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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME BIOLOGIST ON THE COLORADO RIVER REGULAR CHECKS ARE MADE OF RIVER'S TEMPERATURE, OXYGEN CONTENT SALINITY LEVEL, AND FISH CONTENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER AT SUNRISE--30 MILES NORTH OF YUMA

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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 ANNUAL INTRA-MURAL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTS EVENTS OF THE YEAR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DINING CAR OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR PASSENGERS TRAVELING BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND THE MIDWEST. IT IS RATED AS ONE OF THE TOP TWO TRAINS IN FOOD AND DINING ROOM SERVICE BY PASSENGERS SURVEYED, ACCORDING TO AMTRAK. REGIONAL SPECIALTIES ARE SERVED SUCH AS STEAKS, BUTTERMILK PANCAKES, SALADS AND SOURDOUGH BREAD. A CHILDREN'S MENU ALSO IS AVAILABLE. THIS TRAIN IS ENROUTE FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, TO DODGE CITY, KANSAS

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. FORESTER CHIPS BASE OF TREE TO INSPECT CAMBIUM (A PROTECTIVE LAYER BETWEEN BARK AND INNER WOOD). IF THIS IS DAMAGED, TREE CANNOT SURVIVE AND WILL BE MARKED TO CUT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM TYPICAL OF EASTERN NEBRASKAN PLAINS

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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 MARINE PATROLS THE SHORELINE AT HIS CAMP PENDELTON. LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS HAS ALLOWED THE AREA TO RETAIN MUCH OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY. THERE ARE SOME 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY) IN THE STATE. OF THIS TOTAL 662 MILES OR 61 PERCENT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED; THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF 410 MILES IS PUBLIC PROPERTY CONTROLLED BY FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. OF THE 145 MILES UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL 47 MILES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST-GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PREPARING TO PARADE ON ALOHA DAY DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK OF FESTIVITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WITH PINEAPPLE FIELDS AS HIS ARENA, HENRI AKI TAKES HIS HORSE FOR A LATE AFTERNOON TRAINING SESSION NEAR LANAI CITY. PINEAPPLE GROWING TAKES UP 16,000 ACRES OF THE ISLAND'S TERRITORY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHICAGO'S UNION STATION PICTURED IN THE SUMMER OF 1974. IT IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST TERMINALS IN THE AMTRAK SYSTEM WHICH OVERSEES MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. THIS STATION ALSO HANDLES A LARGE VOLUME OF COMMUTERS FROM THE SUBURBS. NOTE: COMPARE PICTURE #13616 WHICH WAS TAKEN FROM THE SAME SPOT WHEN THE STATION WAS DEDICATED IN 1925. IT IS BLACK AND WHITE

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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 OXNARD PLAIN, A PRIME AGRICULTURAL AREA IN VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, NORTH OF LOS ANGELES, NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURES. RESTRICTIONS ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE WERE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 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. PART OF RURAL NEBRASKA'S VARIED BIRD POPULATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. Hawaii-Kai, Built on a Swamp and a Hillside, is a Fast-Growing Area East of Downtown Honolulu, Scarcity of Land and Skyrocketing Costs are Favoring Construction of Town Houses and High-Rise Apartments over the Once Dominant Single-Family Units

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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 ON EPA'S EXPERIMENTAL FARM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MORNING FOG CLEARING OVER OXNARD PLAIN A PRIME AGRICULTURAL AREA NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING NEAR OXNARD CALIFORNIA, NORTH OF LOS ANGELES. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES. RESTRICTIONS ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE WERE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 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. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOVING CATTLE IN THE RICH GRAZING LANDS OF THE AGRICULTURAL 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. A CHILD PLACES PENNIES ON THE TRACK AT THE ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, TRAIN STATION AND WILL WAIT FOR THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED TO FLATTEN THEM AS A SOUVENIR. MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMTRAK. THE CORPORATION IS USING AIRLINE TECHNIQUES AND OTHER MODERN METHODS IN AN EFFORT TO UPGRADE TRAIN TRAVEL AND MAKE IT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT OF THE AUTOMOBILE

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. PICKERING DRIVER SPRAYS MARK ON SALVAGED LOGS TO INDICATE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS, A quot;FALLERquot; CUTS DOWN A GIANT TREE DANGEROUSLY WEAKENED BY THE FLAMES

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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 FROM THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS TOWARDS HIGHWAY U.S. #1 IN THE DISTANCE NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RESIDENTIAL AREA IN NORTH LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATED BY WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER, NEWLY PLANTED COTTON FIELD NEAR NEEDLES WILL PRODUCE FAST RESULTS IN THE HOT DESERT CLIMATE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DAVID FRAZER, 87, WITH MRS. FRAZER--AT HOME IN UTICA

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; WORKS IN POST-FIRE OPERATIONS. CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE USED TO HAUL LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot;, WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LONDON BRIDGE--BROUGHT FROM LONDON TO LAKE HAVASU CITY IN 1971

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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 STATE HIGHWAY NEAR PLASTER CITY. THE WHITE DUST IS FROM A GYPSUM 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. PASSENGERS OF THE LONE STAR (TRAIN #15) WHICH TRAVELS BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. AMTRAK IS CHARGED WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS. RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN INCREASING SINCE THE CORPORATION TOOK OVER, HALTING A DRASTIC DECLINE BETWEEN THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND 1970. THE TRAIN IS STOPPED AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TECHNICIAN TESTS MEAT SAMPLES FOR RADIATION AT EPA'S NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER AT LAS VEGAS

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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 MOUNT RAINIER PASSENGER TRAIN BEING DIRECTED ENROUTE FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TO PORTLAND, OREGON. UNLIKE MOST OTHER AMTRAK TRAINS, THIS ONE SHOWS ITS COLORS FROM VARIOUS RAILROADS EVENTUALLY THE NON-AMTRAK CARS WILL BE PAINTED IN THE CORPORATION'S COLORS. AMTRAK IS WORKING TO UPGRADE THE EQUIPMENT IT INHERITED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS IN AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT MORE RIDERS

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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'S HELICOPTER SURVEYING 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. UNLOADING SUPPLIES FOR THE ISLANDS AT HONOLULU PIER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KAILUA, ALSO CALLED THE KONA COAST, ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND, IS PART URBAN AND PART AGRICULTURAL AND IS THE FASTEST DEVELOPING AREA ON THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ENGINEER OF THE LONE STAR PASSENGER TRAIN WAITS IN HIS CAB BEFORE CONTINUING THE AMTRAK TRAIN RUN AT PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE CORPORATION IS USING AIRLINE TECHNIQUES AND OTHER MODERN METHODS IN WORKING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RAIL TRAVELERS. INCREASES HAVE BEEN NOTED SINCE AMTRAK TOOK OVER MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER 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. A BIRD WAITS FOR ITS MEAL TO FLOAT BY AT BUENA VISTA LAGOON THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS CONCERN FOR IT BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PLANTLIFE IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHARLIE GROSS, MAN OF MANY TRADES, FACES THE CAMERA ON GRAFTON'S MAIN STREET. A NEBRASKAN FOR MORE THAN HALF HIS LIFE CHARLIE HAS BEEN A FARMER, DOG BREEDER, BOXER AND SALESMAN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LIHUE PLANTATION SUGAR MILL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UNFINISHED STREETS AND UTILITIES CONTRAST WITH COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT (NOT SHOWN) AT LAGUNA NIGUEL. WORK HERE WAS HALTED AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WERE RESTRICTED FOLLOWING STATE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. STATE AND REGIONAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SATURDAY AUCTION NEAR HICKMAN, 15 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CITY SKYLINE AGAINST THE AFTERNOON SUN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK INFORMATION AND TICKET COUNTER IN CHICAGO'S UNION STATION, ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE CORPORATION'S SYSTEM. A NATIONWIDE COMPUTERIZED RESERVATION SYSTEM IS MODERNIZING THE PREVIOUSLY FRAGMENTED RAILROAD INFORMATION AND TICKETING PROCEDURES. CLERKS AT FIVE MAJOR RESERVATION CENTERS, INCLUDING CHICAGO, MAY CONSULT COMPUTER-READOUT CONSOLES FOR INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE SPACE AND FARES, AND QUICKLY ENTER RESERVATIONS

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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 ANNUAL SPRING FOOTBALL GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IS A STADIUM-PACKING EVENT. IT IS AN INTRA-SQUAD GAME, AND MANY FANS WEAR RED IN TRIBUTE TO THE TEAM, NICKNAMED THE quot;BIG RED.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII--DOWNTOWN, HONOLULU (OAHU I)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAVASU LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SURFER AT WAIKIKI BEACH

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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 620-ACRE TRACT OF SUGAR CANE (RED IN THIS INFRA RED SHOT) WAS PROPOSED AS A LOW-COST HOUSING AREA. TURNED DOWN FOR SUCH URBAN USE IN 1973, IT IS A BUFFER BETWEEN A HEAVILY-DEVELOPED AREA AND AN AGRICULTURAL 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. VIEW OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS ALONG MULHOLLAND DRIVE NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO RESTRICT DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE STATE'S SHORELINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF SEWARD KIWANIS CLUB OPEN WEEKLY MEETING WITH MOMENT OF PRAYER

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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 ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot; BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE AND PINEAPPLE

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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 LAND DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN LAGUNA BEACH AND SAN CLEMENTE. WORK WAS HALTED HERE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WERE RESTRICTED FOLLOWING STATE PASSAGE IN NOVEMBER, 1972, OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT. SINCE 1900 COASTAL WETLANDS HAVE DECREASED FROM 381,000 ACRES TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S. THE COASTAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WHICH WILL RESULT IN LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LADIES CLUB MEETING AT THE SEWARD CIVIC 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. TESTING 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. HAWAIIAN BOY CRABBING FROM BRIDGE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. JOHN DOLEZAL STANDS IN RAIN ON HIS FARM NEAR BEE, NEBRASKA DOUBLE THE NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR COMPOUNDED THE PROBLEMS OF THE REGION'S FARMERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FERTILIZING FIELDS

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA BURN AREA quot;GRANITE FIREquot; SEEN FROM THE AIR. VISIBLE ROAD IS NOW USED FOR LOGGING

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TIME EXPOSURE OF LIGHTED CALCULATOR NUMBERS AT ONE OF EPA'S NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE SEWARD KIWANIS CLUB OPEN WEEKLY MEETING WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHORELINE SCENE IN THE HILO 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. MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TO HONOLULU FROM THE EAST ON KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FAMOUS BLACK SAND BEACH AT KAIMU, CREATED BY LAVA RUNOFF, IS A FAVORITE TOURIST STOP. AREA AROUND BEACH IS DUE TO BE DEVELOPED. IN ORDER TO PRESERVE BEACH, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PLANS TO ADD A NEW FOUNDATION OF SAND UNDER THE EXISTING LAYER. CRITICS ARGUE THIS WOULD CHANGE COLOR OF BEACH, CAUSING IT TO LOSE ITS APPEAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FAMOUS BLACK SAND BEACH AT KAIMU, CREATED BY LAVA RUNOFF, IS A FAVORITE TOURIST STOP. AREA AROUND BEACH IS DUE TO BE DEVELOPED. IN ORDER TO PRESERVE BEACH, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PLANS TO ADD A NEW FOUNDATION OF SAND UNDER THE EXISTING LAYER. CRITICS ARGUE THIS WOULD CHANGE COLOR OF BEACH, CAUSING IT TO LOSE ITS APPEAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SPEEDBOATS ON LAKE MEAD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANNUAL SPRING ROUNDUP OF CATTLE RAISED ON EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. TRAIN DEPOT AT STRONG CITY, KANSAS, HASN'T BEEN USED BY PASSENGERS IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, BUT IS MAINTAINED IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. THE STATION'S DESK AND PHONES ARE STILL USED BY WORK CREWS WHO MAINTAIN THE TRACKS. ALTHOUGH AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE, IT LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAZE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE WEST EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT AND RECOMMEND GUIDELINES FOR THE FUTURE

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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 ALL-AMERICAN CANAL TRANSFORMED THE IMPERIAL VALLEY FROM DESERT TO FARM LAND WITH WATER FROM 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. VISITORS SUNBATHING AT LAKE MEAD

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION, A quot;FALLERquot; HAS JUST CUT DOWN A GIANT TREE WHICH THE FLAMES HAD DESTROYED. A CLOUD OF SOOT AND ASHES BILLOWS UP FROM THE IMPACT OF THE TREE'S FALL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PASSENGER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE FOR AMTRAK DISCUSSES THE TRAIN SYSTEM WITH TRAVELERS IN THE OBSERVATION CAR OF THE EMPIRE BUILDER ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. PSR'S FILE A DETAILED REPORT ON EACH TRAIN THEY RIDE, DISCUSSING ON-TIME PERFORMANCE, PASSENGER SERVICE, EQUIPMENT OPERATION AND PASSENGER SUGGESTIONS. THEY PROVIDE A CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN AMTRAK AND THE PUBLIC

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEWARD COUNTY SHERIFF MARVIN POLLOCK IN UNIFORM OF OFFICE. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE SEWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE

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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 EASTBOUND EMPIRE BUILDER (TRAIN #8), JUST OUTSIDE EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA. THE AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN RUNS FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TO GLACIER PARK AND CHICAGO. UNLIKE MOST OTHER LONG DISTANCE TRAINS, THIS ONE IS A MISMATCH OF COLORS, AND SHOWS THAT IT IS MADE UP OF CARS INHERITED FROM A NUMBER OF THE NATION'S RAILROADS. EVENTUALLY THE NON-AMTRAK-COLORED CARS WILL BE REFURBISHED AND REPAINTED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MANELE BAY, WHERE DEVELOPERS PLAN TO BUILD TWO HOTELS (LANAI HAS ONLY A SINGLE OLD ONE AT PRESENT). IN MAY, 1973, AGAINST MORE MODERATE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THE LAND USE COMMISSION AGREED TO RECLASSIFY 22,340 ACRES FOR URBAN USE. THE DECISION IS BEING CONTESTED. DEVELOPERS HOPE TO INCREASE THE ISLAND POPULATION FROM THE PRESENT 2,500 TO 12,500 PEOPLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CIROLA TOLL BRIDGE CROSSES 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. HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HANDLES ALMOST ALL OF THE ISLAND'S VISITORS. SOME 2.7 MILLION ARE ANTICIPATED IN 1973

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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 SOUTH OF HANA

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION, A quot;FALLERquot; CUTS DOWN A GIANT TREE DANGEROUSLY WEAKENED BY THE FLAMES. AS IT CRASHES TO EARTH, THE TREE STIRS UP THICK CLOUD OF SOOT AND ASHES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOVING CATTLE RAISE DUST ALONG THE HIGHWAY--NEAR CALIPATRIA IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM HOUSE AT DUSK. RAIN CLOUDS DARKEN THE SKY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LITIGATION HAS SUSPENDED CONSTRUCTION OF THE H-3 FREEWAY OPPONENTS CLAIM CONSTRUCTION WOULD DAMAGE MOANALUA VALLEY WHICH SHOULD BE DECLARED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

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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 A MARINA BETWEEN LAGUNA BEACH AND SAN CLEMENTE SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, RESULTING IN LAND DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES IN THAT ZONE SEVERAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS WERE HALTED AND OTHERS RESTRICTED AFTER STATE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. COASTAL WETLANDS DECREASED FROM 381,000 ACRES IN 1900 TO SOME 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POWER POLE IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BUT ARE THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MARSHLAND AND MIGRATORY BIRDS AT LAKE HAVASU NATIONAL WILD-LIFE REFUGE, WHICH IS ABOUT EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA. THE LAKE IS FED 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. MARSHLAND BIRDS AT THE LAKE HAVASU NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

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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 ONLY A FEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COMPLETED ALONG A SECTION OF CALIFORNIA COASTLINE IN ORANGE COUNTY DURING 1975. CALLED PROMONTORY POINT, IT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAUNCE KEA BEACH HOTEL, NEAR KAMUELA, IS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE FEW SANDY BEACHES IN ALL OF HAWAII. IT HAD BEEN ZONED FOR URBAN USE BEFORE PASSAGE OF THE LAND USE LAWS OF 1961. THE HOTEL LIMITS ACCESS TO THE BEACH TO ITS OWN GUESTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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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;DEVASTATION TRAILquot; IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THIS BOARDWALK THROUGH SKELETONS OF TREES DESTROYED BY THE 1959 VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN HAWAII VOLCANOES 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. AKAKA FALLS 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. WAIKIKI BEACH IS THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST SPOT ON THE ISLAND THERE ARE 26,000 HOTEL ROOMS ON OAHU. MOST OF THEM ARE IN THE WAIKIKI 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. HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST-GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BUENA VISTA LAGOON, IS A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE BODY OF WATER BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1990. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WAIKIKI BEACH IS THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST SPOT ON THE ISLAND THERE ARE 26,000 HOTEL ROOMS ON OAHU. MOST OF THEM ARE IN THE WAIKIKI BEACH 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. MOVING CATTLE RAISE DUST ALONG THE HIGHWAY--NEAR CALIPATRIA IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA AERIAL VIEW SHOWS THE WOODS RIVER FOREST SERVICE FIRE LOOKOUT ALTHOUGH IN THE CENTER OF THE BURN AREA, THE LOOKOUT WAS UNHARMED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISH-EYE SHOT OF IMPERIAL VALLEY. SALTON SEA AT EDGE OF PICTURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MULTILANE HIGHWAY LEADING TO NEWPORT BEACH. ROAD WIDENING IN THIS AREA HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AS A LARGE SHOPPING CENTER AND BUSINESS COMPLEX WAS DEVELOPED ABOVE THE ALL RESIDENTIAL AREA AT THE HARBOR. REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COASTLINE HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING RESTRICTIONS IN CALIFORNIA SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN EARLY 1973

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. Hitchhiker with His Dog, Tripper, On U.S. 66, U.S. 66 Crosses the Colorado River at Topock

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BAGGAGE CART AND TIMETABLE AT PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA, ON THE ROUTE OF THE LONE STAR BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, TEXAS AMTRAK TOOK OVER A GREAT VARIETY OF STATIONS WHEN IT WAS EMPOWERED TO OVERSEE MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS. MANY HAVE BEEN REFURBISHED AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH NEW FACILITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PLANTING A CROP ON OXNARD PLAIN, A PRIME AGRICULTURAL AREA NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING NEAR OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, NORTH OF LOS ANGELES. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE. RESTRICTIONS ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE WERE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 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. AUTO DUMP AT HENDERSON

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HORSEMAN CROSSING COLORADO RIVER IN MEXICO, JUST BELOW U.S BORDER. RIVER AT THIS POINT CONTAINS RUNOFF FROM THE DRAINAGE DITCHES OF IRRIGATED FARM FIELDS. ALL OF quot;FRESHquot; WATER HAS BEEN DIVERTED UPSTREAM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LIGHT PATTERNS CREATED BY MULTI-COLORED CASINO DISPLAYS IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMERICAN EGRET ROOSTING ON TREE IN COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, SOUTH OF PARKER

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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 PASSENGER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER (TRAIN #7), READY TO LEAVE CHICAGO WITH THE AMTRAK TRAIN WHICH IS BOUND FOR EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, ENROUTE TO SEATTLE WASHINGTON. PSR'S FILE A DETAILED REPORT ON EACH TRAIN THEY RIDE DISCUSSING ON-TIME PERFORMANCE, PASSENGER SERVICE, EQUIPMENT OPERATION AND PASSENGER SUGGESTIONS. THEY PROVIDE A CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AMTRAK AND THE PUBLIC

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE SEWARD KIWANIS CLUB HOLD THEIR WEEKLY 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. EXPO '74 PASSENGER TRAIN IS CHECKED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, TO SEATTLE. AMTRAK ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971 AND LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. RIDERSHIP HAS INCREASED SINCE THAT TIME AS AMTRAK HAS WORKED TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT AND MODERNIZE ITS METHODS OF BUSINESS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CONDUCTOR CHECKS SCHEDULING INFORMATION AT THE WENATCHEE WASHINGTON, DEPOT FOR THE EXPO '74 PASSENGER TRAIN WHICH MAKES A 10 MINUTE STOP ENROUTE FROM SPOKANE TO SEATTLE. AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971 AND REVERSED A DECLINE IN RIDERS. USE OF THE TRACK IS LEASED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COSTUMED FOR ALOHA DAY PARADE, ONE OF MANY FESTIVITIES DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK

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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 RURAL NEBRASKA'S VARIED BIRD LIFE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BICYCLIST IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS OF WHICH THE CANYON IS A PART CONTAIN SOME OF THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BUT ARE THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. quot;CATERPILLARSquot; WORK IN DUST AND SOOT HAULING LOGS TO LANDING AREA WHERE THEY WILL BE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS. FACE MASK FILTERS ASH AND SOOT-FILLED AIR SO DRIVER CAN BREATHE

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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;NEW TOWNquot; GROWS WHERE PINEAPPLES USED TO THRIVE. PINEAPPLE GROWERS ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN quot;SURPLUS LAND.quot; THIRTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF A PROJECTED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ACRE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN REZONED SINCE THE START IN 1958

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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;KAPUquot; (KEEP OUT)--A FAMILIAR SIGN ON THIS ISLAND, MOST OF WHICH IS OWNED BY A SINGLE PINEAPPLE-PRODUCING 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. NIGHT LIGHTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIGHWAY 11 IN THE AGRICULTURAL 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. NEW MAILBOXES IN AN AREA OF LAND DEVELOPMENT NEAR MANUKA PARK IN THE KAU DISTRICT, ON THE SOUTHWESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER AT SUNRISE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BUCOLIC SCENE ALONG MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY) 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARKER DAM ON 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. CHARLIE GROSS OUTSIDE GRAFTON POST OFFICE. A FORMER FARMER TRUCK DRIVER, BOXER, DOG RAISER AND SALESMAN, HE HAS LIVED IN NEBRASKA MORE THAN HALF HIS LIFE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AIRLINERS AT MAUI ISLAND. JET TRAVEL BETWEEN THE ISLANDS IS A CAUSE OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT. SEA TRAVEL HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED IN THE TOURIST TRADE

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA THIRTY DAYS AFTER FIRE, IN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS GRANITE CREEK, A BRACKEN FERN HAS SPROUTED AND GROWN TO A HEIGHT OF NEARLY TWO FEET. NATURE IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO REBUILD THE FOREST

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COSTUMED FOR ALOHA DAY PARADE ONE OF MANY FESTIVITIES DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK. HAWAIIAN COWBOYS CUSTOMARILY WEAR FLOWERS ON THEIR HATS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LATE AFTERNOON SURF AT MALIKO BAY

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SCENE WITHIN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN LOGGED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATING AN ALFALFA FIELD ON EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. HOTEL COTTAGES ABOVE NAWILIWILI HARBOR NEAR LIHUE

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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 COLORADO RIVER NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER

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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 THRONG KALAKAUA AVENUE, THE MAIN STREET OF THE POPULAR WAIKIKI BEACH 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. REZONING OF quot;SURPLUS PINEAPPLE LANDquot; ENABLED PINEAPPLE GROWERS-TURNED-DEVELOPERS TO BUILD THIS SUBDIVISION IN MILILANI TOWN, ONE SOLUTION TO THE ISLAND'S HOUSING SHORTAGE. FRESHLY CLEARED LAND WILL BECOME PART OF THE EXPANDING quot;NEW TOWN.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DALLAS, TEXAS, PASSENGER TRAIN STATION WHICH SHARES FACILITIES WITH A BUS LINE SERVING THE NEW AIRPORT. AMTRAK IS RENOVATING MANY OF THE TERMINALS THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER SINCE ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. SOME NEW TERMINALS ALSO ARE BEING BUILT IN CITIES SERVED BY PASSENGER 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. FRUITS OF THE SEA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK TRAIN AT UNION STATION IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, BEING BOARDED BY PASSENGERS BOUND FOR NEW YORK CITY. ONLY A PORTION OF THE STATION NOW HANDLES RAIL TRAVELERS; THE REMAINDER IS USED AS A CONVENTION CENTER. IN ITS HEYDAY THE TERMINAL SERVED MORE THAN 200 PASSENGER TRAINS PER DAY COMPARED TO SIX PER DAY IN 1974. THE CORPORATION IS WORKING TO MODERNIZE RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE AND INTEREST MORE PEOPLE IN THAT MODE OF TRAVEL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. INDUSTRIOUS SCAVENGERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PROCESSING PLANTS OFFER OF quot;FREE ONIONSquot; FROM ITS DISCARDS

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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 SIT ON MASSIVE WOODEN BENCHES WHICH FIT IN WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CAVERNOUS CHICAGO UNION STATION. THE TERMINAL IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE AMTRAK SYSTEM. THE VOLUME IS FURTHER SWELLED WITH THE DAILY INFLUX OF COMMUTER TRAINS WHICH ARE NOT A PART OF THE AMTRAK PASSENGER SERVICE. THE STATION WAS DEDICATED IN 1925

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WINDMILL SUNSET

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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 WESTERN SHORES OF MOLOKAI ISLAND. IN 1968 THE LAND USE COMMISSION VOTED TO REZONE 3,305 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL TO URBAN USE, BUT A WATER RIGHTS PROBLEM HAS HELD UP DEVELOPMENT

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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 A MARINA DEVELOPMENT AT OCEANSIDE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST WHICH HAS RESULTED IN MOUNTING LAND USE PRESSURE, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE SHORELINE. REGULATORY COMMISSIONS WERE SET UP IN NOVEMBER, 1972, TO SUPERVISE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COAST. THEY MUST SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976 RECOMMENDING A PLAN WHICH WILL AFFECT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TWO YOUNG PEOPLE OVERLOOK THE COLORADO RIVER FROM quot;CASTLE ROCKquot;, A PROMONTORY NORTH OF LAKE HAVASU CITY

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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 BOTTLENECK ON H-1 FREEWAY APPROACHING HONOLULU FROM WEST DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR. COMMUTERS COME FROM SUCH FAST GROWING AREAS AS PEARL CITY AND MILILANI TOWN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TICKET AGENT AT THE AMTRAK STATION IN DODGE CITY, KANSAS MANS HIS DESK AWAITING CUSTOMERS. MANY OF THE STATIONS ARE BEING RENOVATED IN THE SYSTEM AND OTHERS ARE BEING REPLACED WITH NEW FACILITIES. THE CORPORATION IS WORKING TO UPGRADE PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE TO ATTRACT PASSENGERS FROM THE AUTOMOBILE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WHOLE BODY COUNTER AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER. (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108 109, 110, 111.)

