN THE POTHOLES. WHEN THE WATER DRIES UP, THEY GO INTO A FORM OF HIBERNATION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WINTER STORM LEAVES HUNGRY DEER TO SEEK FOOD AT A RANCH NEAR PICEANCE CREEK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIKERS TERRY MCGAW AND GLEN DENNY ENJOY A VIEW OF THE MAZE FROM THE TOP OF A RIDGE SEPARATING TWO CANYONS. THE MAZE, A WILD AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS, HAS NO FOOTPATHS, AND HIKERS ENTER BY MEANS OF ROPES OR STEPS CUT IN THE ROCKS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CATTLE ARE PERMITTED TO GRAZE ON THIS LAND JUST OUTSIDE CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN OCTOBER, 1972, A PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY BURST, RELEASING 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. THE OIL FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE BEING TEMPORARILY CONTAINED BY A LOG BOOM NEAR THE POINT WHERE THE RIVER ENTERS LAKE POWELL. THIS VIEW SHOWS DRAGLINE SCOOPING OIL-LADEN DEBRIS FROM THE WATER. CLEAN-UP CREWS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK WERE HAMPERED BY ALMOST CONSTANT RAIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DREDGING UP DEBRIS AT LOG BOOM NEAR POINT WHERE THE SAN JUAN RIVER ENTERS LAKE POWELL. THIS WAS THE SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN FROM A BREAK POINT 200 MILES UPSTREAM NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. THE CLEAN-UP WAS GREATLY IMPEDED BY THE UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS IN THE RIVER AT THIS TIME
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRAGLINE AND WORKERS AT SITE OF OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH. THIS IS A VERY REMOTE SPOT, ACCESSIBLE ONLY ON FOOT OR BY BOAT OR HELICOPTER PIPELINE COMPANY CREWS WERE AIDED BY ARMY, COAST GUARD, PARK SERVICE AND BLM PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. OPERATIONS WERE SUPERVISED BY THE EPA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE OWNER OF THE THIRD EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE AND ARCHITECT MICHAEL REYNOLDS, RIGHT, GO OVER PLANS OF THE TAOS, NEW MEXICO, AREA HOUSE AFTER THE FOUNDATION IS FINISHED. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE HOUSES TO USE ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS; THE OTHER TWO USED EMPTY STEEL CANS. REYNOLDS SWITCHED BECAUSE MORE ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS ARE AVAILABLE NOW. THE ARCHITECT BELIEVES THAT CAN HOUSES CAN BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHESLER PARK IN THE NEEDLES AREA OF THE CANYONLANDS. ONCE A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR JEEP TRIPPERS, CHESLER PARK HAS BEEN CLOSED TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO PREVENT EROSION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN OCTOBER 1972, A PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY BURST, RELEASING 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. THE OIL FLOWED SOME 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE BEING CONTAINED BEHIND A LOG BOOM WEST OF PIUTE FARMS, IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH. AN EPA OFFICIAL HOLDS UP A SAMPLE OF OIL-DRENCHED MUD AT THE BOOM SITE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FRANK STARBUCK, LAST OF THE OLD TIME RANCHERS NEAR FAIRVIEW MANAGES A SPREAD OF 1300 ACRES AND 400 HEAD OF CATTLE. HE DOES IT ALONE BECAUSE IT IS TOO DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO GET HELP. STARBUCK FINDS IT EASIER TO FEED HIS LIVESTOCK FROM A HORSE DRAWN WAGON OR SLED THAN FROM A TRUCK OR TRACTOR
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RUTS LEFT BY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE NEAR CHIMNEY ROCK. THE DESERT SURFACE IS FRAGILE; THESE TRACKS HASTEN EROSION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE VIEW FROM DEAD HORSE POINT: CANYONLANDS AND THE COLORADO RIVER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ONE OF THE PICTOGRAPHS IN THE MAZE, WESTERN PART OF THE PARK THE PARK SERVICE CONSIDERS THE REMOTENESS OF THE AREA THE BEST PROTECTION FOR THE DRAWINGS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RANCH LAND IN THE PICEANCE BASIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BACKPACKNG IN THE MAZE, A WILD AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. THERE ARE NO TRAILS HERE AND THE HIKER MUST RELY ON MAP AND COMPASS. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY: WATER IS SCARCE, THE TERRAIN HARSH, AND HELP IS SOMETIMES DAYS AWAY BUT THE REWARDS ARE GREAT AND MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FULLY EXPERIENCE THE CANYONLANDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. URANIUM MILL JUST OUTSIDE OF MOAB. THE ORE COMES FROM A MINE ABOUT 25 MILES AWAY. THE REGION IS RICH IN URANIUM AND POTASH. THESE MINERALS ARE THE BASIS OF THE TWO MAJOR INDUSTRIES OF THE AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP. THE OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED THE PICEANCE CREEK AREA FOR THREE GENERATIONS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ARCHITECT AND EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE BUILDER MICHAEL REYNOLDS WHO LIVES NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. HE CURRENTLY IS BUILDING HOUSES USING EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS, AND BELIEVES THEY CAN BE CONSTRUCTED AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN CONVENTIONAL HOUSING. HE ALSO IS EXPERIMENTING WITH SOLAR HEATING USING CANS PAINTED BLACK DISCARDED TIRES ARE AMONG THE OBJECTS HE HAS USED. REYNOLDS BELIEVES IN USING WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE IN HIS PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, SOUTHEAST OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, BENEATH THE OIL SHALE BEARING BOOK (OR ROAN) CLIFFS, IS THE MAJOR COMMUNITY IN THIS REGION OF SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CATTLE HERD IN PICEANCE BASIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WATER CANYON, NEAR THE MAZE, A VERY REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION NEAR THE CENTER OF THE CANYONLANDS. WATER CANYON GETS ITS NAME FROM A SPRING WITHIN THE CANYON, WHICH FURNISHES A GOOD SUPPLY OF PURE WATER, A RARITY IN THE REGION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CAMPING IN THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. BECAUSE IT SELDOM RAINS, TENTS ARE NOT NECESSARY. FIREWOOD IS DRY AND PLENTIFUL. EKKER BUTTE RISES IN THE BACKGROUND
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING UP THE MIDDLE FORK OF STUART GULCH, PART OF REUBEN OLDLAND'S PASTURE. THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR OIL SHALE LEASE SITE quot;C-Bquot; CALLS FOR THIS SPOT TO BECOME A DUMP FOR PROCESSED SHALE. IT WOULD BE FILLED TO THE HEIGHT OF THE SURROUNDING HILLS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSE-UP OF THE MOAB CITY DUMP. ALONG WITH AUTOMOBILES, THE OPEN-BURNING PRACTICED HERE SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION IN THE AREA. THE DUMP IS ABOUT THREE MILES FROM ARCHES NATIONAL PARK TO THE NORTHWEST AND FIFTEEN MILES FROM CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK TO THE SOUTH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE RIFLE PACKING PLANT, A FAMILY OPERATION, PROCESSES LOCALLY GROWN LIVESTOCK. IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW SMALL PACKING COMPANIES IN WESTERN COLORADO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING NORTH OVER CROSSBEDDED NAVAJO SANDSTONE IN ARCHES NATIONAL PARK TOWARD THE WINDOWS, WHERE MANY OF THE NATURAL ARCHES ARE LOCATED. THE WINDOWS IS THE MOST EASILY ACCESSIBLE PART OF THE AREA, AND LENDS ITSELF WELL TO GEOLOGICAL STUDIES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHESLER PARK IN THE NEEDLES AREA, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PARTS OF THE CANYONLANDS. ONCE A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR JEEP TRIPPERS, CHESLER PARK HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO PREVENT EROSION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SIGN OUTSIDE MOAB, AN OLD MORMON PIONEER TOWN SITUATED ON THE COLORADO RIVER, INVITES INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION. THE REGION IS RICH ON OIL, URANIUM, AND POTASH. THE LAST TWO FORM THE BASIS OF THE TWO LEADING INDUSTRIES OF THE AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AERIAL VIEW NEAR CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK SHOWING quot;THE FINS,quot; JUST SOUTH OF MOAB. THESE REMARKABLE FORMATIONS LIE BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PARK ITSELF