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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 A TRACT OF PINEAPPLE SAVED FROM URBAN DEVELOPMENT. MAUI LAND DEVELOPERS PETITIONED THE LAND USE COMMISSION (LUC) FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF 659 AGRICULTURAL ACRES. IN AUGUST, 1970, THE LUC APPROVED ONLY 300 ACRES. THE DECISION WAS APPLAUDED BY THOSE WHO FEAR OVERDEVELOPMENT OF THE FAST-GROWING 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 SANTA FE DEPOT SIGN WHICH ONCE BECKONED TRAVELERS AT HALSTEAD, KANSAS, NOW RUSTS IN WEEDS BEHIND THE STATION. PASSENGER TRAINS NO LONGER STOP HERE ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE STATIONS ARE MAINTAINED BY THE RAILROADS WHICH LEASE USE OF THE TRACKS TO AMTRAK FOR PASSENGER SERVICE. THE CORPORATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS

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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 DOME CAR ON AMTRAK TRAINS IS A POPULAR PLACE FOR PASSENGERS WHO WANT TO WATCH THE SCENERY UNFOLD. THESE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE LANDSCAPE OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO AS THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED MAKES ITS WAY BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS IN THE U.S. THE LIMITED WILL CONTINUE ON TO CHICAGO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MILKING TIME ON EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER. MILK IS TESTED FOR RADIATION COUNT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII--HAWAIIAN STATE CAPITOL, HONOLULU (OAHU I)

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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 WAITING FOR A TRAIN AT THE FORT WORTH, TEXAS STATION. AMTRAK IS RENOVATING MANY OF THE TERMINALS THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER SINCE ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. THE CORPORATION HAS REVERSED A DRASTIC DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP WHICH OCCURRED BETWEEN THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND 1970

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SNORKLER AND SURFER IN THE WATERS OFF BUSY DOHENY STATE BEACH. NEW TOWNHOUSES HAVE BEEN BUILT OVERLOOKING THE BEACH, ONE OF THE FEW MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PERMITTED WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE AFTER PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. SEVERAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS ARE DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT AND WORKING ON A FINAL REPORT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WHICH WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MONITORING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISHING OFF THE KONA COAST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME BIOLOGIST CHECKS GILL NETS PLACED IN THE COLORADO RIVER. NETS PROVIDE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF FISH 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. BAPTISM CEREMONY PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE quot;CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTquot; OF NORTH LAS VEGAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANCIENT STATUES IN CITY OF REFUGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK NEAR HONAUNAU ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. quot;CATERPILLARSquot; WORK IN DUST AND SOOT HAULING LOGS TO LANDING AREA WHERE THEY WILL BE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. AT PICKERING LUMBERYARD, FORESTER JOE DILLARD INSPECTS STACK OF LOGS TRUCKED IN FROM BURN 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. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA TREES STILL BURN ON FRINGE OF CLEARED AREA. THIS PART OF THE BURN AREA IS CALLED quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHURCH AND FARMLANDS ON THE SEWARD-SALINE COUNTY LINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KAILUA, ALSO CALLED THE KONA COAST, ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND, IS PART URBAN AND PART AGRICULTURAL AND IS THE FASTEST DEVELOPING AREA ON THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRAFFIC JAM ON DODGE STREET, ONE OF THE CITY'S MAIN THOROUGHFARES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOOKERS-ON AT LINCOLN'S 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL HELD IN PERSHING MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

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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. JOHN BETTGER, PRESIDENT OF THE FAIRMONT GOLDEN CIRCLE SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB, ON LAWN OF FAIRMONT'S OLDEST HOUSE. MRS BETTGER HOLDS A QUILT MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE CLUB

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUGARCANE WORKER IN BONNET OF A KIND CUSTOMARILY WORN BY THE JAPANESE WHO LABORED HERE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY EARLIER WORKERS ARE NOW MOSTLY FILIPINOS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAIIANS READY TO DEMONSTRATE HULA DANCE TO WAIKIKI BEACH TOURISTS

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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 SAND FOR DEVELOPMENT AT quot;PUAAHALA.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. USE OF THIS PORTION OF THE BEACH AT CAMP AGUDLETON, MARINE BASE, SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES IS RESTRICTED TO MILITARY PERSONNEL. THE BASE SHORELINE HAS RETAINED MUCH OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY BECAUSE OF LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS. THERE ARE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY) IN THE STATE. OF THIS TOTAL 662 MILES OR 61 PERCENT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED; THE REMAINING 410 MILES ARE PUBLIC PROPERTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HILLSIDE HOMES ON HONOLULU'S EAST SIDE. STATE LAND USE LAWS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO HOLD DOWN FAST DEVELOPMENTS AND TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LANDS WHICH ARE THE EASIEST AND MOST ECONOMICAL TO DEVELOP

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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 FARM, EAST OF JANSEN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REDCAP UNLOADING BAGGAGE AT UNION STATION IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. AMTRAK IS ATTEMPTING TO USE AIRLINE AND OTHER MODERN METHODS IN HANDLING BAGGAGE, TICKETING AND FOOD SERVICE TO UPDATE RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE. IN ITS HEYDAY THIS STATION SERVED MORE THAN 200 PASSENGER TRAINS PER DAY COMPARED TO SIX EACH DAY IN 1974

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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 SATURDAY, SCHOOLBOYS FROM LANAI CITY GO OUT TO DIVE FOR OCTOPUS--A DELICACY WHICH REPRESENTS GOOD MONEY IF SOLD TO LOCAL MARKETS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRANSMISSION LINES AND RAILROAD NEAR SALTON SEA. SMOG FROM LOS ANGELES CAUSES HAZE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHECKERBOARD FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA'S IMPERIAL VALLEY ARE FED BY COLORADO RIVER. THE DRAINAGE FROM THEM FLOWS INTO THE SALTON SEA (BACKGROUND), WHICH IS ALL BUT DEAD FROM INCREASING SALINITY

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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 DEVELOPMENTS AT LAGUNA NIGUEL, CONTRAST WITH UNFINISHED STREETS AND UTILITIES (NOT SHOWN). DEVELOPMENT HERE WAS HALTED, AND CONSTRUCTION ELSEWHERE WAS RESTRICTED FOLLOWING STATE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER 1972. STATE AND REGIONAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 LITTLE PIGGY MINDS THE MAIL. (SOUTH OF WYMORE, ON ROUTE 77)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOOVER DAM IMPOUNDS LAKE MEAD AND SUPPLIES ELECTRICITY TO LOS ANGELES

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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. CHARLES ASHBY OF GENEVA TAKES BLOOD PRESSURE OF LOCAL BUSINESSMAN IN HIS EXAMINING ROOM

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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 A HULA DANCE DEMONSTRATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FIREMAN ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER PASSENGER TRAIN CHECKS THE BRAKE BOXES FOR OVERHEATING DURING THE TRIP FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK, SINCE IT ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, HAS BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE FACILITIES AND ATTRACT RIDERS BY USING AIRLINE TECHNIQUES AND OTHER MODERN METHODS. AMTRAK HAS REVERSED A 25-YEAR DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP

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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 ANNUAL INTRA-MURAL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTS EVENTS OF THE YEAR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DAVIS DAM ON COLORADO RIVER. LAKE MOHAVE FORMS IN 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. AN AMTRAK EYESHADE AND A quot;TRACKS ARE BACK!quot; PIN ARE WORN BY A PASSENGER ON THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED TRAIN ENROUTE BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, AND DODGE CITY, KANSAS. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS. IT IS ATTEMPTING TO UPGRADE TRAIN TRAVEL AND MAKE IT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT OF THE AUTOMOBILE

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA TREES STILL BURN ON FRINGE OF CLEARED AREA. THIS PART OF THE BURN AREA IS CALLED quot;GRANITE FIREquot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AUCTIONEER DOES BRISK BUSINESS AT THE HICKMAN SATURDAY AUCTION, 15 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOTORCYCLIST ON FOOT TRAIL LEADING TO WAIPAHEE FALLS, A SCENIC AREA MAINTAINED BY THE STATE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OLD CHURCH IN KEOMUKU, A quot;GHOST TOWNquot; ON THE ISLAND'S EAST SHORE, WHERE DEVELOPERS PLAN TO BUILD A HOTEL. IN A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION, THE LAND USE COMMISSION RECENTLY RECLASSIFIED THOUSANDS OF ACRES ON THIS PREDOMINANTLY AGRICULTURAL ISLAND FOR URBAN USE THE DECISION IS BEING CONTESTED IN THE COURTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CONDUCTOR AT DODGE CITY, KANSAS, PUNCHES A TICKET FOR A PASSENGER ON AN EASTBOUND SOUTHWEST LIMITED. THE RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE ACT OF 1970 AUTHORIZED THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION TO MANAGE THE BASIC NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION OF MOST INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOTAQUITO LAGOON, IS ONE OF THE LAST FEW BODIES OF WATER OF THIS TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IT SUFFERS FROM NEARBY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS FARM EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES COASTAL WETLANDS TOTALED ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S COMPARED TO 381,000 ACRES 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. POWER LINES PASS FROM NEARBY HOOVER DAM TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT AQUEDUCT AT PARKER DAM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM NEAR HALLAM

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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 INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY AROUND THE HARBOR AT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT HAS COME UNDER INCREASING RESTRICTIONS SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN 1973. THE COMMISSIONS REGULATING THE ACT MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE RECOMMENDING LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE

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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 TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER. ON BOARD ARE RADIATION COUNTERS AND AIR SAMPLERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WITH PINEAPPLE FIELDS AS HIS ARENA, HENRI AKI TAKES HIS HORSE FOR A LATE AFTERNOON TRAINING SESSION NEAR LANAI CITY. PINEAPPLE GROWING TAKES UP 16,000 ACRES OF THE ISLANDS TERRITORY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEMINOLE SPRINGS MOBILE HOME PARK, ON MULHOLLAND DRIVE NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SANTA MONICA 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. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION, A quot;FALLERquot; CUTS DOWN FLAME-DAMAGED 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. CALIFORNIA--NEAR CALIPATRIA IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, SOUTHWEST OF BLYTHE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNSET IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE WEST EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT AND RECOMMEND GUIDELINES FOR THE FUTURE

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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 VIEW WAIMEA 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. DIVING INTO THE COLORADO RIVER AT quot;PARKER STRIP,quot; A FAVORITE SWIMMING SPOT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS AND ARIZONIANS. INCREASING SALINITY OF THE WATER MAY PROVE A DRAWBACK TO FUTURE ENJOYMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM HOUSE AT DUSK SOUTH OF GRAFTON. RAIN CLOUDS DARKEN THE SKY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK MANAGER, RIGHT, AND A CONDUCTOR READ CONTENTS OF A MESSAGE CONCERNING TRAIN TRAVEL PRIOR TO DEPARTURE OF EXPO '74 FROM SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, TO SEATTLE. AMTRAK ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, AND LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. RIDERSHIP HAS INCREASED SINCE THAT TIME AS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN UPGRADED AND MODERN BUSINESS METHODS ARE USED

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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 COLORADO RIVER FEEDS CROPS AND VEGETATION (DARK AREAS) TOWN OF NEEDLES IN FOREGROUND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK STATION AGENT AT DODGE CITY, KANSAS, PLACES THE EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME OF THE WESTBOUND SOUTHWEST LIMITED ON A SCHEDULE BOARD AS PART OF HIS DUTIES. AMTRAK CORPORATION OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES ARE ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE THEIR ON-TIME ARRIVALS AS NEW EQUIPMENT GOES INTO SERVICE REPLACING THE OLDER EQUIPMENT WITH WHICH THEY BEGAN THE PASSENGER 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. REV. DAVID T. ERNST STANDS NEAR HIS CHURCH, THE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN, IN PLYMOUTH. CHURCH IS 70 YEARS OLD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAUNCE KEA BEACH HOTEL, NEAR KAMUELA, IS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE FEW SANDY BEACHES IN ALL OF HAWAII. IT HAD BEEN ZONED FOR URBAN USE BEFORE PASSAGE OF THE LAND USE LAWS OF 1961. THE HOTEL LIMITS ACCESS TO THE BEACH TO ITS OWN GUESTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VOLCANIC MAUNA ULU IN ERUPTION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME BIOLOGISTS TAKE WATER SAMPLES AT quot;GOOSE FLATSquot; ON THE COLORADO RIVER. THEY TEST FOR TEMPERATURE AND OXYGEN CONTENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REZONING OF quot;SURPLUS PINEAPPLE LANDquot; ENABLED PINEAPPLE GROWERS-TURNED-DEVELOPERS TO BUILD THIS SUBDIVISION IN MILILANI TOWN, ONE SOLUTION TO THE ISLAND'S HOUSING SHORTAGE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN FOR DISPOSING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. AS IN THIS AREA NEAR EL CENTRO IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAUNCE KEA BEACH HOTEL, NEAR KAMUELA, IS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE FEW SANDY BEACHES IN ALL OF HAWAII. IT HAD BEEN ZONED FOR URBAN USE BEFORE PASSAGE OF THE LAND USE LAWS OF 1961. THE HOTEL LIMITS ACCESS TO THE BEACH TO ITS OWN GUESTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DICK CHRISTIAN TAKES A DRINK FROM AN ARTESIAN WELL SOUTH OF BEAVER CROSSING. IN THE PAST, THE FARM HAD BEEN NOTED FOR THE EXCELLENCE OF ITS DRINKING WATER, BUT NOW FARMERS USE THE WELLS MOSTLY FOR IRRIGATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STATUE OF KING KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT WHO RULED HAWAII FROM 1795 TO 1819

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CAMERA ENTHUSIASTS ENJOY THE OBSERVATION CAR ABOARD EXPO '74 AS THE PASSENGER TRAIN PASSES THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN RANGE ENROUTE FROM SPOKANE TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK REVERSED A 25-YEAR DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP AFTER IT ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971. USE OF THE TRACK IS LEASED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSEUP OF A FLOWER IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BUT ARE THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY), 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW TOWNHOUSES OVERLOOK BUSY DOHENY STATE BEACH. THE TOWNHOUSES REPRESENT ONE OF THE FEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PERMITTED WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE AFTER PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. SEVERAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS ARE DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT AND WORKING ON A FINAL REPORT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WHICH WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MONITORING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 AT THE PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, TRAIN STATION WAITING FOR THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED, FORMERLY CALLED THE SUPER CHIEF, HEADED TO CHICAGO. PEOPLE INTERVIEWED BY TRAIN OFFICIALS AFTER TAKING A TRIP ON THIS TRAIN PLACED IT AS ONE OF THE TOP TWO FOR DINING CAR FOOD AND SERVICE. THE OTHER WAS THE SILVER METEOR WHICH RUNS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND FLORIDA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HARRY KEALOHA, OFFICER OF THE MOLOKAI HOMESTEADERS ASSOCIATION, STANDS ABOVE KUALAPUU RESERVOIR. THIS ASSOCIATION HAS BROUGHT SUIT AGAINST DEVELOPERS IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL USE ONLY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHORELINE SCENE IN THE HILO 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. LABORATORY AT EPA'S NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER AT LAS VEGAS ENVIRONMENTAL GAMMA RADIATION MONITORS ARE CHECKED BEFORE SHIPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. JOHN DOLEZAL, DRESSED FOR RAIN, IN HEN-HOUSE OF HIS FARM NEAR BEE, NEBRASKA. ABNORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE AREA THIS YEAR GREATLY INCREASED PROBLEMS OF LOCAL FARMERS

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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 ALONG NEVADA HIGHWAY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME BIOLOGISTS TAKE WATER SAMPLES FROM THE COLORADO RIVER AT quot;GOOSE FLATSquot; IN THE PALO VERDE VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNSET AT TOPOCK MARSH, FORMED BY 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. THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot; BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE AND PINEAPPLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. 10,000 ACRES OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IS DEVOTED TO GROWING MACADAMIA NUTS, AND PRODUCTION IS INCREASING. AT THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN PLANT NEAR KEAAU, WORKERS PLANT NEW TREES IN AN EXPANSION WHICH IS DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE GROWING STOCK. THIS PLANT IS THE LARGEST PROCESSOR IN THE WORLD. HIROSHI OOKA, HORTICULTURALIST FOR THE PLANT, INSPECTS A SCREEN HE DESIGNED FOR CATCHING VALUABLE NUTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LEO CARRILLO STATE PARK ON HIGHWAY #1 NEAR MALIBU CALIFORNIA WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, IS FREE FROM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 ENTIRE FIELD OF STRAW WEST OF EL CENTRO IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, BURNED OFF IN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR. SMOKE WAS VISIBLE FOR 20 MILES. OWNER WISHED TO CLEAR FIELD QUICKLY FOR PLANTING ANOTHER CROP

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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 ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot; BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE AND PINEAPPLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SURPRISE FOR DICK CHRISTIAN (AT TABLE), AT BEAVER CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI PARTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ELIZABETH RAINS, LANAI RESIDENT, IS SUING THE STATE LAND USE COMMISSION AND LANAI COMPANY (WHICH IS PLANNING URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAND) FOR ILLEGALLY RECLASSIFYING THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND FOR URBAN USE. HER SUIT ALSO ASKS THAT DEVELOPERS BE PROHIBITED FROM BUILDING ON BEACHES, PARTICULARLY AT MANELE BAY PINEAPPLE FIELDS IN 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. ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO SCENERY ATTRACT PASSENGERS TO THE DOME CAR OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED, AN OVERNIGHT TRAIN FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. A DINING CAR AND LOUNGE CAR ALSO ARE AVAILABLE TO TICKET HOLDERS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER CARS. IT AND MOST OTHER INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS IN THE U.S. ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMTRAK WHICH LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. THE TRAIN CONTINUES FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO CHICAGO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FAMOUS BLACK SAND BEACH AT KAIMU, CREATED BY LAVA RUNOFF, IS A FAVORITE TOURIST STOP. AREA AROUND BEACH IS DUE TO BE DEVELOPED. IN ORDER TO PRESERVE BEACH, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PLANS TO ADD A NEW FOUNDATION OF SAND UNDER THE EXISTING LAYER. CRITICS ARGUE THIS WOULD CHANGE COLOR OF BEACH, CAUSING IT TO LOSE ITS APPEAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISHERMAN NEAR EL CENTRO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER AT THE MEXICAN BORDER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATION ON EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. TRAIN ENGINEER, LEFT, AND CONDUCTOR CHECK IN AT THE DODGE CITY, KANSAS, STATION PRIOR TO BOARDING AMTRAK'S SOUTHWEST LIMITED WHICH RUNS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO. THE CONDUCTOR WILL BOARD AN EASTBOUND PASSENGER TRAIN AND WORK TO NEWTON, KANSAS. THE AMTRAK CORPORATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER 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. CHARLIE GROSS, FORMER TRUCK DRIVER, FARMER, BOXER, DOG RAISER AND SALESMAN, HAS LIVED MORE THAN HALF HIS LONG LIFE IN NEBRASKA. HE IS PICTURED ON THE MAIN STREET OF THE RURAL COMMUNITY OF GRAFTON

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HARVESTING WHEAT IN THE PALO VERDE VALLEY, 200 YARDS FROM 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. MASSED HIGHRISES OF WAIKIKI DISTRICT, FAVORITE OF TOURISTS SEEN FROM TOP OF DIAMOND HEAD, THE FAMOUS EXTINCT VOLCANO. THE WAIKIKI IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION HAS FORMED AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REVIEW BOARD TO OVERSEE SUCH BUILDING, BUT IT IS PROBABLY TOO LATE. IN 1963 THERE WERE 9,203 HOTEL ROOMS IN ALL OF OAHU ISLAND. TODAY THERE ARE SOME 26,000 ROOMS, MOST OF THEM HERE IN WAIKIKI

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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 OF THE LOS ANGELES UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL, BUILT FOR THE 1932 SUMMER OLYMPICS HELD IN THAT CALIFORNIA CITY. MANY OF THE LARGE STATIONS SUCH AS THIS ARE BEING REFURBISHED WITH THE ADDITION OF NEW SHOPS, STORES AND OFFICES. OTHER TERMINALS ARE BEING REPLACED WITH NEW FACILITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PEOPLE ON THE LOADING PLATFORM AT EAST GLACIER PARK MONTANA, WATCH THE ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRE BUILDER (TRAIN #7) FROM CHICAGO ENROUTE TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THIS TERMINAL IS LOCATED AT THE EDGE OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. AMTRAK, SINCE IT ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, HAS REVERSED A DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP THAT BEGAN AFTER WORLD WAR II

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAS VEGAS STREET SCENE

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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 FROM THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS TOWARDS HIGHWAY #1 NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THESE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BUT ARE UNDER THE THREAT OF DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN RESTRICTED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 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. NEW HOUSING UNDER CONSTRUCTION OFF MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY), 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LINCOLN, THE CAPITAL CITY, INCLUDING SUBDIVISION ON WESTERN EDGE. LINCOLN HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A quot;RURAL CITY,quot; WITH FEW OF THE PRESSURES FOUND IN OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS OF THE U.S

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CUSTOMERS LOOKING OVER THE DAY'S ASSORTMENT AT THE HILO FISH AUCTION, A DAILY EVENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHARLES ALLISON, 71, AND HIS WIFE AT THEIR MILFORD HOME. MR ALLISON, A NATIVE OF SEWARD COUNTY, WAS THE PROPRIETOR OF HIS OWN BUTCHER SHOP IN MILFORD FOR 40 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. FROM RED MEAT TO ASH--A FOUR WEEK LABORATORY PROCEDURE FOR MEASURING GAMMA RADIATION AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. PLANTLIFE IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BUT ARE THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISH AUCTION IS A DAILY EVENT

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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 THE LOS ANGELES UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL, BUILT FOR THE 1932 SUMMER OLYMPICS HELD IN THAT CALIFORNIA CITY. MANY OF THE LARGE STATIONS SUCH AS THIS ARE BEING REFURBISHED WITH THE ADDITION OF NEW SHOPS, STORES AND OFFICES. OTHER TERMINALS ARE BEING REPLACED WITH NEW FACILITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COUPLES TAKE THEIR PLACES IN THE 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL, HELD IN THE PERSHING AUDITORIUM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAIIAN CHILDREN SWIM AT DUSK IN MANELE BAY

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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 SOUTHWEST LIMITED PASSES RIPENING WHEAT FIELDS NEAR DODGE CITY, KANSAS. TWO PASSENGER TRAINS A DAY, ONE EACH WAY, USE THE TRACKS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO. THE AMTRAK TRAIN INCLUDES A DOME CAR FOR OBSERVATION, A DINING CAR THAT IS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ACCORDING TO AMTRAK, AND A LOUNGE CAR IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL PASSENGER 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. LIGHT REFLECTIONS FROM HOMES ON THE COLORADO RIVER. RIVER GETS HEAVY RECREATIONAL USE IN THIS AREA KNOWN AS quot;PARKER STRIP.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WORLD'S LARGEST PINEAPPLE PLANTATION IS ON LANAI, BUT PRODUCTION IS DOWN AS FOREIGN PINEAPPLE TAKES LARGER SHARE OF MARKET. LAND OWNERS LOOK TO LAND RECLASSIFICATION, DEVELOPMENT AND GREATLY INCREASED TOURISM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SLEEPING, SCENERY AND READING OCCUPY PASSENGER CAR TRAVELERS ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE. IT HAS BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE FACILITIES BY USING SOME METHODS EMPLOYED BY THE AIRLINES. A STEADY DECLINE IN TRAIN TRAVEL SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II HAS BEEN REVERSED SINCE THE CORPORATION TOOK OVER IN 1971

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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 LAND DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN LAGUNA BEACH AND SAN CLEMENTE. WORK WAS HALTED HERE, AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WERE RESTRICTED FOLLOWING STATE PASSAGE IN NOVEMBER, 1972, OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT. SINCE 1900 COASTAL WETLANDS HAVE DECREASED FROM 381,000 ACRES TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S. THE COAST REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WHICH WILL RESULT IN LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 UPPER NEWPORT BAY IN ORANGE COUNTY, SHOWING BOTH DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED AREA WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR INTENSIVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN REGULATED WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE SINCE 1973. THE REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN JANUARY, 1976 RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE'S ENTIRE COASTLINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SAILBOAT GLIDES PAST SEA HARBOUR, A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT HUNTINGTON BEACH. RELATIVELY FEW LARGE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY REGULATORY COMMISSIONS SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN 1973. THE COMMISSIONS, WHICH ARE CHARGED WITH DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SHORELINE, MUST SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW CARS AWAITING SHIPMENT AT TERMINAL ISLAND, PART OF THE LOS ANGELES WATERFRONT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FERTILIZING

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HARVESTING BARLEY GROWN IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OLD ENGINE WHICH PULLS THE INTER-AMERICAN FROM LAREDO TEXAS, TO ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. UN-REMODELED DINING CAR AND PASSENGER CARS ALSO WERE USED ON THE RUN WHICH BEGAN IN THE SPRING OF 1974. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS AUTHORIZED TO DESIGNATE ONE EXPERIMENTAL ROUTE EACH YEAR WHICH WILL RUN FOR TWO YEARS, THEN BE REVIEWED. OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO REPLACE OLD EQUIPMENT INHERITED WHEN AMTRAK TOOK OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER 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. UNFINISHED STREETS AND UTILITIES CONTRAST WITH COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT IN THE BACKGROUND AT LAGUNA NIGUEL. WORK HERE WAS HALTED AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WERE RESTRICTED FOLLOWING STATE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972 STATE AND REGIONAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HARVESTING BARLEY GROWN IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 OXNARD PLAIN, A PRIME AGRICULTURAL AREA IN VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, NORTH OF LOS ANGELES, NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURES. RESTRICTIONS ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE WERE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 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. KALAKAUA AVENUE IS THE MAIN STREET OF THE WAIKIKI BEACH 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. H-1 FREEWAY, LIKE ALL HAWAII'S HIGHWAYS, IS VIRTUALLY FREE OF BILLBOARDS

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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 ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot; BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE AND PINEAPPLE

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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 SOUTHWEST LIMITED PASSENGER TRAIN IS HALTED AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ON ITS TRIP FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TO CHICAGO TO PICK UP PASSENGERS AND BAGGAGE. MOST INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS IN THE U.S. ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMTRAK. THE CORPORATION IS USING AIRLINE METHODS AND OTHER MODERN TECHNIQUES IN AN EFFORT TO UPGRADE TRAIN TRAVEL AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE AUTO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ON A ROAD NEAR NEWPORT BEACH. ROAD WIDENING IN THIS AREA HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AS A LARGE SHOPPING CENTER AND BUSINESS COMPLEX WAS DEVELOPED ABOVE THE ALL RESIDENTIAL AREA AT THE HARBOR. REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COASTLINE HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING RESTRICTIONS SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN EARLY 1973 IN CALIFORNIA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RAIN DROPS ON A BLADE OF GRASS

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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 SATURDAY, SCHOOLBOYS FROM LANAI CITY GO OUT TO DIVE FOR OCTOPUS--A DELICACY WHICH REPRESENTS GOOD MONEY IF SOLD TO LOCAL MARKETS. EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED FOR THE ISLAND. MUCH OF THIS SHOREFRONT AREA WILL BE USED BY TOURISTS AND NEW RESIDENTS WHEN PROJECT IS COMPLETED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UNION STATION IN PORTLAND, OREGON, ONE OF 450 PASSENGER TRAIN TERMINALS SERVED BY AMTRAK IN 1974. DURING THAT YEAR THE CORPORATION LISTED 8,800 EMPLOYEES AND OPERATED 225 TRAINS PER DAY. A STEADY DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR II TO 1970 HAS BEEN REVERSED SINCE AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE. A TOTAL OF 14.5 MILLION PASSENGERS RODE THE RAILS IN 1973

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUN RAYS THROUGH STORM CLOUDS OVER GRAFTON, IN THE FARMLANDS WEST OF LINCOLN

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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 TOUR OF THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ENGINEER ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER CONCENTRATES ON THE TRACK AHEAD AS THE AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN TRAVELS FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, THEN ON TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK HAS THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE. USE OF THE TRACKS IS LEASED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 UPPER NEWPORT BAY IN ORANGE COUNTY, SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES SHOWING DEVELOPED AREAS. NEARBY UNDEVELOPED AREAS NEARBY UNDEVELOPED LAND IS SCHEDULED FOR FUTURE HEAVY DEVELOPMENT. NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN REGULATED WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF SHORELINE SINCE 1973. THE REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN JANUARY, 1976 RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE'S COASTLINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SAILBOAT ALONG THE SHORE AT THE NEWPORT BEACH. UPPER NEWPORT BEACH, NORTH OF THIS AREA, IS SCHEDULED FOR INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COASTLINE HAS BEEN REGULATED SINCE EARLY 1973. THE COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST THROUGHOUT THE STATE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOATS IN FRONT OF A HOME ON MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOATING ON THE COLORADO RIVER BELOW PARKER DAM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAUNA LOA GLOWS WITH HOT LAVA DURING PEAK OF ERUPTION TREES IN FOREGROUND WERE KILLED BY EARLIER ERUPTIONS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW HIGHWAY, UNDER CONSTRUCTION NORTH OF KAILUA ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND, PRESAGES ZONING CHANGES FROM AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION USE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHURCH AND FARMLANDS ON THE SEWARD-SALINE COUNTY LINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK INFORMATION AND TICKET COUNTER IN CHICAGO'S UNION STATION, ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE CORPORATION'S SYSTEM. CLERKS CONSULT COMPUTER-READOUT CONSOLES FOR INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE SPACE AND FARES, AND QUICKLY ENTER RESERVATIONS. CHICAGO IS ONE OF FIVE MAJOR LOCATIONS WITH THIS CAPABILITY. TOLL FREE NUMBERS AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCAL DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THIS 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. quot;GOLDIEquot;. OWNER IS DAVID FRAZER, 87, ONE OF UTICA'S OLDEST CITIZENS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POINTING TO HOMES IN THE COLORADO RIVER 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. HARVESTING BARLEY IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY--NEAR IMPERIAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMERICAN EGRETS ROOSTING ON A TREE IN COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, SOUTH OF PARKER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POST OFFICE AT ALAMO

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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 RAILS OF THE MAIN LINE OF THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD THAT CARRIES THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED NEAR DODGE CITY, KANSAS. THE TWO PASSENGER TRAINS A DAY PASS EACH OTHER ENROUTE BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO. TRACKS ARE HEAVILY USED BY FREIGHT TRAINS. THE RAILS REFLECT THE WESTERN KANSAS SUNSET. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII--HAWAIIAN STATE CAPITOL, HONOLULU (OAHU I)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII--VALLEY NEAR KANEOHE ON WINDWARD SIDE OF OAHU, OAHU I

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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 HAWAIIAN GREENHOUSE, INC, NEAR PAHOA, ANTHURIUMS GROW UNDER A SUN SCREEN. THIS AREA IS ENTIRELY AGRICULTURAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CONDUCTOR CHECKS HIS WATCH TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH TIME REMAINS AT THE BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, STOP ON THE TURBOLINER RUN BETWEEN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND CHICAGO. THE FRENCH BUILT TRAIN IS CAPABLE OF SPEEDS UP TO 125 MILES PER HOUR, BUT NORMALLY RUNS NO FASTER THAN 79. MANY OF THE AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAINS RUN SLOWER THAN THEIR CAPABILITIES BECAUSE THE NATION'S RAILROADS NEED TO UPGRADE TRACK AND ROADBED

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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 BUENA VISTA LAGOON. IT IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS CONCERN THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES

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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 PIPES FROM OCEAN LINER. ALMOST ALL SUPPLIES FOR HAWAII COME BY SEA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KOKO HEAD PARK IN THE HANAUMA BAY MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS A POPULAR SNORKELING AND SKIN DIVING SPOT. ALL MARINE LIFE IS PROTECTED 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. A BIRD LOOKS FOR ITS MEAL AT BUENA VISTA LAGOON. THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS CONCERN FOR IT BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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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 GOOD WIND AND A GOOD SAIL ON HOOVER DAM'S LAKE MEAD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LONE STAR AS IT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS AMTRAK IS WORKING TO REVERSE THE DOWNWARD TREND OF RAIL PASSENGER TRAVEL BETWEEN THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 1970'S. COMPUTERIZED NATIONWIDE INFORMATION AND TICKETING SYSTEMS ARE AMONG THE INNOVATIONS BEING USED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VACATION LIVING ON THE SHORES OF HAVASU 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. TRANSMISSION LINES NEAR SEARCHLIGHT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOOVER DAM ON 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. MURL EMERY OF NELSON NEVADA, RUNS MUSEUM, COLLECTS OLD MINE MACHINERY, WORKS MINING CLAIMS AND GOES ADVENTURING BY PICKUP AND MOTORCYCLE. HE HAS GROWN UP ALONG COLORADO RIVER AND HAS WITNESSED MUCH OF ITS RECENT HISTORY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FERTILIZING

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION AT PARKER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE IRVINE RANCH AREA NEAR NEWPORT BEACH. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF A NEW TOWN OF A HIGH VALUE PLANNED UNITS IN CONTRAST TO UNCONTROLLED PRIVATE SUB-DIVISIONS. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST. THIS DENSITY RESULTS IN MANY CLASHES BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND CONSERVATIONISTS WHO WANT TO RETAIN THE BEAUTY OF THE 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. THE PERSHING MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IS THE SCENE OF LINCOLN'S 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL

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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 SHORELINE AT CAMP PENDELTON, HAS RETAINED MUCH OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY BECAUSE OF LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE MARINE BASE THERE ARE SOME 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY) IN THE STATE. OF THIS TOTAL 662 MILES OR 61 PERCENT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED; THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF 410 MILES IS PUBLIC PROPERTY CONTROLLED BY FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. OF THE 145 MILES UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL 47 MILES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STILT BIRDS LIVE PROTECTED IN KANAHE POND, IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT SURROUNDED BY AN URBAN AREA. THE POND WAS MADE MORE THAN 200 YEARS AGO BY KING KANEHAMEHA THE GREAT AS A ROYAL FISH POND. THE STILT BIRD, SACRED TO THE OLD HAWAIIANS, IS NOW AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

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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. ART SCHAEFER OF GARLAND PLANTS HER SPRING GARDEN

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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 FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. AT THE quot;JUNIOR RODEO,quot; SPONSORED BY THE PARKER INDIAN RODEO ASSOCIATION AND HELD ON THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANNUAL SPRING ROUNDUP OF CATTLE RAISED ON EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. MAUNA LOA (UPPER LEFT), IN HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK STILL THROWS OUT SMOKE FROM ITS MOST RECENT ERUPTIONS. IN CENTER MARKER POINTS TO THE LOCATIONS OF EARLIER ERUPTIONS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATED FIELD OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HONOMANU BAY LIES IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF THE ISLAND

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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 HANA AREA OF MAUI IS MOSTLY PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND AND IS NOT IMMEDIATELY THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC AREAS IN ALL THE ISLANDS AND, THANKS TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION, WILL PROBABLY REMAIN SO FOR SOME TIME TO COME. RUGGED COASTLINE BELOW HANA IS A CONSERVATION ZONE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMLANDS WEST OF LINCOLN, CENTER OF A VAST AGRICULTURAL 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. LONDON BRIDGE CROSSES ARM OF HAVASU LAKE AT LAKE HAVASU CITY. RESCUED FROM DEMOLITION BY AN AMERICAN BUYER, THE FAMOUS OLD SPAN WAS TRANSPLANTED HERE IN 1971

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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 ALL-AMERICAN CANAL, CARRYING WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER, TRANSFORMED THE IMPERIAL VALLEY FROM DESERT TO FARMLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EXPO '74 PASSENGER TRAIN IS SERVICED AT THE WENATCHEE WASHINGTON, TRAIN STATION DURING A 10 MINUTE STOP ENROUTE FROM SPOKANE TO SEATTLE. AMTRAK REVERSED A 25-YEAR DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP AFTER IT ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971. USE OF THE TRACK IS LEASED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PERFORMER AT ANNUAL JUNIOR RODEO HELD ON COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION AT PARKER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NO DUMPING SIGN IS A SYMPTOM OF THE POPULATION PRESSURES ALONG THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA OFF MULHOLLAND DRIVE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE ROAD WINDS THROUGH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS WHICH CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND ARE BEING THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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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 EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER--WHERE FOOD, AIR AND WATER SAMPLES ARE ANALYZED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANTS IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 PILOT IRWIN MALZMAN REPORTS ON RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC FOR RADIO STATION KGMB

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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 MAIN STREET OF DILLER, A RURAL COMMUNITY WEST OF LINCOLN

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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;SEA TRANSITquot; FERRY HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR ONE YEAR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AND PEARL HARBOR - AN ALTERNATIVE TO FREEWAY CONGESTION. IT ALSO CARRIES MILITARY-RELATED EMPLOYEES ACROSS PEARL HARBOR TO THE PARKING LOT - SAVING THEM A 45-MINUTE DRIVE. SOME PASSENGERS COMPLETE THEIR TRIP ON BICYCLES

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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 SIGN ON THE COLORADO RIVER IS MISSPELLED BUT THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRESSED FOR ALOHA DAY PARADE DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK FESTIVITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PEARL CITY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HONOLULU, IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA IN ALL OF HAWAII. THE STATE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE OAHU RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS, BUT MEANWHILE THE LAND USE COMMISSION REZONED THIS LAND, ADJOINING AN OLDER DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN DESIGNATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH, BUILT IN 1876

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; IN THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; CAT SKINNERS CHAIN LOGS TO CATERPILLAR TRACTORS. THE quot;CATquot; THEN PULLS LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; FOR LOADING ONTO TRUCKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HILLSIDE HOMES ON HONOLULU'S EAST SIDE. STATE LAND USE LAWS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO HOLD DOWN FAST DEVELOPMENTS AND TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LANDS WHICH ARE THE EASIEST AND MOST ECONOMICAL TO DEVELOP

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA BURN AREA quot;GRANITE FIREquot; SEEN FROM THE AIR

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS, quot;CAT SKINNESquot; WORK IN DUST OF CATERPILLAR TRACTORS. THE quot;CATSquot; HAUL LOGS OF FIRE-DAMAGED TREES TO quot;LANDINGquot; WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORTING OUT OF THE AREA. SOOT AND ASHES FROM FIRE ARE SO THICK THAT DRIVERS MUST WEAR FACE MASKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ATTENDANT MAKES UP A BED IN A PRIVATE COMPARTMENT ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER PASSENGER TRAIN ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. COMPARTMENTS ARE AN EXTRA COST OPTION AVAILABLE TO PERSONS WHO PREFER SUCH ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE RECLINING SEATS IN THE PASSENGER CARS. A STEADY DECLINE IN TRAIN TRAVEL SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II WAS REVERSED WHEN AMTRAK TOOK CONTROL IN 1971

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIGHWAY 77 AND FARMLANDS NEAR VILLAGE OF HALLAM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF LADIES CLUB HOLD MONTHLY MEETING AT THE SEWARD CIVIC CENTER, ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WIDE ANGLE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH ON THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DUNE BUGGY ON SAND DUNES EAST OF BRAWLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMING IN THE PARKER VALLEY 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. MONTHLY MEETING OF THE GARLAND VILLAGE BOARD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MARSHLAND FOWL AT THE SALTON SEA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOATING ON THE COLORADO RIVER OFF PARKER quot;STRIPquot;, A POPULAR RECREATIONAL SPOT BELOW PARKER DAM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PRIVATE PROPERTY IS POSTED IN UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NEAR NEWPORT BAY, THE BAY, AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A BIRD REFUGE, WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A YACHT HARBOR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOVING CATTLE RAISE DUST ALONG THE HIGHWAY--NEAR CALIPATRIA IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA FIRE-FIGHTER IN PART OF THE BURN AREA CALLED quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TARO PATCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 36. TARO ROOT IS THE BASIS OF POI, A TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN DISH

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA. LAND USE COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDED TOTAL DENIAL OF DEVELOPERS' PETITION FOR REZONING. THE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, PERMITTED 3,414 ACRES OF THE 5,000 REQUESTED TO PASS OVER TO URBAN USE. SINCE THEN, 900 LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD BUT LITTLE BUILDING HAS BEEN DONE LEAVING AN EMPTY SUBDIVISION TO BE PROTECTED BY COUNTY SERVICES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CUTTING BARLEY IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, SOUTH OF THE SALTON SEA

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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 HAWAIIAN GREENHOUSE, INC, NEAR PAHOA, ANTHURIUMS GROW UNDER A SUN SCREEN. THIS AREA IS ENTIRELY AGRICULTURAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ALAMO WEARER OF TLD (THERMO-HUMINESCENT DOCIMETER) GETS A FRESH CAPSULE. THESE TLD CAPSULES MEASURE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT, AND ARE EXCHANGED MONTHLY. MONITORING OF THE TLD'S IS DONE BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 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. MAUNA LOA GLOWS WITH HOT LAVA DURING PEAK OF ERUPTION TREES IN FOREGROUND WERE KILLED BY EARLIER ERUPTIONS

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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 UPPER NEWPORT BAY IN ORANGE COUNTY SHOWING BOTH DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED AREA WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR INTENSIVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN REGULATED WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE SINCE 1973. THE REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN JANUARY, 1976 RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE'S ENTIRE COASTLINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AN AMTRAK CONDUCTOR FOR THE COAST STARLIGHT WHICH TRAVELS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK CAME INTO BEING WITH THE RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE ACT OF 1970 WHICH AUTHORIZED THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION TO MANAGE THE BASIC NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK AND OPERATE MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 DIVERSION DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER. DIVERTED WATER (LEFT) FLOWS THROUGH AQUEDUCT TO ARIZONA FARMLAND

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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 LONE STAR (TRAIN #15) IS SHOWN FROM THE AIR AS IT PASSES A TYPICAL RURAL OKLAHOMA CROSSING BETWEEN GUTHRIE AND NORMAN ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. AMTRAK IS CHARGED BY CONGRESS TO PROVIDE MODERN, EFFICIENT U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE, EMPLOYING INNOVATIVE OPERATING AND MARKETING CONCEPTS TO MEET TRANSPORTATION NEEDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEVELOPMENT NEAR MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE MOUNTAINS NEARBY CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY), 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DON MADISON, WITH HIS quot;IMPERIAL ROCK SHOPquot;, 14 MILES WEST OF EL CENTRO. BYPASSED BY INTERSTATE 8, MADISON'S BUSINESS HAS SUFFERED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE FAIRMONT GOLDEN CIRCLE CLUB HOLD QUILT THEY HAVE MADE. IN THE BACKGROUND IS A CENTURY-OLD FRAME HOUSE, THE OLDEST BUILDING IN TOWN. ORIGINALLY A SCHOOL, IT IS NOW A PRIVATE RESIDENCE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHORELINE OF AREA NEAR KAMUELA WHICH HAS BEEN REZONED FOR URBAN USE IN THE MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION 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. PARADISE PARK, A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE DESIGNED TO DISPLAY SOME OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE ISLAND, IS IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LAND. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN quot;CONSERVATIONquot; ZONES

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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 NEBRASKAN'S MEMENTOES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FERTILIZER PLANT NEAR EL CENTRO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAALAEA BAY AREA NORTH OF KIHEI IS A COMBINATION OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSERVATION, AND URBAN SECTIONS. THE URBAN ZONE IS MAINLY USED FOR CONDOMINIUMS (FOREGROUND). AGRICULTURE IS SUGARCANE, AND THE CONSERVATION SECTION CONSISTS LARGELY OF A BIRD SANCTUARY IN THE TIDELANDS AREA (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. A FAMILY ENJOYS A PICNIC BESIDE THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON. THE BODY OF WATER IS AN EXCELLENT BIRD REFUGE, BUT IS BECOMING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS, AND SUFFERS FROM EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE. IT IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GAVIOTA STATE BEACH. THE AREA IS SCHEDULED FOR ADDITIONAL OIL PROCESSING FACILITIES. AT PRESENT THERE ARE ONLY SMALL PROCESSORS IN THE VICINITY. RESTRICTIONS ON SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. THE COMMISSIONS CHARGED WITH DECIDING DEVELOPMENT MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WITH GUIDELINES WHICH WILL AFFECT FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 IN FRONT OF HIS GENERAL STORE IN ALAMO. M.K. STEWART IS ONE OF SEVERAL CITIZENS WHO WEARS A TLD (THERMO-LUMINESCENT DOCIMETER) TO MEASURE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT. EPA PROVIDES AND MONITORS THE TLD CAPSULES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GARLAND EXCHANGE GREETINGS 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. THE COLORADO RIVER FEEDS CROPS AND VEGETATION (DARK AREAS) TOWN OF NEEDLES IN FOREGROUND