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. JUDGING LIVESTOCK RAISED BY YOUNGSTERS IN THE 4-H PROGRAM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A HIKER IN THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. IN THESE WILD SECTIONS THERE ARE NO TRAILS, AND THE EXPLORER MUST RELY ON MAP AND COMPASS. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY; WATER IS SCARCE, THE TERRAIN UNFORGIVING AND HELP IS SOMETIMES DAYS AWAY. BUT THE REWARDS ARE GREAT, AND MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY EXPERIENCE THE CANYONLANDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CEMETERY AT RIFLE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE BEING BUILT OF EMPTY ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS. IT IS THE FIRST TO USE ALL ALUMINUM CANS; TWO OTHER HOUSES USED STEEL CANS. THE PICTURE SHOWS THE FINISHED FOUNDATION WITH UPRIGHT FORMS FOR POURING CONCRETE BEAMS. THE OWNER AND ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS BUILT THE HOUSE UNDER SUPERVISION OF DESIGNER MICHAEL REYNOLDS. COST OF THIS TYPE OF HOUSING CAN BE AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SITE OF OIL-SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATION IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH FROM THE BREAK-SITE NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO, THE OIL FLOWED OVER 200 MILES DOWN THE SAN JUAN RIVER BEFORE BEING TEMPORARILY CONTAINED BY A LOG BOOM NEAR NORTHEAST TIP OF LAKE POWELL UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAINS NOT ONLY HAMPERED THE CLEAN-UP, BUT LATER CAUSED OIL AND DEBRIS TO OVERFLOW INTO THE LAKE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE, REPRESENTING COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENTAL GROUPS, MEETS AT CITY HALL TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ROUTES FOR I-70 IN THE RIFLE AREA. AN URBAN PLANNER EXPLAINS THE PROS AND CONS. CHAIRMAN DR. P.E. MCELVAIN IS STANDING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ENTRANCE TO THE MOAB CITY DUMP. SIGNS WARN LOCAL RESIDENTS THAT CATTLE CARCASSES ARE NOT ACCEPTED. ALONG WITH AUTOMOBILES THE DUMP SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION IN THE AREA THE SYSTEM OF OPEN BURNING IS USED. THE DUMP IS ABOUT THREE MILES FROM ARCHES NATIONAL PARK TO THE NORTH AND FIFTEEN MILES FROM CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK TO THE SOUTH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. USING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING TECHNIQUES WHILE HIKING IN THE MAZE A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS USUALLY THE PRACTICE IS TO ENTER A CANYON BY RAPPELLING DOWN A FIRMLY FIXED ROPE. IF NO SAFE EXIT IS KNOWN, THE ROPE IS LEFT IN PLACE AND USED ON THE RETURN FROM THE CANYON
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR COMMUNITY OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, IS A SMALL TOWN WITH A ONE-STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE E. DENE MOORE MEMORIAL HOME IS A NURSING HOME CONNECTED WITH THE RIFLE HOSPITAL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARTY AT HOME OF HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR BOB GEORGESON LIKE MOST OF RIFLE'S SOCIAL EVENTS, IS INFORMAL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEER ENTANGLED IN A BARBED WIRE RANCH FENCE IN PICEANCE BASIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. Frank Starbuck, Last of the Old Time Ranchers near Fairview Manages a Spread of 1300 Acres and 400 Head Of Cattle, He Does it Alone Because it is too Difficult and Expensive to Get Help
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SETTLING PONDS OF THE TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY'S POTASH DIVISION PLANT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VIEW OF THE MAZE, A VERY REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE CENTER OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK. A LABYRINTH OF NARROW CANYONS, IT RESEMBLES THE HUMAN BRAIN WHEN SEEN FROM ABOVE. IT CONTAINS ONLY ONE OR TWO TRAILS THAT HORSES CAN USE. HIKERS ENTER BY USING ROPES OR STEPS CUT INTO THE ROCK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DETAIL OF A WALL IN AN EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT OF ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. FOR THIS WALL THE CANS WERE LAID HORIZONTALLY IN TWO THICKNESSES WHICH ARE SEPARATED BY A VERTICAL SHEET OF FOAM INSULATION. THE EXTERIOR WILL BE A COMBINATION OF GLASS, EXPOSED CAN ENDS AND UNPAINTED CONCRETE UNSKILLED LABOR AND THE CHEAPNESS OF MATERIALS WILL ALLOW THE STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL HOUSING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRAVELLING DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER IN A JET BOAT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF TAG-ALONG-TOURS OF MOAB. BOAT PAUSES NEAR TO THE CANYON WALL, AFFORDING PASSENGERS A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF ANCIENT ROCK STRATA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LIVESTOCK AUCTION HELD EVERY FRIDAY AT THE RIFLE SALES-YARD
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PICEANCE BASIN, SEMI-ARID RANGE LAND, IS COVERED WITH SAGE BRUSH AND SMALL PINON AND JUNIPER TREES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FRANK STARBUCK, LAST OF THE OLD TIME RANCHERS NEAR FAIRVIEW MANAGES A SPREAD OF 1300 ACRES AND 400 HEAD OF CATTLE. HE DOES IT ALONE BECAUSE IT IS TOO DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO GET HELP
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. JUDGING LIVESTOCK RAISED BY YOUNGSTERS IN THE 4-H PROGRAM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EPA MAN CHECKS LOG BOOM FOR LEAKAGE OF OIL AND DEBRIS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. ORIGIN OF THE SPILL WAS A BURST PIPELINE, 200 MILES UPSTREAM. MADE CHIEFLY OF TELEPHONE POLES, THE BOOM HELD THE OIL IN CHECK UNTIL FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED IT TO OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL. CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS, INVOLVING CREWS FROM PIPELINE COMPANY, ARMY, COAST GUARD, AND OTHER AGENCIES WERE SUPERVISED BY EPA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A RIVER TRIP INTO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK CONDUCTED BY TAG-ALONG-TOURS OF MOAB. THIS IS A SHORT, RELATIVELY GENTLE TRIP WITH A FEW SMALL RAPIDS. SEVERAL OUTFITS IN MOAB PROVIDE SUCH TRIPS. IT IS THROUGH THEM THAT MOST VISITORS TO THE AREA GAIN AN EXPERIENCE OF WILDERNESS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DELICATE ARCH, THE MOST FAMOUS ARCH IN THE PARK. LASAL MOUNTAINS ARE BEHIND TO THE EAST
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ODD FELLOWS HALL IN DE BEQUE. DE BEQUE, LIKE OTHER SMALL TOWNS IN THE PICEANCE BASIN, IS BARELY MAINTAINING ITSELF. DEPARTURE OF SMALL RANCHERS AND FAILURE OF THE OIL SHALE INDUSTRY TO MATERIALIZE HAS MADE QUASI-GHOST TOWNS OF MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ARROWHEAD CHIPS AND SCRAPERS FOUND UNDER AN OVERHANG IN WATER CANYON
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WRECKAGE OF AN ARMY HELICOPTER ASSIGNED TO CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A RIVER TRIP INTO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK CONDUCTED BY TAG-ALONG-TOURS OF MOAB. THIS IS A SHORT, RELATIVELY GENTLE TRIP WITH A FEW SMALL RAPIDS. SEVERAL OUTFITS IN MOAB PROVIDE SUCH TRIPS. THEY ARE THE MAIN MEANS OF PROVIDING AN EXPERIENCE OF WILDERNESS TO VACATIONERS IN THE AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ABANDONED HOMESTEAD IN A VALLEY IN PICEANCE BASIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING BEING BUILT OF EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VIEW OVER THE CANYONLANDS, LOOKING WEST TO THE GREEN RIVER GORGE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MR. AND MRS. BILL , RESIDENTS OF RIFLE. MRS. WAS BORN HERE EIGHTY YEARS AGO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BIG WATER SPRING IS THE ONLY WATER SOURCE FOR A LARGE AREA WEST OF THE MAZE. IT HAS BEEN POLLUTED BY THE CATTLE ALLOWED TO GRAZE ON THIS PARK LAND. GRAZING HERE IS SCHEDULED TO END BY 1975