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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 SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE AT IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH NEAR GARLAND

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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 OVER FARM IMPLEMENTS AT THE AUCTION AT HICKMAN, IN THE AGRICULTURAL COUNTY SOUTH OF LINCOLN

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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 SPORTS EVENT OF THE YEAR IS THE ANNUAL SPRING FOOTBALL GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. THIS IS AN INTRA-SQUAD GAME, AND MANY FANS WEAR RED IN HONOR OF THE TEAM, NICK-NAMED THE quot;BIG RED.quot;

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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 CONSERVATION ZONE ALONG HIGHWAY 72. LAND USE IN THIS AREA IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRANSMISSION LINES NEAR SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RAW SEWAGE IS DISCHARGED INTO THE OCEAN THREE MILES FROM WAIKIKI BEACH. AN EPA LOAN TO BUILD A TREATMENT PLANT IS IN THE WORKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AN AMTRAK PASSENGER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE STANDS READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING TRAIN TRAVEL. THE PSR'S, AS THEY ARE CALLED, ARE EMPLOYED BY AMTRAK AND RIDE SOME OF THE MAJOR TRAIN ROUTES TO HELP PASSENGERS AND FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE. IT IS PART OF THE CORPORATION'S ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE AND DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE AUTO FOR TRAVEL. THIS TRAIN IS THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED AND RUNS FROM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, TO CHICAGO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHILDREN SLEEPING IN ONE OF THE CHAIR CARS ON THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED, AN OVERNIGHT TRAIN FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. COMPARTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PASSENGERS WHO WISH TO PAY MORE MONEY. THE TRAIN ALSO HAS A DOME CAR, DINING CAR AND LOUNGE CAR. IT ENDS ITS RUN IN CHICAGO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AN AMTRAK PASSENGER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CALLS BINGO NUMBERS TO INTERESTED PASSENGERS WHILE OTHERS SLEEP IN THE LOUNGE CAR OF THE EMPIRE BUILDER ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. PSR'S FILE A DETAILED REPORT ON EACH TRAIN THEY RIDE. THEY PROVIDE A CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AMTRAK AND THE PUBLIC

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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 HONOLULU LOOKING EAST TOWARD DIAMOND HEAD THE EXTINCT VOLCANO WHICH IS THE ISLAND'S BEST -KNOWN LANDMARK BUILDINGS IN FOREGROUND ARE MOSTLY APARTMENTS. HOTELS MAKE UP BULK OF THE POPULAR WAIKIKI DISTRICT IN 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. MOHAVE GENERATING PLANT NEAR BULLHEAD CITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STREET SCENE IN EAST LAS VEGAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. 10,000 ACRES OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IS DEVOTED TO GROWING MACADAMIA NUTS, AND PRODUCTION IS INCREASING. AT THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN PLANT NEAR KEAAU, WORKERS PLANT NEW TREES IN AN EXPANSION WHICH IS DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE GROWING STOCK. THIS PLANT IS THE LARGEST PROCESSOR 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. BIG SPORTS EVENT OF THE YEAR IS THE SPRING FOOTBALL GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, AN INTRA-MURAL EVENT. THESE FANS ARE WEARING RED IN HONOR OF THE TEAM, NICKNAMED THE quot;BIG RED.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MODERN SEATING CONTRASTS WITH THE OLDER STONE FLOORING AND ARCHITECTURE IN UNION STATION IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. ONLY A PORTION OF THE MASSIVE STATION IS USED FOR PASSENGERS OF AMTRAK. THE REMAINDER HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A CONVENTION CENTER. SIX PASSENGER TRAINS A DAY STOP HERE COMPARED TO MORE THAN 200 DURING THE HEYDAY OF RAIL 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. SEA LIFE PARK, LIKE PARADISE PARK, IS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE BUILT IN A CONSERVATION ZONE. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MARINE LIFE RANGING FROM ANEMONES TO WHALES IS IMAGINATIVELY DISPLAYED. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN CONSERVATION DISTRICTS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LANDS

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SCENE WITHIN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS 'GRANITE FIREquot; THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN LOGGED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EGRET IN FLIGHT OVER THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TARO PATCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 36. TARO ROOT IS THE BASIS OF POI, A TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN DISH

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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 LILIUOKALANI GARDENS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SALTY TIDE FLAT AT UPPER NEWPORT BAY IN ORANGE COUNTY. THE BAY WAS SCHEDULED TO BECOME A YACHT HARBOR. COASTLINE CONSTRUCTION HAS DECLINED SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE'S COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN 1973. ONE STATE AND SIX REGIONAL COMMISSIONS HAVE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE. THE COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LAWS AFFECTING THE FUTURE OF THE STATE'S ENTIRE COASTLINE

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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 INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY AROUND THE HARBOR AT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT HAS COME UNDER INCREASING RESTRICTIONS SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN 1973. THE COMMISSIONS REGULATING THE ACT MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE RECOMMENDING LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PLYMOUTH, TYPICAL OF MANY SIMILAR OLD CHURCHES OF RURAL NEBRASKA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARKER DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER IMPOUNDS HAVASU 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. IN AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. TRUCK WITH SALVAGED TIMBER LEAVES BURN SITE FOR TRIP TO STANDARD CREWS ARE IN RACE AGAINST FALL SNOWS, WHICH BRING A VIRTUAL HALT TO LOGGING 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. HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HANDLES ALMOST ALL OF THE ISLAND'S VISITORS. SOME 2.7 MILLION ARE ANTICIPATED IN 1973

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA 5,880 ACRES (A THIRD OF THE AFFECTED AREA) ARE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA. SALVAGE OPERATIONS WERE STARTED AS SOON AS AREA COULD BE ENTERED. PICKERING FORESTER JOE DILLARD CUTS BURNED BARK TO EXPOSE UNHARMED WOOD OF WHITE FIR TREE

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. SOOT AND ASHES BILLOW UP AS CATERPILLAR TRACTOR DRAGS LOGS FROM BURN 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. TOURISTS VIEW WAIMEA 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. READING, SCENERY AND SLEEP OCCUPY PASSENGER CAR TRAVELERS ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE. IT HAS BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE FACILITIES BY USING SOME METHODS EMPLOYED BY THE AIRLINES. A STEADY DECLINE IN TRAIN TRAVEL SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II HAS BEEN REVERSED SINCE THE CORPORATION TOOK CONTROL IN 1971

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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 NEBRASKAN FOR MORE THAN HALF HIS LIFE, CHARLIE GROSS HAS FARMED, BOXED, RAISED DOGS AND SOLD HOSIERY AND LIGHT BULBS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEVELOPMENT IN quot;SALT LAKEquot; AREA. PART OF THE SALT LAKE IS BEING FILLED TO PROVIDE A GOLF COURSE. THIRTY ACRES ADJOINING THE LAKE IS IN A CONSERVATION ZONE. THE STATE LAND USE COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY, 1973 DENIED DEVELOPER'S REQUEST TO MAKE IT AN URBAN ZONE

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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 CARL CHRISTIAN, 67, IN DOORWAY OF HIS GAS STATION IN BEAVER CROSSING. MR. CHRISTIAN HAS LIVED ALL HIS LIFE IN THIS PART OF THE STATE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LINCOLN FROM THE AIR. THE CAPITAL, FOCAL POINT OF A VAST AGRICULTURAL AREA, IS A PRIMARY GRAIN MARKET AND A DISTRIBUTING CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FLORA OF AKAKA FALLS 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. VOLCANIC MAUNA ULU IN ERUPTION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CROP DUSTER PLANE AND quot;FLAG MANquot; NEAR CALIPATRIA IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SURFER AT NEWPORT BEACH, A HEAVILY USED RECREATION SPOT UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NORTH OF THIS AREA, IS SCHEDULED FOR INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COASTLINE HAS BEEN REGULATED BY STATE AND REGIONAL COMMISSIONS SINCE EARLY 1973 THEY MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976 WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST THROUGHOUT THE STATE

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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 ONLY A FEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COMPLETED ALONG A SECTION OF CALIFORNIA COASTLINE IN ORANGE COUNTY DURING 1975. CALLED PROMONTORY POINT, IT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EMPLOYEE NEAR THE CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE SAN NOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, WARNS SWIMMERS TO DETOUR TO THE BEACH. LOCATED SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES, THE WORK AREA HAS A SEA WALL WHICH FORCES SWIMMERS TO DETOUR AND SWIM ABOUT 100 YARDS TO REACH THE OTHER BEACH AREA. BETWEEN 1900 AND THE EARLY 1970'S THE AMOUNT OF COASTAL WETLANDS DECREASED FROM 381,000 TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES. STATE REGULATORY COMMISSIONS CURRENTLY ARE MONITORING SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER AT THE MEXICAN BORDER (ON MEXICAN SIDE)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NIGHT LIGHTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. INTERSTATE 80

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MARSHLAND FOWL AT THE SALTON SEA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

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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 H-1 (OR LUNALILO) FREEWAY LOOKING WEST TOWARD DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. TALLEST BUILDING IS NEW quot;TOWN HOUSE.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FERTILIZING

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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 SUGARCANE FIELD WORKER. HIS HAT SYMBOLIZES EFFECTS OF TOURISM AND AFFLUENCE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ABSTRACT OF A NEW MAZDA CAR WAITING SHIPMENT AT TERMINAL ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COSTUMED FOR ALOHA DAY PARADE, ONE OF MANY FESTIVITIES DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK

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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 RELAX AND VIEW THE SCENERY FROM THE LOUNGE CAR OF THE EMPIRE BUILDER ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THE AMTRAK TRAIN ALSO HAS A DINING CAR AND OBSERVATION CAR IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR PASSENGER CARS. AMTRAK HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAIN 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. AT THE ANNUAL LAMB SALE AT SEWARD COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS BUYERS ARE MOSTLY YOUNGSTERS WHO USE THE LAMBS FOR 4-H CLUB LIVESTOCK SHOWS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMLAND OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, AND THE SALTON SEA INFRARED FILM

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; IN THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; CAT SKINNERS CHAIN LOGS TO CATERPILLAR TRACTORS. THE quot;CATquot; THEN PULLS LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; FOR LOADING ONTO TRUCKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WITH PINEAPPLE FIELDS AS HIS ARENA, HENRI AKI TAKES HIS HORSE FOR A LATE AFTERNOON TRAINING SESSION NEAR LANAI CITY. PINEAPPLE GROWING TAKES UP 16,000 ACRES OF THE ISLAND'S TERRITORY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEXICAN FARM WORKER IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY. HE CARRIES A GREEN CARD WHICH PERMITS HIM TO WORK ON U.S. FARMS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SURF NEAR KIHEI. CONDOMINIUMS AND HOTELS ARE BEING BUILT HERE IN INCREASING NUMBERS. THE LAND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR PRIME AGRICULTURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PROCESSING PLANT OFFERS ITS DISCARDED ONIONS TO ALL COMERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PASSENGER quot;CHAIRquot; CAR ON THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED, AN AMTRAK TRAIN ENROUTE FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO, TO CHICAGO. THE TRAIN INCLUDES A DINING CAR, LOUNGE CAR AND DOME CAR. IT AND MOST OTHER INTERCITY TRAINS IN THE U.S. ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMTRAK WHICH LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT INTAKE STATION ON HAVASU 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. HAWAIIAN BOY HAS CAUGHT A CRAB

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE IRVINE RANCH AREA NEAR NEWPORT BEACH. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF A NEW TOWN OF HIGH VALUE PLANNED UNITS IN CONTRAST TO UNCONTROLLED PRIVATE SUB-DIVISIONS SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST. THIS DENSITY RESULTS IN MANY CLASHES BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND CONSERVATIONISTS WHO WANT TO RETAIN THE BEAUTY OF THE 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. HEAVY EQUIPMENT USED IN PLANTING SUGARCANE, MAUI'S CHIEF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT. SUGARCANE IS GROWN MAINLY IN THE ISLAND'S CENTRAL VALLEY, WHERE FRESH WATER IS AVAILABLE

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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 ALONG COUNTRY ROAD EAST OF SEWARD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE FAIRMONT GOLDEN CIRCLE CLUB DISPLAY QUILT THEY HAVE MADE. THE QUILT WAS RAFFLED OFF AT THE FAIRMONT CENTENNIAL

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. AT PICKERING LUMBERYARD, FORESTER JOE DILLARD INSPECTS STACK OF LOTS TRUCKED IN FROM BURN 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. quot;DEVASTATION TRAILquot; IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THIS BOARDWALK THROUGH SKELETONS OF TREES DESTROYED BY THE 1959 VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN HAWAII VOLCANOES 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. LAS VEGAS STREET SCENE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WAIKIKI BEACH IS THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST SPOT ON THE ISLAND THERE ARE 26,000 HOTEL ROOMS ON OAHU. MOST OF THEM ARE IN THE WAIKIKI 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. JOHN DOLEZAL AND WIFE AT THEIR FARM NEAR BEE, NEBRASKA. A NEW FARMHOUSE HAS REPLACED THE ORIGINAL ONE WHERE MRS. DOLEZAL WAS BORN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DENNIS WOOD AT CONSOLE FOR OPERATING quot;WHOE BODY COUNTERquot; AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. SAND DUNES IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SURFING AT MAUI COUNTY'S HOOKIPA 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. FARMLAND OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, AND THE SALTON SEA INFRARED FILM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRUCK LOADS OF SUGAR BEETS WILL BE PROCESSED AT THE HOLLY SUGAR CORPORATION PLANT NEAR BRAWLEY IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAIIAN SHOWS TOURISTS HOW TO DO THE HULA DANCE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IMPERIAL DAM--ON 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. PARKER DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER FORMS THE EASTERN END OF THE 150-MILE METROPOLITAN AQUEDUCT WHICH SUPPLIES DRINKING WATER TO LOS ANGELES AND INTERMEDIATE CITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOOVER DAM ON 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. MASSED HIGHRISES OF WAIKIKI DISTRICT, FAVORITE OF TOURISTS SEEN FROM TOP OF DIAMOND HEAD, THE FAMOUS EXTINCT VOLCANO. THE WAIKIKI IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION HAS FORMED AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REVIEW BOARD TO OVERSEE SUCH BUILDING, BUT IT IS PROBABLY TOO LATE. IN 1963 THERE WERE 9,203 HOTEL ROOMS IN ALL OF OAHU ISLAND. TODAY THERE ARE SOME 26,000 ROOMS, MOST OF THEM HERE IN WAIKIKI

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEWARD COUNTY FARM AND WINDMILL AT SUNSET

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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 IN AN AREA OF LAND SPECULATION NEAR MANUKA PARK IN THE KAU DISTRICT, ON THE SOUTHWESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON H-1 FREEWAY APPROACHING HONOLULU FROM THE WEST. COMMUTERS COME FROM SUCH FAST GROWING AREAS AS PEARL CITY AND MILILANI TOWN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HANDLES ALMOST ALL OF THE ISLAND'S VISITORS. SOME 2.7 MILLION ARE ANTICIPATED IN 1973

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOADING PLATFORM AND WAITING ROOM OF THE UNION STATION IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. AMTRAK IS RENOVATING MANY OF THE TERMINALS THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER SINCE ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. SOME NEW TERMINALS ALSO ARE BEING BUILT. THE CORPORATION HAS REVERSED A DRASTIC DECLINE IN PASSENGER RIDERSHIP

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAS VEGAS WASH CARRIES LAS VEGAS SEWAGE OUT TO LAKE MEAD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NIGHT LIGHTS

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA BURN AREA quot;GRANITE FIREquot; SEEN FROM THE AIR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CUTTING BARLEY IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY--NEAR BRAWLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOUNGE CAR OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED, AN AMTRAK TRAIN BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO. IT OFFERS PASSENGERS A CHANCE TO MAKE ACQUAINTANCES AND ORDER A BEVERAGE OR SNACK. THE AMTRAK TRAIN ALSO HAS WHAT THEY CONSIDER AS A WELL REGARDED DINING CAR AND A DOME CAR IN ADDITION TO THE PASSENGER 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. TRANSMISSION LINES AND RAILROAD NEAR SALTON SEA. DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES SMOG OBSCURES THE SUN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REZONING OF quot;SURPLUS PINEAPPLE LANDquot; ENABLED PINEAPPLE GROWERS-TURNED-DEVELOPERS TO BUILD THIS SUBDIVISION IN MILILANI TOWN, ONE SOLUTION TO THE ISLAND'S HOUSING SHORTAGE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HANDLES ALMOST ALL OF THE ISLAND'S VISITORS. SOME 2.7 MILLION ARE ANTICIPATED IN 1973

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; IN THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; CAT SKINNERS CHAIN LOGS TO CATERPILLAR TRACTORS. THE quot;CATquot; THEN PULLS LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; FOR LOADING ONTO TRUCKS

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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 GIRL SHOWS OFF HER DOLL ON THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED WHICH SPORTS A PIN PROCLAIMING quot;TRACKS ARE BACK!quot; IT AND TRAINS IN THE U.S. ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMTRAK WHICH LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE AND DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE AUTO AS A MEANS OF TRAVEL

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN THE quot;GRANITE CREEKquot; SECTION OF THE BURN AREA. DEPTH OF FOOTPRINT IN ASHES INDICATES INTENSITY OF FIRE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REZONING OF quot;SURPLUS PINEAPPLE LANDquot; ENABLED PINEAPPLE GROWERS-TURNED-DEVELOPERS TO BUILD THIS SUBDIVISION IN MILILANI TOWN, ONE SOLUTION TO THE ISLAND'S HOUSING SHORTAGE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BUSINESS DISTRICT OF LINCOLN, THE CAPITAL CITY. FOCAL POINT OF A VAST AGRICULTURAL REGION, LINCOLN IS A PRIMARY GRAIN MARKET AND A DISTRIBUTING POINT FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PINEAPPLE FIELDS OF LANAI. PINEAPPLE MAY BE ON THE WAY OUT IN HAWAII. PRODUCTION IS DOWN, IMPORTED PINEAPPLE IS UP, AND DEVELOPERS PLAN EXTENSIVE CHANGES ON THIS ISLAND. THE LAND USE COMMISSION WHICH RECENTLY RECLASSIFIED 22,340 ACRES OF LANAI'S RURAL LAND FOR URBAN USE, MUST WEIGH THE PROFITS OF PINEAPPLE FARMING AGAINST THE NEEDS OF AN INCREASING POPULATION AND THE BENEFITS OF THE TOURIST DOLLAR

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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 NEAR IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH ON HIGHWAY 34 OUTSIDE GARLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABORATORY AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. DINING CAR OFFERS FRESH FLOWERS AND GOOD FOOD ON THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED, AN AMTRAK TRAIN BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND CHICAGO. TRAIN OFFICIALS SAID PASSENGERS PROCLAIMED THIS AS ONE OF THE TOP TWO TRAINS FOR FOOD AND DINING ROOM SERVICE. IT OFFERS A CHILDREN'S MENU IN ADDITION TO A VARIETY OF ADULT FOOD FARE AND REGIONAL SPECIALTIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAST MINUTE CHECK OF THE ENGINE OF THE AMTRAK TURBOLINER PASSENGER TRAIN IS MADE BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. TWO TURBOLINERS WERE LEASED FROM THE FRENCH AND BEGAN SERVICE IN OCTOBER, 1973. AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF TRIAL AMTRAK OFFICIALS PURCHASED THEM AND ORDERED AN ADDITIONAL 11. IT IS PART OF THE CORPORATION'S CONTINUING EFFORT TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT INHERITED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OLD quot;SMOKINGquot; ENGINE LEAVING CHICAGO'S UNION STATION CONTRASTS WITH THE NEW FOREIGN BUILT AMTRAK TURBOLINER WHICH NOW MAKES THE PASSENGER RUN BETWEEN THE WINDY CITY AND ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. THE NEW SEARS TOWER IS SEEN ON THE CHICAGO SKYLINE ALTHOUGH THE NEW FRENCH BUILT TRAIN IS USED IT MUST RUN AT LESS THAN FULL SPEED UNTIL IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE IN THE TRACK AND ROADBED NOTE: SEE PICTURE #13624 FOR COMPARISON

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OLD RAILROAD CAR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, PASSENGER TRAIN STATION IN THE FOREGROUND FRAMES SOME OF THE GRANDEUR WHICH ATTRACTS TRAVELERS TO THE AREA. THIS TERMINAL IS LOCATED AT THE EDGE OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, A SCENIC TOURIST SPOT. SINCE IT ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, AMTRAK HAS REVERSED A DECLINE IN RIDERS THAT BEGAN AFTER WORLD WAR II

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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 SIGNS ON DODGE STREET, ONE OF THE CITY'S MAIN THOROUGHFARES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HARVESTING A PALO VERDE VALLEY WHEAT FIELD ON THE EDGE OF THE COLORADO RIVER. OWNER, HARLAS PRINE, HAS LIVED IN THE AREA FOR 55 OF HIS 57 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. GRAFFITI DEFACES ROCKS IN MALIBU CANYON NEAR MALIBU CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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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 A TRACT OF PINEAPPLE SAVED FROM URBAN DEVELOPMENT. MAUI LAND DEVELOPERS PETITIONED THE LAND USE COMMISSION (LUC) FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF 659 AGRICULTURAL ACRES. IN AUGUST, 1970, THE LUC APPROVED ONLY 300 ACRES. THE DECISION WAS APPLAUDED BY THOSE WHO FEAR OVERDEVELOPMENT OF THE FAST-GROWING 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. ENJOYING LAKE MEAD. FED BY THE COLORADO RIVER AND IMPOUNDED BY HOOVER DAM, LAKE MEAD IS A POPULAR RECREATION AREA FOR NEARBY LAS VEGAS

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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 DEFACES ROCKS IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SWIMMING IN HAVASU 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. MARINES PATROL THE SHORELINE AT THEIR CAMP PENDELTON LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS HAS ALLOWED THE AREA TO RETAIN MUCH OF ITS OWN NATURAL BEAUTY. THERE ARE SOME 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY) IN THE STATE. OF THIS TOTAL 662 MILES OF 61 PERCENT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED; THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF 410 MILES IS PUBLIC PROPERTY CONTROLLED BY FEDERAL, STATE COUNTY AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. OF THE 145 MILES UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL 47 MILES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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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 BOTAQUITO LAGOON, ONE OF THE LAST FEW BODIES OF WATER OF THIS TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IT SUFFERS FROM NEARBY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS FARM EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. COASTAL WETLANDS TOTALED ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S COMPARED TO SOME 381,000 ACRES 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. RETIRED CITIZEN IN GAS STATION IN RURAL UTICA. HIS SONS OWN THE STATION, HIS WIFE PUMPS THE GAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HANDLES ALMOST ALL OF THE ISLAND'S VISITORS. SOME 2.7 MILLION ARE ANTICIPATED IN 1973

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MARINE VEHICLE ON MANEUVERS ALONG THE OCEAN AT THE CAMP PENDELTON BASE. THE SHORELINE ENCOMPASSED BY THE BASE HAS RETAINED MUCH OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY BECAUSE OF LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS. THERE ARE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY) IN THE STATE. OF THIS TOTAL 662 MILES OR 61 PERCENT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED; THE REMAINING 410 MILES IS PUBLIC PROPERTY. THERE ARE 145 MILES UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL WITH 47 MILES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GRASSES AFTER SPRING RAIN IN THE FARMLANDS NORTH OF GARLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHRUNKEN COLORADO RIVER WINDS BETWEEN ONETIME FLOOD BANKS. THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT AFTER IMPERIAL DAM (BACKGROUND) HAS DIVERTED FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE RIVER INTO THE ALL-AMERICAN CANAL

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION, A quot;FALLERquot; HAS JUST CUT DOWN A GIANT TREE WHICH THE FLAMES HAD DESTROYED. CLOUDS OF SOOT AND ASHES STIRRED UP BY THE CRASH, ARE BEGINNING TO DRIFT AWAY. HE CUTS THE TREE INTO LOGS FOR REMOVAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CAMPERS AT REFUGIO STATE BEACH IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CALIFORNIA, NORTH OF LOS ANGELES. THIS AND OTHER BEACHES ALONG THE COAST ARE HEAVILY USED. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURES. RESTRICTION ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE WERE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE IN NOVEMBER, 1972, OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT

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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 FARM, WEST OF SCHUYLER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISH AUCTION IS A DAILY EVENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLUMNS IN FRONT OF THE UNION STATION IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI, GIVE AN IDEA OF THE MASSIVENESS OF THE TERMINAL AND ACTS AS A BACK REST FOR A TRAVELER. IN ITS HEYDAY THE STATION SERVED MORE THEN 200 PASSENGER TRAINS PER DAY COMPARED TO SIX PER DAY IN 1974 ONLY A PORTION OF THE TERMINAL SERVES PASSENGERS TODAY; THE REMAINDER IS USED AS A CONVENTION 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. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; WORKS IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS. CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE USED TO HAUL LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; (SEEN HERE), WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FLORA OF AKAKA FALLS 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. LINCOLN, THE CAPITAL CITY, SEEN FROM THE AIR. IN FOREGROUND IS THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STADIUM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL ALONG HAVASU LAKE IN LAKE HAVASU CITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY #101 IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA NORTH OF LOS ANGELES. THIS AND OTHER COASTAL HIGHWAYS ARE HEAVILY TRAVELED. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES. RESTRICTIONS ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE WERE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE IN NOVEMBER, 1972, OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT

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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 FIVE MILES SOUTH OF RURAL COMMUNITY OF GRAFTON

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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 ON H-1 FREEWAY IN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRAIN PASSENGERS BOUND FOR ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, BOARD A CHARTERED BUS IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. THE INTER-AMERICAN TRAIN FROM LAREDO, TEXAS, REPORTED ONLY TWO OF ITS SIX CARS HAD AIR CONDITIONING THAT WORKED AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE HIGH 90's. OLD EQUIPMENT AND NEEDED REPAIRS TO TRACK AND ROADBED CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR AMTRAK IN THE THREE YEARS AFTER ITS TAKEOVER OF MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971. THE CORPORATION IS WORKING TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES

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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 THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS LOOKING SOUTH, NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OLD PASSENGER CARS PURCHASED BY AMTRAK FROM SEVERAL OF THE NATION'S RAILROADS ARE RECONDITIONED AT A PLANT AT MIRA LOMA CALIFORNIA, NEAR RIVERSIDE. ALL MECHANICAL PARTS ARE OVERHAULED THE INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS ARE REPAINTED, AND THE INTERIORS ARE CARPETED AND REFURBISHED

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA THIS UNHARMED TREE STANDS ON ACREAGE IN THE BURN AREA OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY. SALVAGE OPERATIONS WERE STARTED QUICKLY. FIRE-DAMAGED TREES YIELD GOOD LUMBER IF HARVESTED BEFORE INSECTS CAN ATTACK THEM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STORE IN PUKOO 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. MASSIVE WOODEN BENCHES, A HALLMARK IN TERMINALS DURING THE HEYDAY OF RAILROADING, LOOK AT HOME IN THE LARGE INTERIOR OF THE UNION TERMINAL IN PORTLAND, OREGON. IT IS ONE OF 450 STATIONS SERVED BY AMTRAK WHICH LISTED 8,800 EMPLOYEES AND 225 TRAINS PER DAY IN 1974 A TOTAL OF 14.5 MILLION PASSENGERS RODE THE RAILS IN 1973, REVERSING A DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR II TO 1970

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EARLY MORNING AT MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIGHWAY THROUGH DESERT NEAR COLORADO RIVER. ROAD IS CONSTRUCTED IN A SERIES OF DIPS AS A PROTECTION AGAINST FLASH FLOODING

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. YOUNGSTERS WASH THEIR HORSES IN UPPER NEWPORT BAY IN ORANGE COUNTY. THE BAY IS SCHEDULED TO BECOME A YACHT HARBOR. COASTLINE CONSTRUCTION HAS DECLINED SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE'S COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN 1973. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE. THE COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LAWS AFFECTING THE FUTURE OF THE STATE'S ENTIRE COASTLINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEWARD COUNTY FARM NORTHEAST OF FRIEND, IN LATE AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TO HONOLULU FROM THE EAST ON KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY. CLEAR (REVERSE FLOW) LANE IS RESERVED FOR BUSES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOUSES NEAR THE PACIFIC OCEAN NORTH OF MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATION CANAL ON THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMLAND. (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 80, 81, 82, 83.)

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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 ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot; BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE AND PINEAPPLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, TRAIN STATION IS ONE OF THE STOPS THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED MAKES ON ITS RUN FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TO CHICAGO. AMTRAK IS REFURBISHING SOME OF THE TERMINALS AND HAS PLANS FOR REPLACING OTHERS WITH NEW FACILITIES. THE CORPORATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS. AS OF 1974 ALL BUT FOUR OF THE NATION'S RAILROADS HAD TURNED THEIR PASSENGER SERVICES OVER TO AMTRAK

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MENU IN THE DINING CAR OF THE LONE STAR OFFERS A VARIETY OF FARE IN DIFFERENT PRICE RANGES AS WELL AS CHILDREN'S FAVORITES FOR PERSONS TRAVELING BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. PASSENGERS ALSO CAN RELAX IN A LOUNGE CAR AND WATCH THE SCENERY FROM AN OBSERVATION CAR. AMTRAK OFFICIALS ARE USING AIRLINE TECHNIQUES AND OTHER MODERN METHODS IN AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT RIDERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SATURDAY AUCTION NEAR HICKMAN, NEBRASKA, 15 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIGHWAY IN REMOTE AREA OF MOLOKAI

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HILLSIDE HOMES ON HONOLULU'S EAST SIDE. STATE LAND USE LAWS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO HOLD DOWN FAST DEVELOPMENTS AND TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LANDS WHICH ARE THE EASIEST AND MOST ECONOMICAL TO DEVELOP

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEMINOLE SPRINGS MOBILE HOME PARK ON MULHOLLAND DRIVE NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SANTA MONICA 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. FARMLANDS NEAR THE SEWARD-SALINE COUNTY LINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOUSING--LAKE HAVASU CITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CUTTING BARLEY IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY--NEAR BRAWLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRAIN SCHEDULE AT THE WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, DEPOT SHOWS THAT SEATTLE AND SPOKANE BOUND PASSENGER TRAINS MAKE 10 MINUTE STOPS. AMTRAK ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971 AND REVERSED A DECLINE IN RIDERS. USE OF THE TRACK IS LEASED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM NEAR SCHUYLER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PIPES AND APPARATUS USED IN DREDGING FOR THE PUKOO DEVELOPMENT 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. AT THE quot;PASTIME BARquot; IN GENEVA

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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 THE STRAW CLEARS THE FIELD IN 25 MINUTES, AND ENABLES THE FARMER TO PLANT ANOTHER CROP. THIS METHOD IS QUICKER AND CHEAPER THAN PLOWING OLD CROP UNDER

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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 JAM THE INTERIOR OF THE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, UNION STATION IN A COPYRIGHTED PICTURE TAKEN BY B.A. ATWATER IN 1895 AND PRESERVED IN THE FILES OF THE UNION TERMINAL. NOTE: SEE PICTURE #13603 FOR A COMPARISON TAKEN IN THE SUMMER OF 1974. AMTRAK HAS RENOVATED MANY OF THE TERMINALS SINCE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 OF UTICA, A SMALL TOWN WEST OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISH AUCTION IS A DAILY EVENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRACK MILEAGE FROM ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI; AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; TO BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, IS GIVEN ON THE TRAIN STATION'S MARQUE. AMTRAK OFFICIALS HAVE RENOVATED MANY OF THE STATIONS USED BY RAIL PASSENGERS. SOME NEW TERMINALS ALSO ARE BEING BUILT. IT IS PART OF THE CORPORATION'S EFFORT TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS THEY RECEIVED WHEN THEY BECAME RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER 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. SUGARCANE WORKERS IN BONNETS OF A KIND CUSTOMARILY WORN BY THE JAPANESE WHO LABORED HERE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY EARLIER WORKERS ARE NOW MOSTLY FILIPINOS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CROP DUSTING NEAR CALIPATRIA IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY. (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA. LAND USE COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDED TOTAL DENIAL OF DEVELOPERS' PETITION FOR REZONING. THE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, PERMITTED 3,414 ACRES OF THE 5,000 REQUESTED TO PASS OVER TO URBAN USE. SINCE THEN, 900 LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD BUT LITTLE BUILDING HAS BEEN DONE, LEAVING AN EMPTY SUBDIVISION TO BE PROTECTED BY COUNTY SERVICES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRAIN DEPOT AT STRONG CITY, KANSAS, HASN'T SERVED PASSENGERS IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, BUT IS MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION RAILROAD CREWS MAINTAINING TRACKS AND ROADBED IN THE AREA STILL USE THE STATION'S PHONES AND DESK. ALTHOUGH AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE, IT LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAIIAN RESTS AFTER DEMONSTRATING HULA DANCE TO APPRECIATIVE WAIKIKI BEACH TOURISTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLUSTERED MAILBOXES HELP THE MAILMAN WHOSE ROUTE TAKES HIM TO THE MALIBU LAKE AREA IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. CREWS RACING TO BEAT FALL SNOWS WORKED SO FAST THAT LOGS WERE NOT STACKED BUT DUMPED IN RANDOM PILES

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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 FARM

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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;NEW TOWNquot; GROWS WHERE PINEAPPLES USED TO THRIVE. PINEAPPLE GROWERS ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN quot;SURPLUS LAND.quot; THIRTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF A PROJECTED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ACRE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN REZONED SINCE THE START IN 1958

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RAILROAD WORK CREW IMPROVES THE TRACKS AND BED OF THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD NEAR BELLEFONT, KANSAS ALTHOUGH AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST INTERCITY SERVICE IN THE U.S., IT LEASES THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR UPKEEP

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNRISE OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE CALIFORNIA, MEXICO, AND ARIZONA BORDERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GOLF CLUB ON THE LAKE AT LAKE HAVASU CITY

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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 POIPU BEACH AREA HAS THE MOST DESIRABLE OCEAN FRONTAGE ON THE ISLAND, AND HOTELS ARE RAPIDLY TAKING OVER THE REMAINING BEACH LAND. BECAUSE DRY CLIMATE DISQUALIFIES IT FOR PRIME AGRICULTURE, THE LAND USE COMMISSION ZONED THE AREA FOR URBAN USE HOWEVER, IT IS FOR THE COUNTY TO DECIDE HOW FAR URBANIZATION WILL BE CARRIED. THE quot;POIPU COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,quot; A PRIVATE GROUP, IS ACTING TO CURB INDISCRIMINATE DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TIMETABLE AT PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA, ON THE ROUTE OF THE LONE STAR BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. WHEN AMTRAK TOOK OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE, THE CORPORATION INHERITED OLD EQUIPMENT WHICH IS BEING REPLACED AS NEW MATERIAL ARRIVES. EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT IS REDUCING BEHIND SCHEDULE ARRIVALS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEGMENT OF HISTORIC PLANK ROAD IS STILL PRESERVED IN SAND DUNES OF IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. TRUCK WITH SALVAGED TIMBER LEAVES BURN SITE FOR TRIP TO STANDARD. CREWS ARE IN RACE AGAINST FALL SNOWS, WHICH BRING A VIRTUAL HALT TO LOGGING 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. KOKO HEAD PARK IN THE HANAUMA BAY MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS A POPULAR SNORKELLING AND SKIN DIVING SPOT. ALL MARINE LIFE IS PROTECTED 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. KAUAI, KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot;, GROWS SUGAR CANE AND PINEAPPLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. JOHN DOLEZAL IN MUDDY SHEEP-PEN OF HIS FARM NEAR BEE NEBRASKA. TWICE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THIS YEAR HAS GREATLY INCREASED PROBLEMS OF LOCAL FARMERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TWO PEOPLE HAVE A PORTION OF GAVIOTA STATE BEACH, ALL TO THEMSELVES. THE AREA IS SCHEDULED FOR ADDITIONAL OIL PROCESSING FACILITIES. RESTRICTIONS ON SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. THE COMMISSIONS CHARGED WITH DECIDING DEVELOPMENT MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WITH GUIDELINES WHICH WILL AFFECT FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CRACKED EARTH--A RESULT OF IRRIGATION AND INTENSE DRY HEAT

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; WORKS IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS. CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE USED TO HAUL LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; (SEEN HERE), WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION, A quot;FALLERquot; CUTS DOWN A GIANT TREE DANGEROUSLY WEAKENED BY THE FLAMES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAKE MEAD

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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 HANA AREA OF MAUI IS MOSTLY PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND AND IS NOT IMMEDIATELY THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC AREAS IN ALL THE ISLANDS AND, THANKS TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION, WILL PROBABLY REMAIN SO FOR SOME TIME TO COME

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOM TAKES A PICTURE OF THE KIDS WITH RAILROAD PERSONNEL AT THE WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, DEPOT AS THE EXPO '74 PASSENGER TRAIN MAKES A 10 MINUTE STOP ENROUTE BETWEEN SPOKANE AND SEATTLE AMTRAK REVERSED A 25-YEAR DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP AFTER IT ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA ALTHOUGH IN THE CENTER OF THE BURN AREA, THE WOODS FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT WAS UNHARMED. MRS. LOIS CARLSON LOOKS AT THE quot;FIRE-FINDERquot; IN THE TOWER, WHICH WAS EVACUATED DURING THE EMERGENCY

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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;NEW TOWNquot; GROWS WHERE PINEAPPLES USED TO THRIVE. PINEAPPLE GROWERS ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN quot;SURPLUS LAND.quot; THIRTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF A PROJECTED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ACRE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN REZONED SINCE THE START IN 1958

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PUMP IN A PINEAPPLE FIELD. LANAI HAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PINEAPPLE PLANTATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PLANTING SUGARCANE, THE ISLAND'S CHIEF CROP. FIELD WORKERS ARE NOW MOSTLY FILIPINOS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOVING CATTLE IN THE RICH GRAZING LANDS OF THE AGRICULTURAL 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. ASSOCIATE COUNTY COURT JUDGE, FRED BURNS, ON HIS DAILY BIKE RIDE TO THE SEAWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEA LIFE PARK, LIKE PARADISE PARK, IS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE BUILT IN A CONSERVATION ZONE. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MARINE LIFE RANGING FROM ANEMONES TO WHALES IS IMAGINATIVELY DISPLAYED. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN CONSERVATION DISTRICTS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LANDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRANSMISSION LINES NEAR SALTON SEA. HAZY SUN IS CAUSED BY SMOG FROM DISTRICT LOS ANGELES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REZONING OF quot;SURPLUS PINEAPPLE LANDquot; ENABLED PINEAPPLE GROWERS-TURNED-DEVELOPERS TO BUILD THIS SUBDIVISION IN MILILANI TOWN, ONE SOLUTION TO THE ISLAND'S HOUSING SHORTAGE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK PASSENGER CARS ARE RENOVATED AT A PLANT IN MIRA LOMA, CALIFORNIA, NEAR RIVERSIDE. IT IS ONE OF SEVERAL PLACES WHERE EQUIPMENT OBTAINED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS IS OVERHAULED MECHANICALLY. THIS CAR CAME FROM THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, PART OF BURLINGTON NORTHERN. IT WILL BE REPAINTED INSIDE AND OUT AND RECONDITIONED ON THE INTERIOR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAS VEGAS WASH CARRIES LAS VEGAS SEWAGE OUT TO LAKE MEAD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WALTER DOHELING, 72 PROPRIETOR OF THE ONLY GAS STATION AND STORE IN THE SMALL TOWN OF SURPRISE. MR. DOEHLING, WHO FLIES HIS OWN PLANE, HAS LIVED IN THE TOWN ALL HIS LIFE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POWER LINES FROM NEARBY HOOVER DAM BRING ELECTRICITY TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII--HAWAIIAN STATE CAPITOL, HONOLULU (OAHU I)

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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;SEA TRANSITquot; FERRY HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR ONE YEAR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AND PEARL HARBOR - AN ALTERNATIVE TO FREEWAY CONGESTION. IT ALSO CARRIES MILITARY-RELATED EMPLOYEES ACROSS PEARL HARBOR TO THE PARKING LOT - SAVING THEM A 45-MINUTE DRIVE. BOARDING THE FERRY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HANDLES ALMOST ALL OF THE ISLAND'S VISITORS. SOME 2.7 MILLION ARE ANTICIPATED IN 1973. TOUR GROUP GREETER HAS WELCOMING LEIS READY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COUPLE DISCUSS THEIR PLANS IN A PASSENGER CAR ON THE LONE STAR AS IT CROSSES OKLAHOMA ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON TEXAS. BY EMPLOYING AIRLINE TECHNIQUES AND OTHER MODERN METHODS AMTRAK IS BEGINNING TO ATTRACT MORE RIDERS. MANY PEOPLE NOW GO BY TRAIN OVER LONG DISTANCES TO ENJOY THE SCENERY AND UNWIND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MILKING TIME ON EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. ENGLAND'S LONDON BRIDGE, quot;AT HOMEquot; IN LAKE HAVASU CITY SINCE 1971

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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 TRUCKS WILL BE LOADED WITH BARLEY GROWN IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WOMEN WAITING FOR A PASSENGER TRAIN AT THE FORT WORTH TEXAS, STATION. AMTRAK IS RENOVATING MANY OF THE TERMINALS THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER SINCE ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. SOME NEW TERMINALS ALSO ARE BEING BUILT IN CITIES SERVED BY PASSENGER 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. FIREMAN, LEFT, AND ENGINEER IN THE CAB OF THE EMPIRE BUILDER PASSENGER TRAIN AS IT HEADS WEST FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK, SINCE IT ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971 HAS BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE FACILITIES AND ATTRACT RIDERS BY USING METHODS EMPLOYED BY THE AIRLINES SUCH AS COMPUTERIZED RESERVATIONS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ACCESS TO NIGUEL BEACH PARK ALONG THE OCEAN IN ORANGE COUNTY, IS THROUGH AN AREA THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT HOWEVER, CONSTRUCTION WAS HALTED WHEN THE STATE PASSED THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. STATE AND REGIONAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINIAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CROP DUSTER PLANE AT WORK IN IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA ALTHOUGH IN THE CENTER OF THE BURN AREA, THE WOODS RIVER FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT WAS UNHARMED. MRS. LOIS CARLSON LOOKS THROUGH TELESCOPE IN THE TOWER, 120 FEET ABOVE GROUND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEA LIFE PARK, LIKE PARADISE PARK, IS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE BUILT IN A CONSERVATION ZONE. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MARINE LIFE RANGING FROM ANEMONES TO WHALES IS IMAGINATIVELY DISPLAYED. THIS STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN CONSERVATION DISTRICTS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LANDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII--DOWNTOWN, HONOLULU (OAHU I)

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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;SEA TRANSITquot; FERRY HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR ONE YEAR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AND PEARL HARBOR - AN ALTERNATIVE TO FREEWAY CONGESTION. IT ALSO CARRIES MILITARY-RELATED EMPLOYEES ACROSS PEARL HARBOR TO THE PARKING LOT - SAVING THEM A 45-MINUTE DRIVE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIGHWAY 11 PASSING OVER 1868 LAVA FLOW NEAR WAIOHINU. LAVA FLOWS, AS RECENT AS 1973, HAVE IMPAIRED THE QUALITY OF THE LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. DEVASTATED TREES CAN BE SEEN 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. AMERICAN EGRETS ROOSTING AND NESTING ON THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION NEAR PARKER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WILLIAM RUCKELSHAUS, FIRST ADMINISTRATOR OF 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. PASSENGERS WHO HAVE JUST ARRIVED HEAD INTO THE LOS ANGELES UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL AFTER RIDING ON AMTRAK TRAINS. AMTRAK CAME INTO BEING WITH THE RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE ACT OF 1970 WHICH AUTHORIZED THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION TO MANAGE THE BASIC NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK AND OPERATE MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TURBOLINER ENGINE'S WINDSHIELD IS CLEANED AS THE PASSENGER TRAIN IS STOPPED AT BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, ENROUTE FROM ST. LOUIS MISSOURI, TO CHICAGO. THE FRENCH BUILT TRAIN IS CAPABLE OF SPEEDS UP TO 125 MILES PER HOUR, BUT NORMALLY TRAVELS NO FASTER THAN 79 MILES PER HOUR ON THIS RUN. MANY OF THE PASSENGER TRAINS IN THE AMTRAK SYSTEM RUN SLOWER THAN THEIR CAPABILITIES BECAUSE THE NATION'S RAILROADS NEED TO UPGRADE TRACK AND ROADBED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FERTILIZING A FIELD

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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 CUT STRAW TO CLEAR THE FIELD FOR ANOTHER PLANTING--WEST OF EL CENTRO IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARADISE PARK, A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE DESIGNED TO DISPLAY SOME OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE ISLAND, IS IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LAND. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN quot;CONSERVATIONquot; ZONES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOATING ON THE COLORADO RIVER BELOW PARKER DAM

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA 5,880 ACRES (A THIRD OF AFFECTED AREA) ARE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA. SALVAGE OPERATIONS WERE STARTED AS SOON AS AREA COULD BE ENTERED. PICKERING FORESTER JOE DILLARD CUTS BURNED BARK TO EXPOSE UNHARMED WOOD OF WHITE FIR TREE

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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 A MATSON LINER AT HONOLULU PIER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION LOOM OVER THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THESE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUT ARE UNDER THREAT OF DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN RESTRICTED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 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. ORNAMENTAL ARCH ON THIS BANK IN DWIGHT SHOWS INFLUENCE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SETTLERS

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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 ON NEVADA HIGHWAY

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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 quot;PUAAHALAquot; DEVELOPMENT. ANCIENT FISH POND IMPORTANT IN HAWAIIAN TRADITION, HAS BEEN FILLED IN. IN 1969, THE LAND USE COMMISSION APPROVED DEVELOPERS' REQUEST TO CHANGE 183 ACRES FROM RURAL AND CONSERVATION TO URBAN USE. HALT IN WORK LEFT UNSIGHTLY MESS AND APPROVAL WAS ALMOST WITHDRAWN, BUT PROJECT IS NOW CONTINUING

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB OF FAIRMONT HOLDING QUILT THEY MADE. THE QUILT WAS RAFFLED OFF DURING THE FAIRMONT CENTENNIAL IN MAY, 1973

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MANELE BAY AT DUSK

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ALL-AMERICAN CANAL FEEDING THIRSTY IMPERIAL VALLEY WITH WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER. MEXICO ON LEFT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRAVELER RELAXES IN THE PRIVACY OF HER COMPARTMENT ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER PASSENGER TRAIN ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. COMPARTMENTS ARE AN EXTRA COST OPTION AVAILABLE TO PERSONS WHO PREFER SUCH ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE RECLINING SEATS IN THE PASSENGER CARS. A STEADY DECLINE IN TRAIN TRAVEL SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II WAS REVERSED WHEN AMTRAK TOOK CONTROL IN 1971