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHING IS THE CHIEF OCCUPATION OF THE PICEANCE BASIN. THE LARGE RANCHES ARE BASED ON PRIVATE LANDS IN THE VALLEY BOTTOMS. SURROUNDING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS ARE LEASED FOR GRAZING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRAGLINE SHOVEL SCOOPS UP OIL-LADEN DEBRIS FROM LOG BOOM ON SAN JUAN RIVER NEAR LAKE POWELL. OIL FLOWED FROM BURST PIPELINE 200 MILES UPSTREAM NEAR SHIPROCK NEW MEXICO. BOOM CONTAINED THE OIL UNTIL FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED MUCH OF IT TO OVERFLOW INTO THE LAKE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AERIAL VIEW UPSTREAM OF BOOM SITE IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH WHERE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER WAS CONTAINED BEFORE FLOODING CAUSED OVERFLOW OF OIL AND DEBRIS INTO LAKE POWELL. TO THE RIGHT OF THE RIVER LIES THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NAVY'S RESERVATION TO THE LEFT ARE BLM LANDS. THE LIGHT STRIP ALONG THE SHORE INDICATES THE HIGH WATER LEVEL OF LAKE POWELL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLIMBING OUT FROM THE HEAD OF WATER CANYON, NEAR THE MAZE A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. WATER CANYON IS SO CALLED BECAUSE OF A SPRING IN THE CANYON WHICH FURNISHES A GOOD SUPPLY OF PURE WATER, A RARITY IN THIS REGION. THE ROPE IS CLIMBED BY USING MECHANICAL ASCENDERS, SMALL DEVICES WHICH SLIDE UP THE ROPE BUT NOT DOWN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED HERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CEMETERY AT RIFLE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN OCTOBER, 1972, A PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY BURST, RELEASING 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GROUNDSEL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BACKPACKERS TERRY MCGAW AND GLEN DENNY REST IN THE SETTING SUN AT THE END OF THE TRAIL TO DELICATE ARCH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UPHEAVAL DOME, ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA IN THE CANYONLANDS. IT CONSISTS OF A MILE-WIDE CRATER CONTAINING A DOME OF MULTI-LAYERED ROCK. ALL THE ROCK FORMATIONS OF THE AREA ARE EXPOSED HERE. THE ORIGIN IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THE THRUSTING-UP OF A SALT DOME FROM BENEATH THE EARTH'S SURFACE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PICEANCE BASIN, SEMI-ARID RANGE LAND
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HUNTERS TAKING THEIR DEER BACK TO DENVER MUST STOP AT CHECK STATION NORTH OF RIFLE, WHERE THEIR KILL IS COUNTED AND EXAMINED FROM THIS INFORMATION THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF FISHING AND GAME DETERMINES THE TIME AND DURATION OF NEXT YEAR'S SEASON AND WHAT TYPE OF DEER MAY BE HUNTED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. JUDGING LIVESTOCK RAISED BY YOUNGSTERS IN THE 4-H PROGRAM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THESE FREMONT CULTURE PICTOGRAPHS, DATING BACK TO THE 11TH CENTURY A.D., HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED BY A RECENT APPLICATION OF SPRAY PAINT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE STERN-WHEELER quot;CANYON KING,quot; LARGER AND MORE COMFORTABLE THAN ANY CRAFT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE, AND BUILT IN MOAB FOR LOCAL CONDITIONS, IT WILL CARRY SIGHT-SEERS FORTY MILES DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE DEEP CANYONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER THE BOAT IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT MANY TOURISTS TO THE AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PASQUE FLOWERS BLOOM NEAR THE ROARING FORK RIVER. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.)
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OF THREE EXPERIMENTAL HOUSES BUILT FROM EMPTY BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS. ALL ALUMINUM CANS ARE BEING USED IN THIS CONSTRUCTION IN CONTRAST TO STEEL CANS BEING USED IN THE OTHER TWO. DESIGNER MICHAEL REYNOLDS IS USING THEM BECAUSE THEIR AVAILABILITY HAS INCREASED. AN UNSKILLED WORKER IS LAYING ONE OF TWO THICKNESSES OF CANS WHICH WILL BE SEPARATED BY A VERTICAL SHEET OF FOAM INSULATION. THE EXTERIOR WILL BE GLASS, UNPAINTED CONCRETE AND EXPOSED CANS NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SETTING PONDS OF THE TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY'S POTASH DIVISION PLANT LOCATED BETWEEN MOAB AND THE CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOOK CLIFFS (ALSO CALLED ROAN CLIFFS): OIL SHALE ROCKS IN THE PICEANCE BASIN OF WESTERN COLORADO. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OIL SHALE INDUSTRY WILL CHANGE THE LAND AND THE WAY OF LIFE SET BY THE AREA'S CHIEF OCCUPATION: CATTLE AND SHEEP RANCHING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EXTERIOR OF AN EXPERIMENTAL ALL ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CAN HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FOUNDATION WAS LAID. THE WOOD FORMS AT THE UPPER RIGHT WILL BE USED TO POUR CONCRETE BEAMS. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT BY LAYING CANS HORIZONTALLY IN TWO THICKNESSES AND SEPARATED BY A VERTICAL SHEET OF FOAM INSULATION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VANDALISM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEADHORSE POINT STATE PARK WITH VIEW OF THE COLORADO RIVER GORGE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOAB DUMP. LASAL MOUNTAINS, CONSIDERED A RECREATIONAL ASSET, RISE IN BACKGROUND. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.)
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ACCORDING TO PARK SUPERINTENDENT DAVE WILSON, THE NUMBER ONE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM IN THE CANYONLANDS IS OFF-ROAD USE OF VEHICLES. BECAUSE OF THE THIN GROUND COVER AND SCARCE RAIN, TRACKS ARE VISIBLE FOR MANY YEARS. SCARS LEFT BY THE URANIUM PROSPECTORS OF THE 50'S CAN STILL BE SEEN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ROCK SCHOOL, BUILT IN 1897, STILL SERVES THE CHILDREN OF THE PICEANCE CREEK AREA. THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE TAKES THEM FROM THE FIRST GRADE THROUGH THE EIGHTH. MRS. STARK (SHOWN HERE) AND HER HUSBAND ARE THE TEACHERS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UNLOADING OIL-LADEN DEBRIS FROM THE SAN JUAN RIVER ONTO DISPOSAL SITE IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH. A BURST PIPELINE NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO, RELEASED SOME 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE RIVER. THE OIL WAS CARRIED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE IT WAS TEMPORARILY CONTAINED BY A LOG BOOM MADE LARGELY OF TELEPHONE POLE SECTIONS AT THE POINT WHERE THE SAN JUAN FLOWS INTO LAKE POWELL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE GREATER NUMBER OF VISITORS TO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK GET THEIR MOST DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF WILDERNESS THROUGH RIVER TRIPS DOWN THE COLORADO. THE PINNACLES IN THE BACKGROUND ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE WILD AND UNUSUAL BEAUTY OF THE REGION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PILE OF ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS AWAIT USE FOR THE SECOND STORY OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. IT WAS TAKEN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE BEGINNING PICTURES OF THE HOUSE TWO OTHER HOUSES WERE BUILT USING STEEL CANS. UNSKILLED LABOR AND THE CHEAPNESS OF MATERIALS WILL ALLOW THE STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL HOUSING. SOME 70,000 CANS ARE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS TWO BEDROOM HOME