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GOLF COURSE BUILT ON LAVA BED NEAR KAILUA ON THE WEST COAST MAKES GOOD USE OF LAND WHICH MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA. LAND USE COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDED TOTAL DENIAL OF DEVELOPERS' PETITION FOR REZONING. THE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, PERMITTED 3,414 ACRES OF THE 5,000 REQUESTED TO PASS OVER TO URBAN USE. SINCE THEN, 900 LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD BUT LITTLE BUILDING HAS BEEN DONE, LEAVING AN EMPTY SUBDIVISION TO BE PROTECTED BY COUNTY SERVICES. RESIDENTS PLAY ON GOLF COURSE IN REZONED 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. HAVASU LAKE. LONDON BRIDGE (BACKGROUND). BROUGHT HERE IN 1971, SPANS AN ARM OF 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. ON SATURDAY, SCHOOLBOYS FROM LANAI CITY GO OUT TO DIVE FOR OCTOPUS--A DELICACY WHICH REPRESENTS GOOD MONEY IF SOLD TO LOCAL MARKETS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POPULAR WAIKIKI BEACH AREA SEEN FROM 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. MAUNCE KEA BEACH HOTEL, NEAR KAMUELA, IS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE FEW SANDY BEACHES IN ALL OF HAWAII. IT HAD BEEN ZONED FOR URBAN USE BEFORE PASSAGE OF THE LAND USE LAWS OF 1961. THE HOTEL LIMITS ACCESS TO THE BEACH TO ITS OWN GUESTS

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. CUT LOGS IN BURN AREA. FORESTERS ESTIMATE THAT 90 PER CENT OF LUMBER CAN BE SALVAGED IF HARVESTED BEFORE INSECTS FURTHER WEAKEN THE FIRE-DAMAGED 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. THE PERSHING MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, ONE OF THE CAPITAL'S CHIEF BUILDINGS, IS THE SCENE OF THE 33RD ANNUAL FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. INTERSTATE 80 PASSES THROUGH A STRETCH OF ROLLING FARMLAND 10 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN

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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 PUKOO DEVELOPMENT SITE, BRUCE BOWEN, ISLAND RESIDENT SCHOOL TEACHER, AND PART-TIME NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER, STUDIES THE MAN-MADE SHORE. BOWEN IS CONDUCTING A ONE MAN CAMPAIGN TO SLOW DOWN DEVELOPMENT ON THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MENU ON THE TABLE OF THE UN-REMODELED DINING CAR OF THE INTER-AMERICAN (TRAIN #22) ENROUTE FROM FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TO ST LOUIS, MISSOURI. OLD PASSENGER CARS AND AN OLD ENGINE ALSO WERE A PART OF THE TRAIN WHICH WAS ADDED TO THE AMTRAK SYSTEM IN THE SPRING OF 1974. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS AUTHORIZED TO DESIGNATE ONE EXPERIMENTAL ROUTE EACH YEAR WHICH WILL RUN FOR TWO YEARS, THEN BE REVIEWED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COOK IN THE GALLEY OF THE DINING CAR ON AMTRAK'S SOUTHWEST LIMITED, CONSIDERED BY AMTRAK AS ONE OF THE TOP TWO TRAINS IN THE COUNTRY FOR FOOD AND DINING CAR SERVICE, ACCORDING TO CORPORATION SURVEYS. THE OTHER IS THE SILVER METEOR WHICH RUNS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND FLORIDA. THE LIMITED OFFERS REGIONAL FOOD SPECIALTIES SUCH AS STEAK, BUTTERMILK PANCAKES, SALAD AND SOURDOUGH BREAD BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VINCENT HUMEUMPTEWA, HOPI INDIAN AND EMPLOYEE OF THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, OPENS CANAL GATES NEAR PARKER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STILT BIRDS LIVE PROTECTED IN KANAHE POND, IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT SURROUNDED BY AN URBAN AREA. THE POND WAS MADE MORE THAN 200 YEARS AGO BY KING KANEHAMEHA THE GREAT AS A ROYAL FISH POND. THE STILT BIRD, SACRED TO THE OLD HAWAIIANS, IS NOW AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KANSAS CITY'S UNION STATION SHOWN FILLED WITH TRAVELERS WHEN THIS BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE WAS TAKEN SOMETIME IN THE 1950'S. IN ITS HEYDAY THE MISSOURI STATION SERVED MORE THAN 200 TRAINS A DAY COMPARED TO ONLY SIX PER DAY IN 1974. AMTRAK, THE CORPORATION WHICH U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE, IS WORKING TO UPGRADE RAIL SERVICE AND ATTRACT PASSENGERS. NOTE: SEE COLOR PICTURE #13567 FOR COMPARISON

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HONOLULU WATERFRONT SEEN FROM THE TOP OF DIAMOND HEAD, THE EXTINCT VOLCANO WHICH IS THE ISLAND'S BEST-KNOWN LANDMARK

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AUTO DUMP AT HENDERSON

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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 SOUTHWEST LIMITED'S DOME CAR ATTRACTS PASSENGERS INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE EARLY MORNING ARIZONA LANDSCAPE. THE AMTRAK TRAIN IS AN OVERNIGHTER FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, THEN GOES ON TO CHICAGO. A DINING CAR AND LOUNGE CAR ALSO ARE AVAILABLE TO PERSONS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER 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. AERIAL VIEW OF THE WESTERN SHORES OF MOLOKAI ISLAND. IN 1968 THE LAND USE COMMISSION VOTED TO REZONE 3,305 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL TO URBAN USE, BUT A WATER RIGHTS PROBLEM HAS HELD UP DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MORE SIGNS LIKE THIS WILL BE APPEARING ON MOLOKAI IF RESIDENTS HAVE THEIR WAY. THE MAJORITY FAVOR DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THE JOBS IT CREATES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE IRVINE RANCH AREA NEAR NEWPORT BEACH. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF A NEW TOWN OF HIGH VALUE PLANNED UNITS IN CONTRAST TO UNCONTROLLED PRIVATE SUBDIVISIONS. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST. THIS DENSITY RESULTS IN MANY CLASHES BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND CONSERVATIONISTS WHO WANT TO RETAIN THE BEAUTY OF THE LAND.SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

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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 TECHNICIAN SAMPLES WATER AT ASH SPRINGS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISH-EYE SHOT OF IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNSET AT MANELE BAY

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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 ANNUAL LAMB SALE AT SEWARD COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS LAMBS ARE SOLD MOSTLY TO YOUNGSTERS FOR USE AT 4-H CLUB SHOWINGS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IT'S BACK TO MEXICO FOR THESE FARM WORKERS WHO WERE PICKED UP BY THE BORDER PATROL AT CALEXICO FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY. HIGHER U.S WAGES ATTRACT 300,000 WETBACKS ANNUALLY, ESPECIALLY TO WORK ON RICH FARM LANDS WATERED 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. FAMOUS BLACK SAND BEACH AT KAIMU, CREATED BY LAVA RUNOFF, IS A FAVORITE TOURIST STOP. AREA AROUND BEACH IS DUE TO BE DEVELOPED. IN ORDER TO PRESERVE BEACH, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PLANS TO ADD A NEW FOUNDATION OF SAND UNDER THE EXISTING LAYER. CRITICS ARGUE THIS WOULD CHANGE COLOR OF BEACH, CAUSING IT TO LOSE ITS APPEAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABORATORY AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. HEAVY EQUIPMENT USED IN PLANTING SUGARCANE, MAUI'S CHIEF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT

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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 LAST GOODBYE BEFORE PASSENGERS BOARD THE EMPIRE BUILDER AT FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THE AMTRAK TRAIN WAS SEVEN HOURS LATE BECAUSE OF A BRIDGE WASHOUT. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE, BUT LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WESTBOUND EMPIRE BUILDER WINDS BESIDE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK AFTER LEAVING EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA. A PARK AIDE DESCRIBES THE SURROUNDINGS TO PASSENGERS IN THE OBSERVATION CAR. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO PASSENGER TRAINS FOR LONG DISTANCE LEISURE TRAVEL AS RAIL SERVICE IS MODERNIZED. AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST SUCH U.S. INTERCITY SERVICE IN 1971

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EXPO '74 PASSENGER TRAIN ROUNDS A CURVE NEAR WENATCHEE WASHINGTON, ENROUTE FROM SPOKANE TO SEATTLE. AMTRAK ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971 AND LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. RIDERSHIP HAS INCREASED SINCE THAT TIME AS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN IMPROVED AND MODERN BUSINESS METHODS ARE USED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. KAUAI GROWS SUGAR CANE AND PINEAPPLE IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER AT SUNRISE--30 MILES NORTH OF YUMA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BAPTISM CEREMONY PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF NORTH LAS VEGAS quot;CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COASTLINE, WHICH IS SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOUSING IN LAS VEGAS

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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 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. GLAMIS CEMETERY, A DESERT GRAVEYARD IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY DATES BACK TO 1878 AND HAS BEEN DECLARED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM HOUSE AT DUSK. RAIN CLOUDS DARKEN THE SKY

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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 EPA'S NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER AT LAS VEGAS, SAMPLES OF FOOD AND WATER UNDERGO CONSTANT TESTING FOR RADIATION. HERE, LIGHTS OF GAMMA RADIATION COUNTER ARE SHOWN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AN AMTRAK PASSENGER SERVICE DIRECTOR SERVES COOKIES TO PASSENGERS IN THE LOUNGE CAR OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED ENROUTE FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, TO DODGE CITY, KANSAS. THE DIRECTOR ANSWERS PASSENGER QUESTIONS, RELAYS SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND WRITES A REPORT ON TRAIN CONDITIONS TO CORPORATION 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. SATURDAY SAIL IN HOLMES 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. POST OFFICE AT ALAMO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PEARL CITY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HONOLULU, IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA IN ALL OF HAWAII. THE STATE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE OAHU RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS, BUT MEANWHILE THE LAND USE COMMISSION REZONED THIS LAND, ADJOINING AN OLDER DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN DESIGNATION

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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 MAY, 1973, IN A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION NOW IN THE COURTS, THE LAND USE COMMISSION AGREED TO RECLASSIFY 22,340 ACRES OF THE ISLAND OF LANAI FOR URBAN USE. LAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE (SHOWN HERE) IS TOO DRY FOR PRIME AGRICULTURE. MUCH OF THE PROPOSED EXPANSION (HOUSES TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS) WOULD BE IN THIS AREA. IN BACKGROUND IS MAUI ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BAGGAGE HANDLING IS ONE OF THE MANY CHORES THAT NEEDS ATTENDING AS THE LONE STAR PASSENGER TRAIN (#15) ARRIVES IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. AMTRAK IS USING AIRLINE TECHNIQUES AND OTHER MODERN METHODS IN WORKING TO UPGRADE RAIL SERVICE AND ATTRACT PASSENGERS. SINCE IT TOOK OVER MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE, THE DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP BETWEEN THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND 1970 HAS BEEN REVERSED

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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;JUNIOR RODEOquot; IS SPONSORED BY THE PARKER INDIAN RODEO ASSOCIATION AND TAKES PLACE ON THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; WORKS IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS. CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE USED TO HAUL LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; (SEEN HERE), WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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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 A TRACT OF PINEAPPLE SAVED FROM URBAN DEVELOPMENT. MAUI LAND DEVELOPERS PETITIONED THE LAND USE COMMISSION (LUC) FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF 659 AGRICULTURAL ACRES. IN AUGUST, 1970, THE LUC APPROVED ONLY 300 ACRES. THE DECISION WAS APPLAUDED BY THOSE WHO FEAR OVERDEVELOPMENT OF THE FAST-GROWING 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. UNION-STATION IN PORTLAND, OREGON, ONE OF 450 PASSENGER TRAIN TERMINALS SERVICED BY AMTRAK IN 1974. DURING THAT YEAR THE CORPORATION LISTED 8,800 EMPLOYEES AND OPERATED 225 TRAINS PER DAY. A STEADY DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR II TO 1970 HAS BEEN REVERSED SINCE AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. A TOTAL OF 14.5 MILLION PASSENGERS RODE THE RAILS IN 1973

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ARISES NEAR ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING FARM FIELDS IN FAST GROWING ORANGE COUNTY. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST RESULTING IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SINCE NOVEMBER, 1972 REGULATORY COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COAST. THE COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING A PLAN FOR FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHARLES ALLISON, 71, AND MRS. ALLISON, IN THEIR HOME IN MILFORD BORN IN SEWARD COUNTY, MR. ALLISON OPERATED HIS OWN BUTCHER SHOP IN MILFORD FOR 40 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. FARMER JOHN DOLEZAL IN HEN-HOUSE OF HIS FARM NEAR BEE NEBRASKA. BOOTS PROTECT HIM FROM HEAVY RAIN FALLING OUTSIDE. RAIN THIS YEAR REACHED TWICE THE NORMAL LEVEL FOR 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. DR. MELVIN CARTER, DIRECTOR OF EPA'S NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER AT LAS VEGAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNNING ON THE LAKE SHORE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KALAKAUA AVENUE IS THE MAIN STREET OF THE WAIKIKI BEACH 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. HOUSE IN RURAL DISTRICT ALONG HIGHWAY 36 NEAR HANA. RURAL DISTRICTS ARE COMPOSED OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LOTS OF ONE BUILDING PER HALF ACRE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PLANTLIFE IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNRISE ON MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KOKO HEAD PARK IN THE HANAUMA BAY MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS A POPULAR SNORKELING AND SKIN DIVING SPOT. ALL MARINE LIFE IS PROTECTED 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. FAIRBURY 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. HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST-GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISHERMAN ON TOPOCK MARSH OF COLORADO RIVER, AT SUNSET

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BIRDS FLOAT UNDISTURBED NEAR THE EDGE OF BUENA VISTA LAGOON THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE BODY OF WATER BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S IT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. YOUNGSTERS DOING A LITTLE EARLY MORNING FISHING ON MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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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 ANNUAL LAMB SALE AT SEWARD COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS LAMBS ARE SOLD MOSTLY TO YOUNGSTERS FOR 4-H CLUB SHOWINGS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HANDLES ALMOST ALL OF THE ISLAND'S VISITORS. SOME 2.7 MILLION ARE ANTICIPATED IN 1973

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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 ALL-AMERICAN CANAL TRANSFORMED THE IMPERIAL VALLEY FROM DESERT TO FARM LAND WITH WATER FROM 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. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA THIRTY DAYS AFTER FIRE, IN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS GRANITE CREEK, A BRACKEN FERN HAS SPROUTED AND GROWN TO A HEIGHT OF NEARLY TWO FEET. NATURE IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO REBUILD THE FOREST

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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 WAIT FOR THE TRAIN OUTSIDE THE STATION AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. IT IS A STOP FOR THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED ON ITS WAY BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS. IT IS UPGRADING METHODS AND MATERIALS IN AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT PASSENGERS FROM TRAVELING BY AUTOMOBILE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GENEVA PHYSICIAN DR. CHARLES ASHBY CHECKS PATIENT, A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BIRD AT MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN THE COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HARVESTING BARLEY GROWN IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 H-1 (OR LUNALILO) FREEWAY LOOKING WEST TOWARD DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. TALLEST BUILDING IS NEW quot;TOWN HOUSE.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BINGO IS AVAILABLE FOR PASSENGERS WHO WISH TO PLAY IN THE LOUNGE CAR OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED ENROUTE BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO, AND DODGE CITY, KANSAS. THE AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN ALSO HAS A HIGHLY REGARDED DINING ROOM AND A DOME CAR ON THE RUN BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO. THE CORPORATION IS USING SOME PROCEDURES SIMILAR TO THOSE EMPLOYED BY THE AIRLINES IN AN EFFORT TO UPGRADE THE RAIL SYSTEM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. H-1 (OR LUNALILO) FREEWAY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM WORKERS SHOULDER TOOLS AT END OF DAY NEAR RIPLEY, IN THE FERTILE PALO VERDE VALLEY OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER 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. YOUNGSTERS BOATING ON MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARKER DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER FORMS THE EASTERN END OF THE 150-MILE METROPOLITAN AQUEDUCT WHICH SUPPLIES DRINKING WATER TO LOS ANGELES AND INTERMEDIATE CITIES

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SCENE WITHIN BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE CREEK.quot; SKELETONS OF TREES STAND AT THE EDGE OF A MEADOW WHICH THE FIRE SPARED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OUR LADY OF SORROWS CHURCH, BUILT IN 1874 BY FATHER DAMIEN VENERATED MISSIONARY TO THE LEPERS OF MOLOKAI. THE CHURCH IS STILL IN USE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 EPA'S EXPERIMENTAL FARM, TECHNICIAN POURS FRESH MILK INTO SAMPLE CONTAINER FOR SHIPMENT TO LAB FOR RADIATION TESTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAALAEA BAY AREA NORTH OF KIHEI IS A COMBINATION OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSERVATION, AND URBAN SECTIONS. THE URBAN ZONE IS MAINLY USED FOR CONDOMINIUMS (FOREGROUND). AGRICULTURE IS SUGARCANE, AND THE CONSERVATION SECTION CONSISTS LARGELY OF A BIRD SANCTUARY IN THE TIDELANDS AREA (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. TECHNICIAN AT CONTROLS OF quot;WHOLE BODY COUNTERquot; AT EPA'S NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER AT LAS VEGAS

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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 CAR ON OUTSKIRTS OF LAS VEGAS. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ASSOCIATE COUNTY COURT JUDGE FRED BRUNS ON HIS DAILY BIKE RIDE TO THE SEWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEVELOPMENT SIGNS BORDER ONE OF A FEW REMAINING FARM FIELDS NEAR THE OCEAN IN FAST GROWING ORANGE COUNTY. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURES. SINCE NOVEMBER, 1972 REGULATORY COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COAST. THE COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING A PLAN FOR FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 A STREET IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA

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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 HUNDRED-MILE RIBBON OF SAND DUNES SEPARATES THE CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, WHICH STRETCHES FROM THE SALTON SEA INTO 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. IRRIGATED FIELDS NEAR PARKER

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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 AND LUGGAGE MAKE THEIR WAY BETWEEN TRAINS IN CHICAGO'S UNION STATION. TRAVEL BY RAIL HAS INCREASED SINCE AMTRAK TOOK MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS IN 1971. IT REVERSED A DECLINE IN PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND 1970

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PEARL CITY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HONOLULU, IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA IN ALL OF HAWAII. THE STATE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE OAHU RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS, BUT MEANWHILE THE LAND USE COMMISSION REZONED THIS LAND, ADJOINING AN OLDER DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN DESIGNATION

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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 H-1 (OR LUNALILO) FREEWAY LOOKING WEST TOWARD DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. TALLEST BUILDING IS NEW quot;TOWN HOUSE.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. INFRARED PATCHES IN LOWER HALF OF PICTURE ARE FIELDS OF TARO GROWING ALONG HIGHWAY 36. TARO ROOTS FORM THE BASIS OF POI, A TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN DISH

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEVELOPERS SIGN, EVIDENCE OF LAND SPECULATION IN PUNA AREA NEAR KALAPANA. VOLCANIC SOIL AND ARID CONDITIONS INHABIT AGRICULTURE, MAKING LAND SPECULATION POPULAR IN THIS AREA. LAND USE LAWS ENACTED IN 1961 ARE A RESTRICTING FACTOR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VEGETATION IN UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NEAR NEWPORT BEACH. THE BAY WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A YACHT HARBOR. THE STATE'S COASTAL WATERS AND LANDS PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR MORE THAN 108 SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF MAMMALS, 260 BIRDS, 54 REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, AND A WIDE VARIETY OF FISH. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY FOR THEIR SURVIVAL DECREASED FROM 381,000 ACRES IN 1900 TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S IN CALIFORNIA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. YOUNGSTERS PLAY IN THE SAND AT THE GAVIOTA STATE BEACH. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE PIER. THE AREA IS SCHEDULED FOR ADDITIONAL OIL PROCESSING FACILITIES. RESTRICTIONS ON SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. THE COMMISSIONS ARE CHARGED WITH DECIDING ON APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT

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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 CONSERVATION ZONE ALONG HIGHWAY 72. LAND USE IN THIS AREA IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OLD EQUIPMENT FROM AMTRAK PASSENGER CARS IS PILED IN A WAREHOUSE. SOME OF IT WILL BE RENOVATED, THE REMAINDER WILL BE DISCARDED AND REPLACED WITH NEW EQUIPMENT. OLD AMTRAK CARS PURCHASED FROM OTHER RAILROADS ARE OVERHAULED MECHANICALLY AND GIVEN NEW PAINT INSIDE AND OUT. AT MIRA LOMA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK PASSENGER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND SERVICE DIRECTOR HELP SERVE REFRESHMENTS IN THE LOUNGE CAR OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED ON A RUN BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, AND DODGE CITY, KANSAS. THE AMTRAK EMPLOYEES MIX WITH PASSENGERS ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAIN SYSTEM AND LISTENING TO SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE. THEIR WRITTEN REPORTS ARE PASSED ON TO 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 HOME AT HENDERSON

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST-GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

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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 COAST STARLIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN AT THE TACOMA WASHINGTON, DEPOT. AMTRAK, WHICH ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, IS WORKING TO RENOVATE FACILITIES IN MANY OF THE TERMINALS. MORE THAN 550 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF NEW TRAIN EQUIPMENT ALSO HAS BEEN DELIVERED OR IS ON ORDER IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP. THE CORPORATION HAS REVERSED A DECLINE IN RAIL TRAVEL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SMILING PARTICIPANT IN THE quot;JUNIOR RODEOquot;, SPONSORED BY THE PARKER INDIAN RODEO ASSOCIATION AND HELD ON THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SCENE WITHIN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN LOGGED

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; WORKS IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS. CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE USED TO HAUL LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; (SEEN HERE), WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RAW SEWAGE DISCHARGING INTO THE OCEAN THREE MILES FROM WAIKIKI BEACH (BACKGROUND). AN EPA LOAN TO BUILD A TREATMENT PLANT IS IN THE WORKS

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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 SOUTHWEST LIMITED, AN OVERNIGHT TRAIN FROM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, MAKES AN EARLY MORNING STOP AT WINSLOW, ARIZONA, FOR A CHANGE OF ENGINEER, CONDUCTORS AND BRAKEMEN. FUEL AND WATER ARE ADDED WHILE PORTERS TAKE A STROLL THE AMTRAK TRAIN INCLUDES PASSENGER CARS, DINING CARS, LOUNGE CAR AND DOME CAR. IT CONTINUES FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO CHICAGO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW MAZDA CARS AWAITING SHIPMENT AT TERMINAL ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOUNGE CAR ON THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED AMTRAK TRAIN HELPS A FAMILY PASS THE TIME. THE TRAIN IS AN OVERNIGHTER FROM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, AND CONTINUES ON TO CHICAGO. DOME CAR AND DINING CAR ALSO ARE A PART OF THE TRAIN IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR PASSENGER CARS. IT AND MOST OTHER U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMTRAK WHICH LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEASURING DEPTH OF WATER AT IMPERIAL DAM. SILTATION IS A PROBLEM AT LOWER END OF 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. quot;SEA TRANSITquot; FERRY HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR ONE YEAR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AND PEARL HARBOR - AN ALTERNATIVE TO FREEWAY CONGESTION. IT ALSO CARRIES MILITARY-RELATED EMPLOYEES ACROSS PEARL HARBOR TO THE PARKING LOT - SAVING THEM A 45-MINUTE DRIVE. A GAME OF CARDS EN ROUTE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIBISCUS FLOWERS THRIVE ON ALL THE ISLANDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMLANDS WEST OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM WIFE WITH WARES AT A SATURDAY AUCTION NEAR HICKMAN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRY HEAT AND HIGH WINDS EQUAL EYE-STINGING, NOSE ITCHING DUST STORM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PAUSING TO CHAT AT OUTDOOR AUCTION NEAR HICKMAN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEWARD COUNTY FARM NORTHEAST OF FRIEND IN THE LATE AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MUDDY RIVER AND HIGHWAY CROSSING