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THISTLE GROWS IN UPPER WATER CANYON, NAMED FOR THE SPRING OF PURE WATER IT CONTAINS, A RARITY IN THIS DRY AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEWSPAPER ROCK IS A LARGE CLIFF MURAL OF ANCIENT INDIAN PETROGLYPHS AND PICTOGRAPHS, REMARKABLE FOR THE CLARITY OF ITS NUMEROUS FIGURES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAROON LAKE CAMPSITE, 12 MILES NORTH OF ASPEN. SNOW COVERED PEAKS IN BACKGROUND ARE THE 14,000 FOOT MAROON BELLS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ON OIL SHALE LEASE SITE quot;C-Bquot; A DENVER COMPANY SALVAGES WOOD FROM A BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) CHAINING PROJECT. TO PRODUCE MORE GRAZING LAND A CHAIN IS DRAGGED ACROSS THE LAND BETWEEN TWO BULLDOZERS, KNOCKING DOWN TREES AS IT GOES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED HERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COMPLETED PICTURE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ALL ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CAN HOUSE NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. IT TOOK ABOUT 70,000 CANS TO COMPLETE THE TWO STORY STRUCTURE. THE CANS WERE LAID HORIZONTALLY IN TWO THICKNESSES, SEPARATED BY A VERTICAL SHEET OF FOAM INSULATION. THE TECHNIQUE OF LAYING THE CANS IS EASILY LEARNED ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR COSTLY SKILLED LABOR. MANY OF THE CANS CAME FROM A NEARBY BAR AT A COST OF 15 CENTS A CASE FOR ARCHITECT MICHAEL REYNOLDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING DOWN ON THE quot;GOOSENECKquot; OF THE COLORADO RIVER FROM DEAD HORSE POINT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FEDERAL OIL SHALE LEASE SITE IN PICEANCE BASIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OWNER OF THE FIRST HOUSE MADE COMPLETELY FROM EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS SITS IN HIS LIVING ROOM NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. EIGHT CANS ARE MADE INTO BLOCK LIKE UNITS AND COVERED WITH MORTAR FOR THE EXTERIOR WALLS. INTERIOR WALLS ARE MADE FROM INDIVIDUAL CANS LAID HORIZONTALLY. THE CEILING IS FINISHED WITH SPRAYED ON REPROCESSED PAPER. THE ARCHITECT FEELS SUCH HOUSES CAN BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EXTERIOR OF AN EXPERIMENTAL ALL ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CAN HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FOUNDATION WAS LAID. THE WOOD FORMS ON THE TOP WILL BE USED TO POUR CONCRETE BEAMS. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT BY LAYING CANS HORIZONTALLY IN TWO THICKNESSES AND SEPARATED BY A VERTICAL SHEET OF FOAM INSULATION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRAGLINE SCOOPS UP DEBRIS AT LOG BOOM SITE NEAR NORTHEAST TIP OF LAKE POWELL FOLLOWING MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER SPILL ORIGINATED FROM BURST PIPELINE 200 MILES UPSTREAM. BOOM WAS CENTER OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS. IT KEPT THE OIL AND DEBRIS IN CHECK UNTIL FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED OVERFLOW INTO THE LAKE. CREWS WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK WERE HAMPERED BY ALMOST CONSTANT RAIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEAD LIVESTOCK LEFT NEAR MOAB CITY DUMP. CARCASSES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE DUMP
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN THE NEEDLES AND MAZE AREAS OF THE CANYONLANDS THE PARK SERVICE IS ATTEMPTING TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY ROADS AND RESTORE THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD IS THE OFF-ROAD USE OF VEHICLES. BECAUSE OF THIN GROUND COVER AND SCARCE RAIN, TRACKS REMAIN VISIBLE FOR MANY YEARS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A HEAVY OIL SPILL INTO SAN JUAN RIVER CAUSED BY A BURST PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY REQUIRED MASSIVE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS. BESIDE THE COMPANY, FIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED. THE EPA SUPERVISED THE OPERATION. ARMY HELICOPTERS WERE INVALUABLE TO THE WORK. THE ONE SHOWN HERE IS BRINGING A GENERATOR TO FURNISH ELECTRICITY FOR THE CLEAN-UP SITE IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE O ARCH, ONE OF MANY WINDOWS CARVED INTO VERTICAL REDROCK BY CENTURIES OF EROSION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHIPMUNK AT CAMPGROUND OF DEAD HORSE POINT STATE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANVIL POINTS RESEARCH CENTER, A GOVERNMENT FACILITY, HAS BEEN LEASED TO DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING, INC. PURPOSE IS TO TEST A NEW KIND OF RETORTING (DISTILLING BY HEAT) PROCESS TO EXTRACT OIL FROM SHALE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A RIVER TRIP INTO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK CONDUCTED BY TAG-ALONG-TOURS OF MOAB. THIS IS A SHORT, RELATIVELY GENTLE TRIP WITH A FEW SMALL RAPIDS. SEVERAL OUTFITS IN MOAB PROVIDE SUCH TRIPS. IT IS THROUGH THEM THAT MOST VISITORS TO THE AREA GAIN AN EXPERIENCE OF WILDERNESS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. Oil in water of this canyon is result of an oil spill on the San Juan River more than 200 miles away. Near Lake Powell, Utah. October, 1972
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND INACCESSIBLE LABYRINTH OF NARROW CANYONS IN THE CENTER OF THE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ASPEN TREES ALONG EAST RIFLE CREEK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. YUCCA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WRECKAGE OF AN ARMY HELICOPTER ASSIGNED TO CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAIN VALLEY FLOOR OF THE MAZE IN THE WESTERN PART OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DE BEQUE, LIKE OTHER SMALL TOWNS IS THE PICEANCE BASIN, IS BARELY MAINTAINING ITSELF. DEPARTURE OF SMALL RANCHERS AND FAILURE OF THE OIL SHALE INDUSTRY TO MATERIALIZE HAS MADE QUASI-GHOST TOWNS OF MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KEYHOLE RUIN, ON HORSE CREEK IN CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK EARLY CLIFF DWELLERS ONCE LIVED HERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISHHOOK CACTUS BLOSSOMS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEAD LIVESTOCK DROPPED NEAR MOAB CITY DUMP. CARCASSES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE DUMP
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. HIRED HAND JAKE SPENDS AN IDLE MOMENT PRACTICING ROPING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. The Painted Bus is Home
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ARCHITECT AND EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE BUILDER MICHAEL REYNOLDS WHO LIVES NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO, IN THE PYRAMID-SHAPED ROOM WHERE HE SLEEPS. IT IS MODELLED EXACTLY AFTER THE GREAT PYRAMID IN EGYPT HE IS EXPERIMENTING WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE PYRAMID ON HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. HE IS KEEPING A JOURNAL OF HIS THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES, AND HOPES TO WRITE A BOOK ON THE SUBJECT. REYNOLDS IS USING EMPTY STEEL AND ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS TO BUILD EXPERIMENTAL HOUSES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DUMPING OIL LADEN DEBRIS; PART OF EPA SUPERVISED CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL. 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL SPILLED FROM BURST PIPELINE AND FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE IT WAS CONTAINED BY A LOG BOOM. THIS DISPOSAL SITE WAS DUG IN A HILLTOP ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM THE BOOM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FLOWERS BLOOM IN WATER CANYON, NAMED FOR A SPRING WHICH FURNISHES A GOOD SUPPLY OF PURE WATER, A RARITY IN THIS DRY AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AERIAL VIEW UPSTREAM OF BOOM SITE IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH WHERE OIL SPILL INTO SAN JUAN RIVER WAS TEMPORARILY CONTAINED BEFORE FLOODING CAUSED OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL. THE NAVAJO RESERVATION LIES TO THE RIGHT OF THE RIVER: TO THE LEFT ARE BLM LANDS LIGHT STRIP ALONG SHORE INDICATES HIGH WATER LEVEL OF LAKE POWELL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIKERS TERRY MCGAW AND GLEN DENNY ON THE TRAIL TO DELICATE ARCH IN ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, REMARKABLE FOR EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTS OF EROSION IN THE FORM OF GIANT ARCHES, PINNACLES, WINDOWS AND PEDESTALS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VEHICLE DAMAGE TO TERRAIN NEAR CHIMNEY ROCK. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.)
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ON OIL SHALE LEASE SITES quot;C-Bquot; A DENVER COMPANY SALVAGES WOOD FROM A BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) CHAINING PROJECT. TO PRODUCE MORE GRAZING LAND A CHAIN IS DRAGGED ACROSS THE LAND BETWEEN TWO BULLDOZERS, KNOCKING DOWN TREES AS IT GOES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN OCTOBER, 1972, A PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY BURST, RELEASING 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. BEFORE FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED THE OIL AND DEBRIS TO SPILL OVER INTO NEARBY LAKE POWELL THEY WERE CONTAINED BY LOG BOOM ON THE UTAH SIDE OF THE BORDER THIS VIEW SHOWS THE BOOM SITE, WITH CLEAN-UP EQUIPMENT IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED HERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE REPRESENTING COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENTAL GROUPS, MEETS AT CITY HALL TO CONSIDER PROPOSED ROUTES FOR I-70 IN THE RIFLE AREA. AN URBAN PLANNER EXPLAINS THE PROS AND CONS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR TOWN OF THE PICEANCE BASIN IS LOCATED ON THE COLORADO RIVER. THE TOWN STANDS AT THE JUNCTION OF US 6 (I-70) AND COLORADO 13, BOTH MAJOR HIGHWAYS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN OCTOBER, 1972, A PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY BURST, RELEASING AN ESTIMATED 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. BESIDE THE COMPANY, FIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE CLEAN-UP. HERE, AN EPA OFFICIAL TAKES A SAMPLE OF OIL-DRENCHED MUD FROM THE CLEAN-UP SITE, A LOG BOOM IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VIEW ALONG PARK'S FIFTH AVENUE IS BEING PAINTED IN OILS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PICTOGRAPH IN THE MAZE, IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS DATING BACK OVER 1000 YEARS, THESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES ARE HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO NATURAL DAMAGE AND VANDALISM. THE PARK SERVICE, HOWEVER, LACKS PERSONNEL TO GUARD THEM ADEQUATELY AND THEIR BEST PROTECTION IS THEIR REMOTENESS. AMONG THE DRAWINGS THE quot;HARVESTER FIGUREquot; IS SIGNIFICANT SINCE IT PROVES THAT THE ABORIGINES OF THE REGION PLANTED CROPS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NORTH WINDOW ARCH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ONE EXAMPLE OF WALL CONSTRUCTION IN EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING USING EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO CANS FOR NON-LOAD BEARING WALLS SUCH AS THIS CAN BE LAID HORIZONTALLY AND WILL BE PLASTERED OVER WHEN THE HOUSE IS COMPLETED. EXTERIOR AND LOAD BEARING WALLS EMPLOY EIGHT CAN BLOCKS WIRED TOGETHER. HOUSES USING CAN CONSTRUCTION CAN BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES, REPORTS DESIGNER MICHAEL REYNOLDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR COMMUNITY OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, IS A SMALL TOWN WITH A ONE-STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT. THE OIL SHALE BEARING BOOK (OR ROAN) CLIFFS RISE IN THE BACKGROUND
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FENCE MENDING AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED HERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CAKE DECORATING CLASS, PART OF CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM OF COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE, MEETS IN RIFLE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHIPMUNK AT CAMPGROUND OF DEAD HORSE POINT STATE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR TOWN OF THE PICEANCE BASIN IS LOCATED ON THE COLORADO RIVER. THE TOWN STANDS AT THE JUNCTION OF US 6 (I-70) AND COLORADO 13, BOTH MAJOR HIGHWAYS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS WORK WITH UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE PERSONNEL TO PLANT HUNDREDS OF SEEDLINGS TO REPLACE THE NATIVE ASPENS THAT HAVE BEEN DYING OF A ROOT DISEASE. THE PLACE IS THE VERY POPULAR MAROON LAKE CAMPSITE, TWELVE MILES NORTH OF ASPEN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISHHOOK CACTUS BLOSSOMS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE ARCH IN WINDOWS SECTION OF THE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED ON PICEANCE CREEK. IN THE SUMMER THEY MOVE 15 MILES SOUTH TO THEIR COW CAMP, AND THEIR CATTLE GRAZE ON HIGHER LANDS OWNED BY THE BUREAU OF LAMB MANAGEMENT AND PRIVATE OIL COMPANIES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KEYHOLE RUIN, ON HORSE CREEK, WAS ONCE A HOME TO PRECOLUMBIAN CLIFF DWELLERS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LIZARD
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UNLOADING OIL LADEN DEBRIS: PART OF EPA SUPERVISED CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL. 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL SPILLED FROM A BURST PIPELINE AND FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE IT WAS CONTAINED BY A LOG BOOM. THIS DISPOSAL SITE WAS DUG IN A HILLTOP ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM THE BOOM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANTONELLI INDUSTRIES, RIFLE, A SKI GOGGLES FACTORY, EMPLOYS FOURTEEN WORKERS MOST OF WHOM ARE FARM WIVES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OIL SHALE. IT IS THE KEROGEN IN THIS ROCK WHICH WHEN HEATED TO 900 F., YIELDS OIL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EPA SUPERVISED CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL. 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL SPILLED FROM A BURST PIPELINE AND FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE IT WAS CONTAINED BY A LOG BOOM. THIS IS A PART OF THE LOG BOOM HOLDING BACK THE OIL LADEN DEBRIS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A HELICOPTER BRINGS A FRESH WORK SHIFT TO THE SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER CREWS WORKED ROUND THE CLOCK AT THIS LOG BOOM IN MONUMENT VALLEY UTAH. THE BOOM TEMPORARILY CONTAINED THE OIL AND DEBRIS, BUT ALMOST CONSTANT RAIN CAUSED FLOODING, AND MOST OF THE OIL EVENTUALLY OVERFLOWED INTO NEARBY LAKE POWELL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR COMMUNITY OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, IS A SMALL TOWN WITH A ONE-STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT. THE OIL SHALE BEARING BOOK (OR ROAN) CLIFFS RISE IN THE BACKGROUND
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE ALL ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CAN EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. THE OWNERS REPORT THE HOUSE SEEMS TO WORK WELL SO FAR AND GIVES THE FEELING OF BEING VERY SOLID. THE SOUTHFACING WINDOWS CAPTURE HEAT FROM THE SUN, A GOOD FEATURE BECAUSE THE WINTERS OF THE SOUTHWEST CAN BE SEVERE. HOUSES OF THIS TYPE CAN BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES BECAUSE UNSKILLED LABOR CAN BE EMPLOYED AND THE COST OF THE CANS IS CHEAP
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIKER IN THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS, ENCOUNTERS SOME CATTLE GRAZING. THIS AREA WAS ONLY RECENTLY INCORPORATED INTO THE PARK, AND GRAZING WILL BE PERMITTED FOR A FEW MORE YEARS. THERE ARE INDICATIONS, HOWEVER THAT IN SOME PLACES THE LANDSCAPE IS SUFFERING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING WEST FROM ANTICLINE OVERLOOK, ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER TO THE CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED ON PICEANCE CREEK. IN THE SUMMER THEY MOVE 15 MILES SOUTH TO THEIR COW CAMP, AND THEIR CATTLE GRAZE ON HIGHER LANDS OWNED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND PRIVATE OIL COMPANIES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ASPEN LEAVES FLUTTER ALONG THE EAST RIFLE CREEK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE PARK SERVICE IS CUTTING DOWN ON THE BUILDING OF FENCES AND OTHER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES IN THE CANYONLANDS IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE AS UNDISTURBED AS POSSIBLE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS THAT LITTER THE COUNTRYSIDE COULD BECOME A SIGHT OF THE PAST IF THE EXPERIMENTAL HOUSES BUILT FROM THEM NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO, BECOME POPULAR. SOME 70,000 CANS ARE NEEDED TO BUILD ONE STRUCTURE SO THE CAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS WATCHING WITH INTEREST. BUILDER MICHAEL REYNOLDS CONSIDERS THE HOUSES FUNCTIONAL AND ATTRACTIVE, AND AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN ONES BUILT BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CROWDED WITH SIGHTSEERS, THE STERN-WHEELER quot;CANYON KINGquot; SETS OFF ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE. LARGER AND MORE COMFORTABLE THAN THE CRAFT FORMERLY AVAILABLE, AND BUILT IN MOAB FOR LOCAL CONDITIONS, IT WILL CARRY SIGHTSEERS FORTY MILES DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE DEEP CANYONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER. THE BOAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DR. GEORGE RICE (IN YELLOW JACKET) WAS EPA'S ON-SCENE COORDINATOR FOR THE CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL. 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL SPILLED FROM A BURST PIPELINE AND FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE IT WAS CONTAINED BY A LOG BOOM. HERE DR RICE IS CHECKING PROGRESS AT THE BOOM SITE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DURING A WEEK-LONG HIKE THROUGH THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS, STEVE MILLER AND GLEN DENNY ENJOY A LUNCH STOP IN A DEEP, SHADY CANYON