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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 MAY, 1973, IN A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION NOW IN THE COURTS, THE LAND USE COMMISSION AGREED TO RECLASSIFY 22,340 ACRES OF THE ISLAND OF LANAI FOR URBAN USE. LAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE (SHOWN HERE) IS TOO DRY FOR PRIME AGRICULTURE. MUCH OF THE PROPOSED EXPANSION (HOUSES TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS) WOULD BE IN THIS AREA. IN BACKGROUND IS MAUI ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FAMOUS BLACK SAND BEACH AT KAIMU, CREATED BY LAVA RUNOFF, IS A FAVORITE TOURIST STOP. AREA AROUND BEACH IS DUE TO BE DEVELOPED. IN ORDER TO PRESERVE BEACH, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PLANS TO ADD A NEW FOUNDATION OF SAND UNDER THE EXISTING LAYER. CRITICS ARGUE THIS WOULD CHANGE COLOR OF BEACH, CAUSING IT TO LOSE ITS APPEAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATION CANAL IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY--AREA OF HOLTVILLE

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SCENE WITHIN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN LOGGED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNSET OVER UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NEAR NEWPORT BEACH. THE BAY WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A YACHT HARBOR. THE STATE'S COASTAL WATERS AND LANDS PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR MORE THAN 108 SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF MAMMALS, 260 BIRDS, 54 REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, AND A WIDE VARIETY OF FISH. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY FOR THEIR SURVIVAL DECREASED FROM 381,000 ACRES IN 1900 TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOADING PLATFORM AT UNION STATION IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI MOST OF THE TRACKS ARE BEING CLEARED AWAY FOR A PARKING LOT. IN ITS HEYDAY THE STATION SERVED MORE THAN 200 TRAINS PER DAY COMPARED TO SIX PASSENGER TRAINS A DAY IN 1974. ONLY A PORTION OF THE STATION IS USED FOR PASSENGERS; THE REMAINDER IS SET ASIDE AS A CONVENTION 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. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME BIOLOGIST CHECKS GILL NETS PLACED IN THE COLORADO RIVER. NETS WILL PROVIDE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF FISH 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. THE POIPU BEACH AREA HAS THE MOST DESIRABLE OCEAN FRONTAGE ON THE ISLAND, AND HOTELS ARE RAPIDLY TAKING OVER THE REMAINING BEACH LAND. BECAUSE DRY CLIMATE DISQUALIFIES IT FOR PRIME AGRICULTURE, THE LAND USE COMMISSION ZONED THE AREA FOR URBAN USE HOWEVER, IT IS FOR THE COUNTY TO DECIDE HOW FAR URBANIZATION WILL BE CARRIED. THE quot;POIPU COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONquot;, A PRIVATE GROUP, IS ACTING TO CURB INDISCRIMINATE DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BEACH NEAR PUAKO ON THE WESTERN SHORE, ONE OF THE FEW BEACHES ON THE ISLAND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CRABS

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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 PROCESSING PLATFORM IS BARELY VISIBLE ON THE HORIZON OFF GAVIOTA STATE BEACH. THE AREA IS SCHEDULED FOR ADDITIONAL OIL PROCESSING FACILITIES. RESTRICTIONS ON SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. THE COMMISSIONS ARE CHARGED WITH DECIDING ON APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT. A COMMISSIONS REPORT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. FORESTERS CHIP BASE OF TREES TO INSPECT CAMBIUM (A PROTECTIVE LAYER BETWEEN BARK AND INNER WOOD). IF THIS IS DAMAGED, TREE CANNOT SURVIVE AND WILL BE MARKED TO CUT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABORATORY AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. DEAD FISH AT PAHRANAGAT LAKE ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HANDLES ALMOST ALL OF THE ISLAND'S VISITORS. SOME 2.7 MILLION ARE ANTICIPATED IN 1973. WELCOMED WITH LEIS TOURISTS NOW WAIT FOR BUS TO THEIR 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. PLANTING SUGARCANE. SUGARCANE IS THE CHIEF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT OF THIS ISLAND AND IS NOT AT PRESENT THREATENED BY DEVELOPERS. SUGARCANE IS GROWN MAINLY IN THE ISLANDS' CENTRAL VALLEY, WHERE FRESH WATER IS AVAILABLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOUSE IN RURAL DISTRICT ALONG HIGHWAY 36 NEAR HANA. RURAL DISTRICTS ARE COMPOSED OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LOTS OF ONE BUILDING PER HALF ACRE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RESTING ON A BENCH ON DILLER'S MAIN STREET, AN ELDERLY CITIZEN SURVEYS THE PASSING SCENE

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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 ABANDONED FISH POND. IN THE DAYS OF THE KINGS PEOPLE WERE FORBIDDEN TO EAT FISH FROM THE OCEAN WHEN THEY WERE BREEDING, SO FISH WERE STORED IN PONDS. THE PONDS ARE PART OF HAWAII'S ANCIENT CULTURE, AND NATIVE ISLANDERS FEAR THAT DEVELOPERS WILL OBLITERATE THEM ALL. THE PONDS ARE MORE IN EVIDENCE ON ANY OTHER ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIBISCUS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHICAGO'S UNION STATION PICTURED AT ITS DEDICATION IN 1925 NOTE: COMPARE PICTURE #13615 WHICH WAS TAKEN FROM THE SAME SPOT IN THE SUMMER OF 1974. THE CHICAGO TERMINAL IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE AMTRAK SYSTEM WHICH OVERSEES MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. THE STATION ALSO HANDLES A LARGE VOLUME OF COMMUTERS FROM THE SUBURBS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SWIMMING ON HAVASU 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. HAVASU LAKE IS FED BY THE COLORADO RIVER AND IS IMPOUNDED BY PARKER DAM. THE LAKE COVERS 25,000 ACRES IN ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA AND IS A HEAVILY USED RECREATIONAL 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. THE EMPIRE BUILDER PASSENGER TRAIN STOPPED AT FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THE AMTRAK TRAIN WAS SEVEN HOURS LATE BECAUSE OF A BRIDGE WASHOUT. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE, BUT LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; WORKS AT LANDING AREA WHERE LOGS HAULED OUT BY CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST-GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NIGHT LIGHTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TOURIST IN AN APPROPRIATE SHIRT

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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 ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF GRAFTON, IN THE FARMING COUNTRY WEST OF LINCOLN. PUMP IN THE FOREGROUND DRAWS WATER FROM AN ARTESIAN WELL, ONE OF MANY SCATTERED THROUGH 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. PEARL CITY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HONOLULU, IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA IN ALL OF HAWAII. THE STATE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE OAHU RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS, BUT MEANWHILE THE LAND USE COMMISSION REZONED THIS LAND, ADJOINING AN OLDER DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN DESIGNATION

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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 HANA AREA OF MAUI IS MOSTLY PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND AND IS NOT IMMEDIATELY THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC AREAS IN ALL THE ISLANDS AND, THANKS TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION, WILL PROBABLY REMAIN SO FOR SOME TIME TO COME

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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 OF ONE OF THE AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAINS WHICH HAS BEEN REFURNISHED AT A PLANT IN MIRA LOMA, CALIFORNIA, NEAR RIVERSIDE IT IS ONE OF SEVERAL PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE EQUIPMENT IS OVERHAULED MECHANICALLY AND REPAINTED. WHAT CAN BE RECONDITIONED IS REUSED, BUT MUCH OF THE INTERIORS ARE REPLACED WITH MORE MODERN MATERIALS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHOREBIRD WADING IN UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NEAR NEWPORT BEACH THE BAY, SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A YACHT HARBOR, IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A BIRD REFUGE. THE STATE'S COASTAL WATERS AND LANDS PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR MORE THAN 108 SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF MAMMALS, 260 BIRDS, 54 REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, AND A WIDE VARIETY OF FISH. SINCE 1900 COASTAL WETLANDS NEEDED FOR THEIR SURVIVAL HAVE DECREASED FROM 381,000 TO 125,000 ACRES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SPYGLASS HOMES BUILT ON A TERRACED HILLSIDE GIVE A GOOD VIEW OF THE HARBOR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ORNAMENTAL ARCHES ON THIS BANK IN DWIGHT SHOW THE INFLUENCE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SETTLERS

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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 THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS LOOKING SOUTH, NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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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;DEVASTATION TRAILquot; IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THIS BOARDWALK THROUGH SKELETONS OF TREES DESTROYED BY THE 1969 VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN HAWAII VOLCANOES 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. AMTRAK TURBOLINER PASSENGER TRAIN IN THE YARDS AT ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. TWO TURBOLINERS, BUILT BY THE FRENCH, BEGAN SERVICE IN OCTOBER, 1973. AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF SERVICE AMTRAK DECIDED TO BUY THEM AND ORDER 11 MORE FOR FUTURE DELIVERY. IT IS PART OF THE AMTRAK EFFORT TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT INHERITED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS WHEN THE CORPORATION ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER 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. SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, TRAIN STATION. AMTRAK IS WORKING TO REFURBISH MANY OF THE PASSENGER TERMINALS WHICH CAME UNDER THEIR CONTROL IN 1971 WHEN THEY ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. ALTHOUGH THE CORPORATION OPERATES THE TRAINS, THEY LEASE USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CARS ABANDONED IN A FIELD RUN-OFF AREA ARE VISIBLE ONLY FROM THE AIR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOOVER DAM ON 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 EPA'S EXPERIMENTAL FARM; quot;BIG SAMquot; THE STEER WITH THE quot;SEE THROUGHquot; HOLE IN HIS HIDE

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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 A CONSERVATION ZONE ALONG HIGHWAY 72. LAND USE IN THIS AREA IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISH AUCTION IS A DAILY EVENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUN RAYS THROUGH STORM CLOUDS OVER GRAFTON, IN THE AGRICULTURAL COUNTRY WEST OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSEUP OF GRASSES AND ALGAE IN BUENA VISTA LAGOON. IT IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS CONCERN THAT THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHEF AND COOKS IN THE GALLEY OF THE LONE STAR TAKE A BRIEF REST FROM THEIR DUTIES OF FEEDING THE PASSENGERS AS THE TRAIN SPEEDS ACROSS OKLAHOMA ENROUTE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE DINING CAR OFFERS A VARIETY OF FARE IN DIFFERENT PRICE RANGES AS WELL AS A CHILDREN'S MENU. PASSENGERS ALSO CAN WATCH THE SCENERY FROM AN OBSERVATION CAR AND RELAX IN A LOUNGE CAR

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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 STAKE HERALDS DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PORTION OF UPPER NEWPORT BAY,

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LIGHT REFLECTIONS FROM HOMES ON 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. AT A SATURDAY AUCTION NEAR HICKMAN, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL

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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 MAY, 1973, IN A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION NOW IN THE COURTS, THE LAND USE COMMISSION AGREED TO RECLASSIFY 22,340 ACRES OF THE ISLAND OF LANAI FOR URBAN USE. LAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE (SHOWN HERE) IS TOO DRY FOR PRIME AGRICULTURE. MUCH OF THE PROPOSED EXPANSION (HOUSES ACCOMMODATIONS) WOULD BE IN THIS AREA. IN BACKGROUND IS MAUI ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. U.S. #1 NEAR THE PACIFIC OCEAN NORTH OF MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CANE FIELDS ROLL DOWN THE SIDE OF PUU KUKUI TO SECTION OF SHORE WHERE THE BEST BEACHES OF MAUI ARE FOUND. RAPID DEVELOPMENT WILL SOON COMPEL A MAJOR DECISION BY THE LAND USE COMMISSION ON LAND USE 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. HAWAIIAN STILT BIRD, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, IS RETURNING TO NEST IN PONDS AT THE KANEOHE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION (ON WINDWARD SIDE OF OAHU I.). WORK OF MARINES ON PONDS WON SECRETARY OF NAVY'S 1973 quot;ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AWARD.quot;

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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 SERVICE AT IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH ON HIGHWAY 34 NEAR GARLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WATERING CATTLE IN THE COLORADO RIVER AT SAN LUIS, 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. GOVERNOR OF MEXICAN STATE OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MILTON CASTELLANOS, MEETS WITH MEXICAN COTTON FARMERS IN MEXICALI MEXICO ON THE AGENDA: POOR QUALITY OF COLORADO RIVER WATER, A FACTOR IN THE POOR COTTON CROP

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. Resting on a bench on Diller's Main Street, an elderly citizen surveys the passing scene. Near Lincoln, NB. May, 1973

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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 CONSERVATION ZONE ALONG HIGHWAY 72. LAND USE IN THIS AREA IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK PASSENGERS BOARD THE SOUTHBOUND SAN DIEGAN AS IT MAKES A NIGHTTIME STOP AT THE FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, STATION. AMTRAK CAME INTO BEING WITH THE RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE ACT OF 1970 WHICH AUTHORIZED THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION TO MANAGE THE BASIC NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK AND OPERATE MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 COAST STARLIGHT (TRAIN #11) PULLS INTO THE TACOMA WASHINGTON, PASSENGER TRAIN DEPOT. AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS IN 1971. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS MANAGED TO HALT A 25-YEAR DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP WHICH BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR II

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHORELINE AT NEWPORT BEACH, IS HEAVILY USED. UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NORTH OF THIS AREA, IS SCHEDULED FOR INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF A YACHT HARBOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COSTAL LINE HAS BEEN REGULATED BY STATE AND REGIONAL COMMISSIONS SINCE EARLY 1973. THE COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COAST THROUGHOUT THE STATE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MODERN SEATING ARRANGEMENT CONTRASTS WITH THE OLDER STONE FLOORING IN UNION STATION AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. ONLY A PORTION OF THE MASSIVE STATION IS USED FOR PASSENGERS OF AMTRAK. THE REMAINDER HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A CONVENTION CENTER. SIX PASSENGER TRAINS PER DAY STOP HERE COMPARED TO MORE THAN 200 DURING THE HEYDAY OF RAIL 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. MOTORIST FEEDS BIRDS AT THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON. THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE BODY OF WATER BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AD DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DIVERSION DAM ON 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. MOHAVE GENERATING STATION. BULLHEAD CITY IN FOREGROUND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOTAQUITO LAGOON, IS ONE OF THE LAST FEW BODIES OF WATER OF THIS TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IT SUFFERS FROM NEARBY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS FARM EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES COASTAL WETLANDS TOTALED ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S COMPARED TO 381,000 ACRES 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. GRAIN HARVESTER IN THE PALO VERDE VALLEY. THE FIELD LIES 200 YARDS FROM 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. MAUI COUNTY'S HOOKIPA PARK, WHERE SURFING IS A POPULAR SPORT TOWNS OF KAHULUI AND WAILUKU IN 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. BAGGAGE AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, WAITING TO BE LOADED ON THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED ENROUTE FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TO CHICAGO. AMTRAK IS USING AIRLINE TECHNIQUES AND OTHER MODERN METHODS TO EXPEDITE TICKETING, LUGGAGE AND OTHER SERVICES IN AN ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE FACILITIES AND ATTRACT PASSENGERS TO USE THE RAILROADS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BUENA VISTA LAGOON, SUFFERS FROM SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, EROSION AND OTHER ILLS, IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE BODY OF WATER IS AN EXCELLENT BIRD REFUGE BUT IS BECOMING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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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 REED OF EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER MAKES HIS MONTHLY ROUNDS OF TLD (THERMO-LUMINESCENT DOCIMETER) WEARERS IN ALAMO. THE METERS, WORN AROUND THE NECK, MEASURE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KOKO HEAD PARK IN THE HANAUMA BAY MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS A POPULAR SNORKELING AND SKIN DIVING SPOT. ALL MARINE LIFE IS PROTECTED 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. FLOWERS PLANTED AROUND SPYGLASS HOMES BUILT ON A TERRACED HILLSIDE WITH A

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRAFFIC IS HEAVY ON DODGE STREET, ONE OF OMAHA'S MAIN THOROUGHFARES

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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 COLORADO RIVER FEEDS CROPS AND VEGETATION (DARK AREAS) TOWN OF NEEDLES IN FOREGROUND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABORATORY AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN CONDUCTOR TELLS A YOUNG LADY SHE CAN BOARD THE LONE STAR AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WHICH IS ENROUTE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL PASSENGER CARS, THE TRAIN FEATURES A DINING CAR, LOUNGE CAR AND AN OBSERVATION CAR. THE CORPORATION IS WORKING TO UPGRADE RAIL FACILITIES AND INCREASE TRAIN RIDERSHIP

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNSET AT MANELE BAY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRESSED FOR ALOHA DAY PARADE DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK FESTIVITIES

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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 ON A FENCE AT THE CAMP PENDLETON MARINE BASE WARNS THE PUBLIC THAT THIS PORTION OF THE BEACH IS RESTRICTED TO MILITARY PERSONNEL. THE BASE SHORELINE HAS RETAINED MUCH OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY BECAUSE OF LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS. THERE ARE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY) IN THE STATE. OF THIS TOTAL 662 MILES OR 61 PERCENT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED; THE REMAINING 410 MILES ARE PUBLIC PROPERTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. Baptism Ceremony Performed by Members of North Las Vegas quot;Church Of God In Christquot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RAILROAD AND TRANSMISSION LINES NEAR SALTON SEA. HAZY SUN IS CAUSED BY DISTANT LOS ANGELES SMOG

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON H-1 FREEWAY APPROACHING HONOLULU FROM THE WEST. COMMUTERS COME FROM SUCH FAST GROWING AREAS AS PEARL CITY AND MILILANI TOWN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STATUE OF KING KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT WHO RULED HAWAII FROM 1795 TO 1819

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAIIANS READY TO DEMONSTRATE HULA DANCE TO WAIKIKI BEACH TOURISTS

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. AT THE PICKERING LUMBERYARD, HEAD SCALER GUY EFIRD INSPECTS LOGS TRUCKED IN FROM BURN 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. DEVELOPERS SIGN, EVIDENCE OF LAND SPECULATION IN PUNA AREA NEAR KALAPANA. VOLCANIC SOIL AND ARID CONDITIONS INHIBIT AGRICULTURE, MAKING LAND SPECULATION POPULAR IN THIS AREA. LAND USE LAWS ENACTED IN 1961 ARE A RESTRICTING FACTOR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUN STREAMS THROUGH STORM CLOUDS AT GRAFTON CEMETERY. IN FOREGROUND IS PUMP OF ARTESIAN WELL, ONE OF MANY SCATTERED THROUGH 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. FROM RED MEAT TO ASH--A FOUR WEEK LABORATORY PROCEDURE FOR MEASURING GAMMA RADIATION AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. LOADING PLATFORM AT UNION STATION IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI THE OLD ENGINE PULLED A TRAIN FROM NEW YORK WHICH WILL CONNECT WITH THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED WHICH RUNS BETWEEN CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES. OLD EQUIPMENT AMTRAK TOOK OVER FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS CAUSED SCHEDULING PROBLEMS IN THE CORPORATION'S BEGINNING. AS NEW EQUIPMENT IS DELIVERED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ARE BEING SOLVED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WAIKIKI BEACH VISITORS ENJOY THE OUTRIGGER CANOE

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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 IN FRONT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN FAIRBURY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK EMPLOYEE CHECKS WITH THE STATION AT THE LOS ANGELES UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL. THE AMTRAK CORPORATION EMPLOYS TICKET AGENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP RUN THE TRAINS, BUT CONDUCTORS AND BRAKEMEN ARE PAID BY THE RAILROADS WHICH LEASE USE OF THE TRACKS TO AMTRAK FOR MOVING THEIR PASSENGERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABORATORY AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. FARMING IN THE PARKER VALLEY 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. GIFT PACKS READY FOR SHIPMENT FROM HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KAMCHAMCHA HIGHWAY SOUTH OF MILILANI TOWN IS LITTERED

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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 ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot; BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE AND PINEAPPLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LATE AFTERNOON SURF AT MALIKO BAY

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; WORKS IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS. CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE USED TO HAUL LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot;, WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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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;SEA TRANSITquot; FERRY HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR ONE YEAR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AND PEARL HARBOR - AN ALTERNATIVE TO FREEWAY CONGESTION. IT ALSO CARRIES MILITARY-RELATED EMPLOYEES ACROSS PEARL HARBOR TO THE PARKING LOT - SAVING THEM A 45-MINUTE DRIVE. SOME PASSENGERS COMPLETE THEIR TRIP ON BICYCLES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOATING ON LAKE MEAD

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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 TECHNICIAN COLLECTS WATER SAMPLE FROM PAHRANAGAT LAKE ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARADISE PARK, A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE DESIGNED TO DISPLAY SOME OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE ISLAND, IS IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LAND. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN quot;CONSERVATIONquot; ZONES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BUENA VISTA LAGOON, IS ONE OF THE LAST BODIES OF WATER OF THIS TYPE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRUCKLOADS OF SUGAR BEETS WILL BE PROCESSED AT THE HOLLY SUGAR CORPORATION PLANT NEAR BRAWLEY IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISHING THE COLORADO RIVER WITH NO STRAIN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOVING CATTLE RAISE DUST ALONG THE HIGHWAY

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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 HAWAIIAN GREENHOUSE, INC, NEAR PAHOA, ANTHURIUMS GROW UNDER A SUN SCREEN. THIS AREA IS ENTIRELY AGRICULTURAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CONDUCTOR AND AMTRAK EMPLOYEE (IN RED BLAZER AT RIGHT) ANSWER QUESTIONS BY PASSENGERS CONCERNING SCHEDULES. AMTRAK EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYED BY THE AMTRAK CORPORATION, BUT THE CONDUCTORS AND BRAKEMEN ARE PAID BY THE RAILROADS WHICH OWN THE TRACK WHICH AMTRAK RENTS TO MOVE THEIR PASSENGERS

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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 ON A BLUFF SIGNALS THE SITE OF A FUTURE CONDOMINIUM AT UPPER NEWPORT BAY IN ORANGE COUNTY. IT IS AN AREA SCHEDULED FOR INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT. NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN REGULATED SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION IN 1973 OF THE STATE'S COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT. THE COMMISSIONS WHICH ARE CHARGED WITH REGULATING THE ACT MUST SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN JANUARY, 1976 RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT THE STATE'S ENTIRE COASTLINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABORATORY AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. IN AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. AT THE PICKERING LUMBERYARD, HEAD SCALER GUY EFIRD INSPECTS LOGS TRUCKED IN FROM BURN 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. PINEAPPLE FIELDS OF LANAI. PINEAPPLE MAY BE ON THE WAY OUT IN HAWAII. PRODUCTION IS DOWN, IMPORTED PINEAPPLE IS UP, AND DEVELOPERS PLAN EXTENSIVE CHANGES ON THIS ISLAND. THE LAND USE COMMISSION WHICH RECENTLY RECLASSIFIED 22,340 ACRES OF LANAI'S RURAL LAND FOR URBAN USE, MUST WEIGH THE PROFITS OF PINEAPPLE FARMING AGAINST THE NEEDS OF AN INCREASING POPULATION AND THE BENEFITS OF THE TOURIST DOLLAR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOUSE IN RURAL DISTRICT ALONG HIGHWAY 36 NEAR HANA. RURAL DISTRICTS ARE COMPOSED OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LOTS OF ONE BUILDING PER HALF ACRE

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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 COLORADO RIVER SHRINKS TO A TRICKLE AT THE MEXICAN BORDER. THESE SWIMMERS AND BATHERS ARE ON THE MEXICAN SIDE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SWIMMING IN HAVASU 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. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA GRANITE CREEK SECTION. WILDFLOWERS GROW ON FRINGES OF BURN 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. SIGNBOARDS IN LAS VEGAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LONDON BRIDGE--PRIDE OF LAKE HAVASU CITY SINCE 1971--IS A POPULAR 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. YOUNGSTERS BOATING IN THE EARLY MORNING ON MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FEET OF FARMER JOHN DOLEZAL SLOGGING THROUGH MUD ON DOLEZAL'S FARM NEAR BEE, NEBRASKA. UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS YEAR ADDED GREATLY TO PROBLEMS OF LOCAL FARMERS