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING EAST OVER OIL-SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATION AREA IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH. A BURST PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY CAUSED THE MASSIVE SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER WORK WENT ON AROUND THE CLOCK WITH CREWS BEING CHANGED BY HELICOPTERS BASED AT OLJATO TRADING POST. THE PIPELINE COMPANY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEAN-UP, BUT FIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INCLUDING THE EPA, WERE ALSO INVOLVED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHIPMUNK AT CAMPGROUND OF DEAD HORSE POINT STATE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. The Cook at Texan Cafe Watches the Snow Removal Crew at Work
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. INSIDE THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE CENTER OF THE CANYONLANDS. IT CONTAINS ONLY ONE OR TWO TRAILS USABLE BY HORSES. HIKERS ENTER BY MEANS OF ROPES, OR STEPS CUT IN THE ROCK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BONY REMAINS OF DEAD CATTLE OUTSIDE THE MOAB CITY DUMP
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WORKERS DISPOSING OF GARBAGE COLLECTED IN THE PARK. LIMITED FUNDS AVAILABLE MUST GO TO SUCH SERVICE FIRST, LEAVING LITTLE FOR EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OIL SHALE. IT IS THE KEROGEN IN THIS ROCK WHICH, WHEN HEATED TO 900 F., YIELDS OIL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOTTLE WINDOW IN THE ENTRANCEWAY TO AN EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT WITH EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. THE ENDS OF THE CANS USED IN A NON-LOAD BEARING WALL ARE SEEN AROUND THE WINDOW. USING SUCH CONSTRUCTION, HOUSES CAN BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES, REPORTS THE DESIGNER. WHEN FINISHED THE HOUSE WILL HAVE THE SOLID, NATURAL HANDCRAFTED FEELING OF A TRADITIONAL ADOBE HOME IN THE SOUTHWEST
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ON THE TRAIL TO CHESLER PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RANGER AT WORK IN THE NEEDLES AREA OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. YOUNG COWBOY IS BEING FITTED FOR CHAPS AT THE RIFLE LEATHER SHOP
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HELICOPTER LANDS NEAR LOG BOOM IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. HELICOPTERS WERE AN INDISPENSABLE AID, BRINGING SUPPLIES AND CHANGING CREWS, SO THAT WORK COULD CONTINUE AROUND THE CLOCK. THIS IS A VERY REMOTE LOCATION, ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY FOOT BOAT, OR HELICOPTER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DELICATE ARCH, A NIGHT TIME VIEW
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UTAH--NEAR MOAB
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLIFF ROSES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAIN STREET OF MOAB. TRAFFIC IS BEGINNING TO BRING POLLUTION PROBLEMS TO A REGION LONG NOTED FOR THE CRYSTAL CLARITY OF ITS AIR MOAB IS THE STARTING POINT FOR TRIPS NORTH INTO ARCHES NATIONAL PARK AND SOUTH ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER INTO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A RIVER TRIP INTO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK CONDUCTED BY TAG-ALONG-TOURS OF MOAB. THIS IS A SHORT, RELATIVELY GENTLE TRIP WITH A FEW SMALL RAPIDS. SEVERAL OUTFITS IN MOAB PROVIDE SUCH TRIPS. THEY ARE THE MAIN MEANS OF PROVIDING AN EXPERIENCE OF WILDERNESS TO VACATIONERS IN THE AREA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A GOPHER SNAKE CRAWLS ALONG THE CANYON'S RIM AT THE NEEDLES OVERLOOK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SIGN DESCRIBES UPHEAVAL DOME, PERHAPS THE MOST INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL FEATURE OF THE CANYONLANDS. A MILE-WIDE CRATER, IT WAS FORMED WHEN A SALT DOME THRUST ITSELF UP FROM BENEATH THE EARTH. IT IS SAID TO BE THE MOST PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A SALT DOME IN THE WORLD
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SCENE IN quot;THE DOLL HOUSE,quot; A VERY REMOTE SECTION OF THE CANYONLANDS. THE DOLL HOUSE IS ONLY SIX MILES FROM THE NEEDLES AREA, BUT SINCE THE COLORADO RIVER SEPARATES THE TWO, ONE MUST DRIVE 250 MILES BY JEEP TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING NORTH OVER CROSSBEDDED NAVAJO SANDSTONE TOWARD THE WINDOWS SECTION OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, WHERE MANY OF THE NATURAL ARCHES ARE LOCATED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHIPMUNKS FIND FOOD IN CAMPING AREA OF DEAD HORSE POINT STATE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOG BOOM SITE IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH, WHERE MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER WAS TEMPORARILY CONTAINED. THE PIPELINE BREAK OCCURRED ABOUT 200 MILES UPSTREAM, NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS INVOLVING THE PIPELINE COMPANY AND 5 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE SUPERVISED BY THE EPA
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POTHOLES IN SANDSTONE FILLED WITH WATER FROM PREVIOUS DAY'S RAIN IN THE NEEDLES AREA OF THE CANYONLANDS. OVER 200 SPECIES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS LIVE IN THESE HOLES. SOME, LIKE SHRIMP, LIVE IN DRY EGG FORM AFTER THE WATER EVAPORATES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE VERSUS ASPEN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME. (ASPEN WON 14-13). SPECTATORS WATCH FROM THE SIDELINES AND FROM THEIR CARS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AT LOG BOOM ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN TIP OF LAKE POWELL, SITE OF OIL-SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS. THIS IS A VERY REMOTE AREA, ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY BOAT, HELICOPTER, OR ON FOOT. BARGE BRINGS DUMP TRUCK SENT FROM PAGE, ARIZONA, BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. OIL CAME FROM BURST PIPELINE NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO, 200 MILES UP-STREAM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLUMBINE IN WATER CANYON
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TOURISTS VISIT OLD INDIAN SITES NEAR LATRAP CANYON
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLIFF ROSES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EPA MEN INSPECTING OIL LEAKAGE ALONG BOOM SITE: PART OF THE CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL. A BURST PIPELINE AT SHIPROCK NEW MEXICO, SPILLED SOME 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE RIVER THE OIL FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM BEFORE IT WAS CONTAINED BY A LOG BOOM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHING IS THE CHIEF OCCUPATION OF THE PICEANCE BASIN. THE LARGE RANCHES ARE BASED ON PRIVATE LANDS IN THE VALLEY BOTTOMS. SURROUNDING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS ARE LEASED FOR GRAZING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ALONG EAST RIFLE CREEK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE O ARCH, ONE OF MANY WINDOWS CARVED INTO VERTICAL REDROCK BY CENTURIES OF EROSION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NARROW-LEAF YACCA AND ANGEL ARCH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE ARCH IN WINDOWS SECTION OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK WINDOWS IS ONE OF THE PARKS MOST VISITED AREAS. GRAFFITI ON ROCK IS COMMON KIND OF VANDALISM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIKING THROUGH THE NARROWS ON THE CHESLER PARK TRAIL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ASPEN LEAVES FLUTTER ALONG THE EAST RIFLE CREEK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AGAINST A SPECTACULAR BACKDROP FORMED BY THE LASAL MOUNTAINS AND THE NEARBY CANYONS, THE MOAB CITY DUMP BLAZES AWAY ALTHOUGH SMOKE AND HAZE IS OFTEN VISIBLE IN THE TOWN, WHICH LIES JUST UNDER THE HILL WHERE THE DUMP IS SITUATED, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO STOP THE USE OF OPEN BURNING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS ARE BEING USED TO BUILD EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. DESIGNER MICHAEL REYNOLDS STANDS NEXT TO AN INTERIOR WALL IN ONE OF THE STRUCTURES THE INSIDE WALLS ARE BUILT WITH CANS IN THE POSITION SHOWN. THE OUTSIDE WALLS ARE CONSTRUCTED USING AN EIGHT CAN UNIT AS A BUILDING BLOCK. (SEE #14164) SOME 70,000 CANS ARE NEEDED TO BUILD A HOUSE WHICH REYNOLDS SAYS CAN BE BUILT AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN CONVENTIONAL HOMES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ONE OF THE JOYS OF A LONG HIKING TRIP IN THE DESERT IS THE CHANCE TO RELAX AND DO AS YOU PLEASE. HERE STEVE MILLER ENJOYS A NAP IN THE SUNSHINE AND CRYSTAL AIR OF THE MAZE, A WILD AND BEAUTIFUL REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS WHERE STEVE AND HIS GROUP ARE BACKPACKING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ABANDONED FARM IN THE PICEANCE BASIN. SEVENTY PER CENT OF THE FARMS IN THE RIFLE AREA ARE PART-TIME OPERATIONS WITH OWNERS HOLDING WAGE-PAYING JOBS ELSEWHERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CAKE DECORATING CLASS, PART OF CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM OF COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE, MEETS IN RIFLE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAIN STREET OF MOAB. THIS OLD MORMON PIONEER TOWN IS THE STARTING POINT FOR TRIPS NORTH INTO THE ARCHES NATIONAL MOUNTAIN AREA, AND OF RIVER TRIPS SOUTH OF THE COLORADO INTO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK. MOAB IS THE SETTING OF MANY OF ZANE GRAY'S NOVELS AND WAS HEADQUARTERS FOR A NUMBER OF OUTLAW GANGS OF THE EARLY WEST
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FENCE MENDING AT THE OLDLANDS' SUMMER COW CAMP, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PICEANCE CREEK RANCH. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED HERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UTAH--NEAR MOAB
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHOOTING THE RAPIDS ON THE COLORADO RIVER SOUTH OF MOAB
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HANDMADE DOOR BEING FITTED BY A CARPENTER FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE MADE OF EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. WHEN FINISHED THE HOUSE WILL HAVE THE SOLID NATURAL, HANDCRAFTED FEELING OF A TRADITIONAL ADOBE HOME IN THE SOUTH WEST. USING SUCH CONSTRUCTION, HOUSES CAN BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES, REPORTS THE DESIGNER. CONVENTIONAL BEAMS AND POSTS ALSO ARE USED TO SATISFY THE MORTGAGE COMPANIES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GRAFFITI ON SANDSTONE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNFLOWER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FIERY FURNACE IS AN INTRICATE MAZE OF NARROW CANYONS TOURISTS ARE GUIDED THROUGH IT BY A RANGER NATURALIST WHO EXPLAINS ITS FLORA, FAUNA AND GEOLOGY ALONG THE WAY
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABOR DAY WEEKEND BRINGS THE ANNUAL GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR PARADE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE COLONY PLANT (NEAR GRAND VALLEY IN THE PICEANCE BASIN) AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH, HAS TAKEN OIL SHALE FROM AN UNDERGROUND MINE AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED IT IN AN EXPERIMENTAL RETORT TEN PER CENT OF COLONY'S TWENTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT CERTAIN SPECIES OF GRASS WILL GROW ON PROCESSED SHALE IF GIVEN WATER DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EKKER BUTTE RISES IN THE CRYSTAL AIR OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK. THE SMALLER ARCHES NATIONAL PARK LIES JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE TOWN. BATES WILSON, SUPERINTENDENT OF BOTH PARKS, SAYS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE AT THIS TIME IS THEIR CLEAR ATMOSPHERE. HE FEARS THIS WILL BE HARMED SOON BY THE OPERATION OF GIANT COAL-BURNING POWER PLANTS IN UTAH AND ADJOINING STATES. SOME PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE AIR IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO SUFFER FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE HUGE PLANT AT SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEAD TREE WITH THE MOAB CITY DUMP IN THE BACKGROUND. ASIDE FROM AUTOS, THE DUMP SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION IN THE AREA. THE SYSTEM OF OPEN BURNING IS USED. THE DUMP IS ABOUT THREE MILES FROM ARCHES NATIONAL PARK TO THE NORTH AND FIFTEEN MILES FROM CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK TO THE SOUTH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAYOR JOHN SCALZO WORKS ON THE RIFLE CITY BUDGET AT HOME CITY HALL HAS NO OFFICE FOR HIM. THE MAYOR IS PAID $25.00 A MONTH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING WEST TOWARD GREEN RIVER FROM OVERLOOK IN ISLAND IN THE SKY, THE NORTHERNMOST SECTION OF THE CANYONLANDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE BEING BUILT OF EMPTY ALUMINUM BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS. IT IS THE FIRST TO USE ALL ALUMINUM CANS; TWO OTHER HOUSES USED STEEL CANS. THE PICTURE SHOWS THE FINISHED FOUNDATIONS WITH UPRIGHT FORMS FOR POURING CONCRETE BEAMS. THE OWNER AND ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS BUILT THE HOUSE UNDER SUPERVISION OF DESIGNER MICHAEL REYNOLDS. COST OF THIS TYPE HOUSING CAN BE AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DOUBLE ARCH IN WINDOWS SECTION OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE YOUNG WAITRESS AT THE LOCAL Aamp;W SNACK BAR IS SAVING HER EARNINGS FOR OUT-OF-TOWN SCHOOLING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REMOVING LIVE PLANTS FROM THE PARK VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A HIKER IN THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. IN THESE WILD SECTIONS THERE ARE NOT TRAILS, AND THE EXPLORER MUST RELY ON MAP AND COMPASS. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY: WATER IS SCARCE, THE TERRAIN UNFORGIVING AND HELP IS SOMETIMES DAYS AWAY. BUT THE REWARDS ARE GREAT, AND MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY EXPERIENCE THE CANYONLANDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PHOTOGRAPHY IN ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, IN THE HEART OF THE REDROCK COUNTRY OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH. TO THE SOUTH IS THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE PICTURESQUE OLD MORMON PIONEER TOWN OF MOAB
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEAD HORSE STATE PARK AND THE GORGE OF THE COLORADO RIVER SHOWING THE SPECTACULAR CLIFF AND MESA TOPOGRAPHY THAT GIVE THE REGION ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THIS LOG BOOM IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH, WAS THE SITE OF INTENSIVE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A HEAVY OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. THE BOOM CONTAINED THE SPILL UNTIL FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED MUCH OF THE OIL AND DEBRIS TO OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL CREWS WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK; SHIFTS WERE RELIEVED BY HELICOPTERS BASED AT THE OLJATO TRADING POST. TENT TO THE LEFT OF THE FRAME WAS THE ONLY SHELTER FROM THE ALMOST INCESSANT RAIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR TOWN OF THE PICEANCE BASIN IS LOCATED ON THE COLORADO RIVER. THE TOWN STANDS AT THE JUNCTION OF US 6 (I-70) AND COLORADO 13, BOTH MAJOR HIGHWAYS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING DOWN ON ISLAND IN THE SKY AND THE FAMOUS SCHAEFER TRAIL, WHICH WINDS ITS WAY STEEPLY FROM THE MESA TOP TO THE COLORADO RIVER BELOW
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR COMMUNITY OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, IS A SMALL TOWN WITH A ONE-STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING EAST OVER SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE EPA, CREWS WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK. RELIEF SHIFTS AND SUPPLIES WERE BROUGHT IN BY HELICOPTERS BASED AT THE OLJATO TRADING POST TENT WAS THE ONLY SHELTER FROM THE RAIN WHICH FELL ALMOST CONSTANTLY
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIKERS TERRY MCGAW AND GLEN DENNY ON THE TRAIL TO DELICATE ARCH IN ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, SOUTHEAST OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, BENEATH THE OIL SHALE BEARING BOOK (OR ROAN) CLIFFS, IS THE MAJOR COMMUNITY IN THIS REGION OF SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOG BOOM IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH, NEAR POINT WHERE THE SAN JUAN RIVER ENTERS LAKE POWELL. THIS WAS THE SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN FROM A BREAK POINT NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. MADE CHIEFLY OF TELEPHONE POLES, THE BOOM HELD THE OIL SLICK IN CHECK UNTIL FLOODING CAUSED OVERFLOW INTO THE LAKE. DRAGLINE IN PICTURE IS SCOOPING OIL-LADEN DEBRIS FROM THE WATER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SULPHUR COMPANY'S POTASH DIVISION PLANT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEWLY INCORPORATED INTO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, THE MAZE IS AVAILABLE TO GRAZING CATTLE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ONE OF THE FOSSILS ALONG TRAIL FROM SPANISH BOTTOM. THIS AREA IS THE MAZE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CAMPGROUND IN ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UNTIL 1975 CATTLE ARE PERMITTED TO GRAZE IN THE MAZE, AN AREA NEWLY INCORPORATED INTO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHING IS THE CHIEF OCCUPATION OF THE PICEANCE BASIN. THE LARGE RANCHES ARE BASED ON PRIVATE LANDS IN THE VALLEY BOTTOMS. SURROUNDING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS ARE LEASED FOR GRAZING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, THE MAJOR COMMUNITY OF PICEANCE BASIN, IS A SMALL TOWN WITH A ONE-STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE UNITED METHODIST-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IS ONE OF RIFLE'S LARGER CHURCHES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ROCK SCHOOL, BUILT IN 1897, STILL SERVES THE CHILDREN OF THE PICEANCE CREEK AREA. THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE TAKES THEM FROM THE FIRST GRADE THROUGH THE EIGHTH. MR. STARK (SHOWN HERE) AND HIS WIFE ARE THE TEACHERS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARFIELD COUNTY FAIR. NIGHTTIME RODEO FOR 4-H CLUB BOYS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOUDS OVER RIFLE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LANDSCAPE ARCH, IN THE DEVIL'S GARDEN SECTION OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, IS BELIEVED TO BE THE LONGEST NATIONAL STONE ARCH IN THE WORLD. IT HAS A SPAN OF 291 FEET AND A HEIGHT OF 105 FEET
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CROSSBEDDED SANDSTONE OF CATLER FORMATION. SAND DUNES HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO SANDSTONE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOG BOOM ON SAN JUAN RIVER IN MONUMENT VALLEY WAS SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING MASSIVE OIL SPILL. BULLDOZER REMOVES DEBRIS SCOOPED UP BY DRAGLINE IN BACKGROUND. SPILL ORIGINATED 200 MILES UPSTREAM FROM BURST PIPELINE NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. RIVER AT THIS TIME CONTAINED MORE THAN USUAL AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS, AND CLEAN-UP WAS ALSO HAMPERED BY ALMOST CONSTANT RAIN. BOOM HELD OIL IN CHECK UNTIL FLOODING CAUSED OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE E. DENE MOORE MEMORIAL HOME IS A NURSING HOME CONNECTED WITH THE RIFLE HOSPITAL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANGLE ARCH, CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.)
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ROCK FORMATIONS IN quot;THE DOLL HOUSE,quot; A VERY REMOTE SECTION OF THE CANYONLANDS. ONLY SIX MILES TO THE EAST, ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER, IS THE FAMOUS NEEDLES SECTION OF THE PARK. BUT ONE MUST DRIVE 250 MILES BY JEEP TO GET FROM ONE OF THESE PLACES TO THE OTHER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE, SOUTHEAST OF THE PICEANCE BASIN, BENEATH THE OIL SHALE BEARING BOOK (OR ROAN) CLIFFS, IS THE MAJOR COMMUNITY IN THIS REGION OF SHEEP AND CATTLE RANCHES
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AFTER A MEETING
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HUNTERS TAKING THEIR DEER BACK TO DENVER MUST STOP AT CHECK STATION NORTH OF RIFLE, WHERE THEIR KILL IS COUNTED AND EXAMINED FROM THIS INFORMATION THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF FISHING AND GAME DETERMINES THE TIME AND DURATION OF NEXT YEAR'S SEASON AND WHAT TYPE OF DEER MAY BE HUNTED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MRS. ALBERS AND HER HUSBAND RUN THE ONE REMAINING STORE IN GRAND VALLEY. AS IT BECAME UNPROFITABLE TO OWN AND OPERATE SMALL RANCHES THE TOWNS OF THE PICEANCE BASIN FADED. MRS. ALBERS HOLDS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE STORE THAT WAS TAKEN IN 1900
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FUNERAL AT RIFLE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FRANK STARBUCK, LAST OF THE OLD TIME RANCHERS NEAR FAIRVIEW MANAGES A SPREAD OF 1300 ACRES AND 400 HEAD OF CATTLE. HE DOES IT ALONE BECAUSE IT IS TOO DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO GET HELP
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RUTS LEFT BY OFF-ROAD VEHICLES IN VIOLATION OF PARK RULES. THE DESERT SURFACE IS FRAGILE; THESE TRACKS HASTEN EROSION. DEVILS DUNE AREA, NEEDLES SECTION
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RUEBEN OLDLAND IS A THIRD GENERATION RANCHER ON PICEANCE CREEK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKING SOUTH OVER THE COLORADO RIVER TO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK. THE PREDOMINANT CLIFF AND CANYON TOPOGRAPHY OF THE REGION IS WELL ILLUSTRATED HERE
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OWNER OF THE FIRST HOUSE MADE COMPLETELY FROM EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS IN HIS BATHROOM FINISHED WITH AGED BARN WOOD. ARCHITECT MICHAEL REYNOLDS REPORTS HOUSES MADE OF CAN RESULT IN SAVINGS OF AS MUCH AS 20% OVER CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES WITH THE SAVINGS, HE LIKES TO BUILD IN HANDMADE DETAILS IN THE HOUSES COMPANIES MANUFACTURE 30 BILLION 12-OUNCE STEEL CANS ANNUALLY ENOUGH MATERIAL FOR 428,571 HOMES USING 70,000 CANS EACH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NARROW LEAF YUCCA AND PEEKABOO ARCH
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HELICOPTERS BRINGING RELIEF WORK CREWS LAND IN RAIN AT SITE OF OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH, ON THE BANKS OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER. OIL HAD FLOWED 200 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM BURST PIPELINE NEAR SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO. A LOG BOOM MADE CHIEFLY OF TELEPHONE POLE SECTIONS AT THIS SITE SERVED TO CONTAIN MOST OF THE SLICK AND DEBRIS UNTIL FLOODING CAUSED OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DR. GEORGE RICE (IN YELLOW JACKET) WAS EPA'S ON-SCENE COORDINATOR FOR THE CLEAN-UP OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER OIL SPILL. A BURST PIPELINE AT SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO, SPILLED ABOUT 285,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO THE RIVER. UNDER EPA SUPERVISION PERSONNEL FROM MANY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND CREWS OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE COMPANY WORKED ROUND THE CLOCK TO CONTAIN THE SPILL WITH A LOG BOOM
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIKERS TERRY MCGAW AND GLEN DENNY ON THE TRAIL TO DELICATE ARCH IN ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WILDFLOWERS BLOOM IN THE SEMI-ARID RANGE LAND OF PICEANCE BASIN
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANOTHER EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE MADE OF EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CAN CONSTRUCTION NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO. THIS HOUSE WILL BE PLASTERED WITH ADOBE LIKE THE OTHER HOMES IN THE AREA, BUT WILL HAVE COST UP TO 20% LESS, ACCORDING TO ARCHITECT MICHAEL REYNOLDS THE ROUNDED WALLS ARE LOAD BEARING AND ARE MADE WITH BUILDING BLOCKS OF EIGHT CANS. THE FLAT WALLS ARE NOT LOAD BEARING AND ARE BUILT WITH SINGLE CANS LAID HORIZONTALLY, END OUT, IN THE MORTAR
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE VIEW FROM DEAD HORSE POINT: CANYONLANDS AND THE COLORADO RIVER
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINK CANS WERE ACCUMULATED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO, TO BE USED IN BUILDING EXPERIMENTAL HOUSES. BECAUSE 70,000 CANS ARE NEEDED TO BUILD ONE STRUCTURE, THE CAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS WATCHING WITH INTEREST. BUILDER MICHAEL REYNOLDS BOUGHT THE CANS FROM BARS AT 15 CENTS A CASE AND ADVERTISED. HE CONSIDERS THE HOUSES FUNCTIONAL AND ATTRACTIVE, AND AS MUCH AS 20% CHEAPER THAN ONES BUILT BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RIFLE VERSUS ASPEN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME. (ASPEN WON 14-13). SPECTATORS WATCH FROM THE SIDELINES AND FROM THEIR CARS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOAB CITY DUMP. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 52, 53, 54, 55, 56.)
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ONE EXAMPLE OF WALL CONSTRUCTION IN EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING USING EMPTY STEEL BEER AND SOFT DRINKS CANS NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO EXTERIOR AND LOAD BEARING WALLS SUCH AS THIS USE EIGHT CAN BLOCKS WIRED TOGETHER AND WILL BE PLASTERED OVER WHEN THE HOUSE IS COMPLETED. CANS FOR NON-LOAD BEARING WALLS ARE LAID HORIZONTALLY HOUSES USING CAN CONSTRUCTION CAN BE BUILT FOR AS MUCH AS 20% LESS THAN CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES, REPORTS DESIGNER MICHAEL REYNOLDS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RANCHER STARBUCK, WORKING ALONG, FINDS IT EASIER TO FEED HIS LIVESTOCK FROM A HORSE DRAWN WAGON OR SLED THAN FROM A TRUCK OR TRACTOR
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE GREATER NUMBER OF VISITORS TO CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK GET THEIR MOST DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF WILDERNESS THROUGH RIVER TRIPS DOWN THE COLORADO. A PASSENGER APPRECIATES THE LUNCH-BREAK ON THE RIVER BANKS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE SCHAEFER TRAIL, A FAMOUS ROAD IN THE CANYONLANDS, WHICH DESCENDS FROM ISLAND IN THE SKY (THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE PARK) TO THE COLORADO RIVER. IT IS STEEP AND NARROW, BUT USABLE BY PASSENGER CARS GOING DOWNHILL
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BACKPACKERS TERRY MCGAW, GLEN DENNY AND STEVE MILLER SORTING OUT FOOD ON A WEEK-LONG HIKING TRIP THROUGH WATER CANYON AND THE MAZE, A REMOTE AND RUGGED REGION WITHOUT FOOTPATHS IN THE HEART OF THE CANYONLANDS. MODERN LIGHTWEIGHT CAMPING GEAR AND FOODS MAKE SUCH TRIPS MUCH EASIER THAN IN THE PAST
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THREE GENERATIONS OF OLDLANDS HAVE RANCHED ON PICEANCE CREEK. IN THE SUMMER THEY MOVE 15 MILES SOUTH TO THEIR COW CAMP, AND THEIR CATTLE GRAZE ON HIGHER LANDS OWNED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND PRIVATE OIL COMPANIES. HAYING CREW AT WORK
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THE RIFLE PACKING PLANT, A FAMILY OPERATION, PROCESSES LOCALLY GROWN LIVESTOCK. IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW SMALL PACKING COMPANIES IN WESTERN COLORADO
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KEYHOLE RUIN, ON HORSE CREEK IN CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK WAS ONCE A HOME TO PRE-COLUMBIAN CLIFF DWELLERS
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOG BOOM NEAR NORTHEAST TIP OF LAKE POWELL, SITE OF CLEAN-UP OPERATION FOLLOWING MASSIVE OIL-SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER DRAGLINE SCOOPS UP OIL-SOAKED DEBRIS. A BURST PIPELINE OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO PIPELINE AS COMPANY CAUSED THE SPILL. MEN SHOWN HERE ARE MOSTLY FROM THE COMPANY. EPA SUPERVISED THE CLEAN-UP COAST GUARD, ARMY, BLM AND PARK SERVICE WERE ALSO INVOLVED
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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UTAH--CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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