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. SOOT AND ASHES BILLOW UP AS DRAGS LOGS FROM BURN 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. VINCENT HUMEUMPTEWA, A HOPI INDIAN AND AN EMPLOYEE OF THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, OPENS THE CANAL GATES. THESE WATERS ARE NO LONGER POTABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN RESIDUE FROM THE WEED SPRAYS USED ON THE FIELDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MASSED HIGHRISES OF WAIKIKI DISTRICT, FAVORITE OF TOURISTS SEEN FROM TOP OF DIAMOND HEAD, THE FAMOUS EXTINCT VOLCANO. THE WAIKIKI IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION HAS FORMED AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REVIEW BOARD TO OVERSEE SUCH BUILDING, BUT IT IS PROBABLY TOO LATE. IN 1963 THERE WERE 9,203 HOTEL ROOMS IN ALL OF OAHU ISLAND. TODAY THERE ARE SOME 26,000 ROOMS, MOST OF THEM HERE IN WAIKIKI

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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 ADVERTISING IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY ISSUE OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES DIRECTS NEW HOME SEEKERS TO HIGH VALUE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT BY THE IRVINE COMPANY. THE FIRM IS BUILDING ON SOME OF THE BEST LAND IN THE SEASIDE COUNTY. A STATE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT IN 1973 HAS AFFECTED ALL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE MORE STRINGENT CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS HAS RESULTED IN SKY-ROCKETING PROPERTY VALUES

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA FIRE STILL BURNS NEAR A CLEARED SECTION IN THE PART OF THE TOTAL BURN AREA CALLED quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot;

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION, A quot;FALLERquot; HAS JUST CUT DOWN A GIANT TREE WHICH THE FLAMES HAD DESTROYED. CLOUDS OF SOOT AND ASHES STIRRED UP BY THE CRASH, ARE BEGINNING TO DRIFT AWAY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, TRAIN DEPOT. AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAINS MAKE 10 MINUTE STOPS HERE ON RUNS BETWEEN SPOKANE AND SEATTLE. AMTRAK IS WORKING TO RENOVATE MANY OF THE STATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO UPGRADE FACILITIES AND ATTRACT INCREASED RIDERSHIP. THE NUMBER OF RAIL TRAVELERS HAS INCREASED SINCE THE CORPORATION ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HEAVY EQUIPMENT USED IN PLANTING SUGARCANE, MAUI'S CHIEF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS, quot;CAT SKINNERSquot; WORK IN DUST OF CATERPILLAR TRACTORS. THE quot;CATSquot; HAUL LOGS OF FIRE DAMAGED TREES TO quot;LANDINGquot; WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORTING OUT OF THE AREA. SOOT AND ASHES FROM FIRE ARE SO THICK THAT DRIVERS MUST WEAR FACE MASKS

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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;SEA TRANSITquot; FERRY HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR ONE YEAR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AND PEARL HARBOR - AN ALTERNATIVE TO FREEWAY CONGESTION. IT ALSO CARRIES MILITARY-RELATED EMPLOYEES ACROSS PEARL HARBOR TO THE PARKING LOT - SAVING THEM A 45 MINUTE DRIVE. SOME PASSENGERS COMPLETE THEIR TRIP ON BICYCLES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RELATIVES GREET EACH OTHER ON THE LOADING PLATFORM AT THE FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TRAIN STATION AFTER THE LONE STAR ARRIVED ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. AMTRAK IS USING AIRLINE TECHNIQUES AND OTHER MODERN METHODS IN WORKING TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP WHICH DECLINED DRASTICALLY BETWEEN WORLD WAR II AND 1970 RAIL PASSENGER TRAVEL HAS BEEN ON THE UPSWING SINCE THEN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DEPOT AT PURCELL, OKLAHOMA, ON THE ROUTE OF THE LONE STAR AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE CORPORATION TOOK OVER A GREAT VARIETY OF STATIONS WHEN IT WAS EMPOWERED TO OVERSEE MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS. MANY HAVE BEEN REFURBISHED AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH NEW FACILITIES

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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 HARLAR PRINE LOOKING OVER HIS WHEAT FIELD ON THE EDGE OF THE COLORADO RIVER IN THE PALO VERDE VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SWIMMING IN HAVASU 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. TRAIN PASSENGERS DISCUSS CONTINUING THEIR TRIPS WITH AN AMTRAK OFFICIAL AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. A FREIGHT TRAIN WRECK ON THE MAIN LINE IN OKLAHOMA HALTED THEIR PASSENGER TRAIN IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AND THEY WERE BUSED OVERNIGHT TO KANSAS CITY. THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF OTHER TRAINS, BUSES OR AIRLINES TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEYS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TOWN OF LAHINA, SITE OF SUGAR MILL AND A FAST GROWING TOURIST AREA. THE LAND USE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE A DEFINITIVE DECISION HERE, BUT FAST PACE OF GROWTH WILL PROBABLY COMPEL ONE SOON

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EARLY MORNING AT MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATION CANALS ON COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEA LIFE PARK, LIKE PARADISE PARK, IS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE BUILT IN A CONSERVATION ZONE. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MARINE LIFE RANGING FROM ANEMONES TO WHALES IS IMAGINATIVELY DISPLAYED. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN CONSERVATION DISTRICTS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LANDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW ROAD AND LOTS AWAITING DEVELOPMENT ARE SEEN OFF MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE MOUNTAINS ARE THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY), 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANNUAL SPRING INTRA-SQUAD FOOTBALL GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. WATER TRUCK IS USED TO DAMPEN DOWN THICK CARPET OF SOOT AND ASHES

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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;NEW TOWNquot; GROWS WHERE PINEAPPLES USED TO THRIVE. PINEAPPLE GROWERS ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN quot;SURPLUS LAND.quot; THIRTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF A PROJECTED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ACRE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN REZONED SINCE THE START IN 1958

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FORMER SUGARCANE TRAIN IS NOW USED FOR TOURISTS NEAR LAHINA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHURCH IN RURAL DISTRICT ALONG HIGHWAY 36 NEAR HANA. RURAL DISTRICTS ARE COMPOSED OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LOTS OF ONE BUILDING PER HALF ACRE

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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 PERSHING MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IS THE SCENE OF LINCOLN'S 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL

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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 REAL ESTATE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. INTERSTATE 80 PASSES THROUGH A STRETCH OF ROLLING FARMLAND 10 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT PUMPING STATION NEAR PARKER DAM SUPPLIES DRINKING WATER TO MOST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S 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. ABANDONED CHURCH AT DUSK ON NORTH SIDE OF INTERSTATE 80

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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 PERSHING MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IS THE SCENE OF LINCOLN'S 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER ON THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE BORDER

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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 TOURISTS HAS ACQUITTED HERSELF WELL AT A HULA DANCE DEMONSTRATION. THE LEIS ARE HER REWARDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TREES LINE A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY OFF MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY), 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HARVESTING WHEAT IN THE PALO VERDE VALLEY, 200 YARDS FROM 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. PETROLEUM PIPELINE SIGNALS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OFF MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILE OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY), 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNDAY PICNIC AT POIPU BEACH

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANCIENT STATUES IN THE CITY OF REFUGE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK NEAR HONAUNAU ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND

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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 LONE STAR PASSENGER TRAIN SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY PAST DEBRIS WHICH RESULTED FROM A FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILMENT IN OKLAHOMA WHICH DISRUPTED RAIL TRAFFIC FOR TWO DAYS. OLD EQUIPMENT RECEIVED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS AND THE POOR CONDITION OF SOME OF THE TRACK AND ROADBEDS LEASED BY AMTRAK HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS. AS OLD EQUIPMENT IS REPLACED AND ROADBEDS ARE IMPROVED, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ARE DISAPPEARING. THIS TRAIN IS ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMING IN THE PARKER VALLEY 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. PART OF THE INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY AROUND THE HARBOR AT BAY. COASTAL DEVELOPMENT IN CALIFORNIA HAS COME UNDER INCREASING RESTRICTIONS SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATIONS ACT IN 1973. THE COMMISSIONS REGULATING THE ACT MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE RECOMMENDING LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT AQUEDUCT ON HAVASU 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. ANCIENT STATUES IN CITY OF REFUGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK NEAR HONAUNAU ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UNION STATION SIGN AT THE PORTLAND, OREGON, TERMINAL WELCOMES TRAVELERS TO THE CITY OF ROSES. THIS STATION IS ONE OF 450 SERVED BY AMTRAK WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. DURING 1974 THE CORPORATION LISTED 8,800 EMPLOYEES AND 225 TRAINS PER DAY. A TOTAL OF 14.5 MILLION PASSENGERS RODE THE RAILS IN 1973, REVERSING A DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR II TO 1970

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRESSED FOR ALOHA DAY PARADE DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK FESTIVITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. JAPANESE TOURISTS STAND ON ROCKS TO WATCH THE HAWAIIAN FISHERMEN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA. LAND USE COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDED TOTAL DENIAL OF DEVELOPERS' PETITION FOR REZONING. THE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, PERMITTED 3,414 ACRES OF THE 5,000 REQUESTED TO PASS OVER TO URBAN USE. SINCE THEN, 900 LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD BUT LITTLE BUILDING HAS BEEN DONE, LEAVING AN EMPTY SUBDIVISION TO BE PROTECTED BY COUNTY SERVICES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK TRAIN PASSENGERS PASS THE TIME BEFORE BOARDING AT THE LOS ANGELES UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL. IT WAS BUILT FOR THE 1932 SUMMER OLYMPICS HELD IN THAT CALIFORNIA CITY. INTERIOR OF THE TERMINAL WILL BE USED TO HOUSE SHOPS, STORES AND OFFICES. SOME OF THE STATIONS CURRENTLY BEING USED WILL BE REFURBISHED AND OTHERS WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEW FACILITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MASSIVE WOODEN BENCHES FIT IN WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE INTERIOR OF CHICAGO'S UNION STATION. THE TERMINAL IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE AMTRAK SYSTEM. THE VOLUME IS FURTHER SWELLED WITH THE DAILY INFLUX OF COMMUTER TRAINS WHICH ARE NOT A PART OF THE AMTRAK PASSENGER SERVICES. THE STATION WAS DEDICATED IN 1925

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARADISE PARK, A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE DESIGNED TO DISPLAY SOME OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE ISLAND, IS IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LAND. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN quot;CONSERVATIONquot; ZONES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SKIRTS WHIRL IN THE 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL, HELD IN PERSHING AUDITORIUM

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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;MAZDASquot; AWAITING SHIPMENT

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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 BOTAQUITO LAGOON, ONE OF THE LAST FEW BODIES OF WATER OF THIS TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IT SUFFERS FROM NEARBY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS FARM EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES. COASTAL WETLANDS TOTALED ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S COMPARED TO SOME 381,000 ACRES 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. WAIKIKI BEACH AREA. WAIKIKI IS THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST SPOT ON THE ISLAND. IN 1963 THERE WERE 9,203 HOTEL ROOMS ON ALL OF OAHU. TEN YEARS LATER THE NUMBER IS 26,000 ROOMS, AND MOST ARE IN WAIKIKI

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LEAVES OF PLANTLIFE IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BUT ARE THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. AT PICKERING LUMBERYARD, SCALER MEASURES LOGS TRUCKED IN FROM BURN 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. BURNING A FIELD NEAR EL CENTRO. THIS IS THE POPULAR METHOD FOR FARMERS WHO WANT TO START GROWING ANOTHER CROP QUICKLY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ALFALFA FIELD ON EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. LIVESTOCK ON EPA'S EXPERIMENTAL FARM

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. PICKERING CREWS ON LUNCH BREAK IN BURN 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. FORT WORTH, TEXAS, PASSENGER TRAIN STATION WHICH SERVES THE LONE STAR TRAVELING BETWEEN CHICAGO AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. AMTRAK IS RENOVATING MANY OF THE TERMINALS THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER SINCE ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. SOME NEW TERMINALS ALSO ARE BEING BUILT IN CITIES SERVED BY PASSENGER 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. CLOSEUP OF PLANTLIFE IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SKELETONS OF TREES IN THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE CREEK.quot;

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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 ALONG COUNTY ROAD IN FARMLANDS OF SEWARD COUNTY

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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 ON THE UNION STATION IN PORTLAND, OREGON, ONE OF THE 450 TRAINS STATIONS SERVED BY AMTRAK IN 1974. DURING THAT YEAR THE CORPORATION LISTED 8,800 EMPLOYEES AND OPERATED 225 TRAINS PER DAY. A STEADY DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR II TO 1970 HAS BEEN REVERSED SINCE AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE. A TOTAL OF 14.5 MILLION PASSENGERS RODE THE RAILS IN 1973

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REMAINS OF ABANDONED WAGON REST BESIDE ROAD ON THE quot;PINEAPPLE ISLAND.quot; 95 PER CENT OF LANAI IS OWNED BY CASTLE AND COOKE (FORMERLY DOLE PINEAPPLE), AND HAS ONLY TWO 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. IT'S WHEAT HARVESTING TIME IN THE PALO VERDE VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GARAGE SALE SIGN ATTACHED TO A TREE OFF MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS DENOTES RECENT DEVELOPMENT NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOUSING--LAKE HAVASU CITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HERDED CATTLE IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OLD CHURCH IN KEOMUKU, A quot;GHOST TOWNquot; ON THE ISLAND'S EAST SHORE, WHERE DEVELOPERS PLAN TO BUILD A HOTEL. IN A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION, THE LAND USE COMMISSION RECENTLY RECLASSIFIED THOUSANDS OF ACRES ON THIS PREDOMINANTLY AGRICULTURAL ISLAND FOR URBAN USE THE DECISION IS BEING CONTESTED IN THE COURTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIGHWAY 11 PASSING OVER 1868 LAVA FLOW NEAR WAIOHINU. LAVA FLOWS, AS RECENT AS 1973, HAVE IMPAIRED THE QUALITY OF THE LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. DEVASTATED TREES CAN BE SEEN 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. PASSENGERS WAITING IN THE STATION AT EAST GLACIER PARK MONTANA, FOR THE TRAIN WHICH WILL TAKE THEM TO SEATTLE WASHINGTON. THE SCHEDULE IN THE BACKGROUND LISTS THE EASTBOUND TRAIN FROM SEATTLE AS ON TIME, AND THE WESTBOUND EMPIRE BUILDER AS BEING LATE. AMTRAK ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, BUT LEASES USE OF THE TRACK FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER: quot;BIG SAMquot;, STEER WITH quot;SEE THROUGHquot; HOLE IN HIS HIDE

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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 VENDOR DELIVERS BOTTLED WATER FROM A NEARBY SPRING TO A HOME IN MEXICALI, MEXICO. COLORADO RIVER WATER IS NOT DRINKABLE 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. SUNSET AT MANELE BAY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SURF NEAR KIHEI. CONDOMINIUMS AND HOTELS ARE BEING BUILT HERE IN INCREASING NUMBERS. THE LAND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR PRIME AGRICULTURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PINEAPPLE FIELDS IN MILILANI TOWN. PINEAPPLE GROWERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING quot;SURPLUS LANDquot; SINCE 1985. OF A PROPOSED 3,500 ACRE quot;NEW TOWN,quot; 1,300 ACRES HAVE BEEN REZONED. FRESHLY CLEARED LAND WILL BECOME PART OF EXPANDING quot;NEW TOWN.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OAHU SUGAR COMPANY MILL AT WAIPAHU BELCHES BLACK SMOKE OVER ITS GREEN SUGAR CANE FIELDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TECHNICIAN FROM EPA'S NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER AT LAS VEGAS MONITORS FOR RADIO-ACTIVE FALLOUT IN ALAMO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BIRD IN FARMLAND BUSH

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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 ABANDONED FISH POND. IN THE DAYS OF THE KINGS PEOPLE WERE FORBIDDEN TO EAT FISH FROM THE OCEAN WHEN THEY WERE BREEDING, SO FISH WERE STORED IN PONDS. THE PONDS ARE PART OF HAWAII'S ANCIENT CULTURE AND NATIVE ISLANDERS FEAR THAT DEVELOPERS WILL OBLITERATE THEM ALL. THE PONDS ARE MORE IN EVIDENCE ON MOLOKAI THAN ON ANY OTHER ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ANCIENT STATUES IN CITY OF REFUGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK NEAR HONAUNAU ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CROP DUSTER PLANE OVER THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARKER DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER PROVIDES DRINKING WATER TO LOS ANGELES AND OTHER CITIES. IT HAS ALSO CREATED A FINE RECREATIONAL AREA IN THE 25,000 ACRES OF HAVASU 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. FERTILIZING IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87 88, 106, 107, 108, 108, 110, 111.)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRAIL TO STATE-MAINTAINED. WAIPAHEE FALLS IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNAL IS COVERED WITH WHITE DUST FROM THE GYPSUM PLANT AT PLASTER CITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IMPOUNDING OF HAVASU LAKE BY PARKER DAM HAS CREATED A POPULAR RECREATIONAL AREA IN BOTH ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA. THE DAM ALSO PROVIDES DRINKING WATER TO LOS ANGELES AND OTHER CITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COWBOYS RIDE AHEAD OF CATTLE THEY ARE HERDING ALONG IMPERIAL COUNTY HIGHWAY NEAR EL CENTRO

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN THE quot;GRANITE CREEKquot; SECTION OF THE BURN AREA. DEPTH OF FOOTPRINT IN ASHES INDICATES INTENSITY OF FIRE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMLAND IN THE IRVINE RANCH AREA NEAR NEWPORT BEACH. THIS AREA WILL BECOME PART OF A NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH VALUE PLANNED UNITS IN CONTRAST TO UNCONTROLLED PRIVATE SUBDIVISIONS SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST. THIS DENSITY RESULTS IN MANY CLASHES BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND CONSERVATIONISTS WHO WANT TO RETAIN THE BEAUTY OF THE 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. A PASSENGER ON THE LONE STAR PASSES THE TIME READING IN HER COMPARTMENT AS THE TRAIN CROSSES OKLAHOMA ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. AMTRAK LONG DISTANCE PASSENGER TRAINS OFFER THIS OPTION TO THE NORMAL CHAIR CARS. A DINING CAR, LOUNGE CAR AND DOME OBSERVATION CAR ALSO ARE OFFERED FOR USE BY ANY PASSENGER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ALL-AMERICAN CANAL CARRIES COLORADO RIVER WATER THROUGH SAND-SWEPT AREA OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SCENE WITHIN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; THIS PART OS THE TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN LOGGED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AREA OF H-1 FREEWAY AND NORTHEAST CORNER OF KUNEO ROAD NEAR WAIPAHU. 316 ACRES OF CLEARED LAND HERE, ONCE GROWING SUGAR HAS AWAITED DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1968, WHEN IT WAS REZONED FROM AGRICULTURE TO URBAN USE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VAST SEEDED AREA, TYPICAL OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEBRASKAN PLAINS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM WORKER TIES BAGS OF ONIONS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FIELD PLOUGHED FOR SUGARCANE, THIS ISLAND'S CHIEF CROP SUGARCANE PRODUCTION HAS NOT YET BEEN THREATENED BY DEVELOPERS THE SUGARCANE GROWS MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, WHERE THERE IS PLENTY OF FRESH WATER. THE BEACH AREAS MOST POPULAR WITH VISITORS ARE NOT PRIME AGRICULTURAL 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. MEXICAN GREEN CARD FARMWORKER, JUGO OLIVAS, AND HIS WIFE CROSS BORDER AT CALEXICO TO SHOP IN AMERICAN STORES. HIS GREEN CARD PERMITS OLIVAS TO WORK ON FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMING COUNTRY WEST OF THE CAPITAL. SEEN FROM THE AIR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHARACTERISTIC ARROW-STRAIGHT ROADS CUT THROUGH FARMLANDS ON THE SEWARD-SALINE COUNTY LINE. SIZE OF CHURCH INDICATES ITS IMPORTANCE IN THIS RURAL COMMUNITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BETWEEN SETS AT THE 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL OF LINCOLN, HELD IN PERSHING MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CROP DUSTER AND quot;FLAGMANquot; NEAR CALIPATRIA IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GYPSUM PLANT AT PLASTER CITY. WHITE DUST FROM THE PLANT IS PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA VIEW FROM TOP OF THE WOODS RIVER FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT. ALTHOUGH IN THE CENTER OF THE BURN AREA, THE LOOKOUT TOWER WAS UNHARMED

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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 FISH FLOATS IN BUENA VISTA LAGOON. THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS CONCERN FOR IT BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GLAMIS CEMETERY, A DESERT GRAVEYARD IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY DATES BACK TO 1878 AND HAS BEEN DECLARED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUCCESSFUL FISHERMAN--NEAR EL CENTRO

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR LOADS SALVAGED LOGS ONTO PICKERING TRUCK

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SCENE WITHIN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN LOGGED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AUTOMOBILES, LIKE ALMOST ALL SUPPLIES FOR THE ISLANDS, ARE TRANSPORTED BY SHIP

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNSET OVER BUENA VISTA LAGOON WITH OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS THERE IS CONCERN FOR IT BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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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 INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY AROUND THE HARBOR AT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT HAS COME UNDER INCREASING RESTRICTIONS SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COSTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN 1973. THE COMMISSIONS ACT IN 1973. THE COMMISSIONS REGULATING THE ACT MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE STATE'S LEGISLATURE RECOMMENDING LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM HOUSE AT DUSK SOUTH OF GRAFTON. RAIN CLOUDS BLACKEN THE SKY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TERRACED HILLSIDE NEAR MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES PORTENDS IMMINENT DEVELOPMENT. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY), 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ASSOCIATE COUNTY COURT JUDGE, FRED BURNS, ON HIS DAILY BIKE RIDE TO THE SEWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE

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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 ALL-AMERICAN CANAL CARRIES COLORADO RIVER WATER THROUGH THE SAND DUNES OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PARKER quot;STRIPquot; BELOW PARKER DAM IS A POPULAR RECREATIONAL 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. MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA INFRA-RED AERIAL OF BURN AREA SHOWS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEGETATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW HIGHWAY JOINING THE RECENTLY BUILT KONA AIRPORT WITH KAILUA RUNS THROUGH AN AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT THE LAND CANNOT SUPPORT PRIME AGRICULTURE, HOWEVER, AND INCREASING APPLICATIONS FOR REDISTRICTING FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT ARE EXPECTED

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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 NOTES THAT THE BUENA VISTA LAGOON, IS A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE BODY OF WATER BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD. CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. AT PICKERING LUMBERYARD, SCALER MEASURES LOGS TRUCKED IN FROM BURN 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. WALTER DOEHLING, OWNER OF THE ONLY GAS STATION AND STORE IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF SURPRISE. MR. DOEHLING, WHO FLIES HIS OWN PLANE HAS LIVED IN THE TOWN ALL OF HIS 72 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. CROP DUSTER PLANE OVER IMPERIAL VALLEY FARMS

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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 RAISED ON EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. IN LILIUOKALANI GARDENS

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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 ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot; BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE AND PINEAPPLE. BRIGHT GREEN TREES AND FIELDS SHOW AS RED PATCHES IN THIS INFRARED PHOTOGRAPH

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KING STREET PASSENGER TRAIN STATION IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK. AMTRAK IS WORKING TO RENOVATE MANY OF THE STATIONS. MORE THAN 550 MILLION DOLLARS ALSO HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED FOR DELIVERY OF NEW TRAIN EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE THE RAIL SYSTEM AND ATTRACT RIDERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WASTE FLOATING ON COLORADO RIVER 5 MILES SOUTH OF PARKER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRYING THE WATER AT LAKE MEAD. LAKE IS FORMED BY GIANT HOOVER DAM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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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;NEW TOWNquot; GROWS WHERE PINEAPPLES USED TO THRIVE. PINEAPPLE GROWERS ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN quot;SURPLUS LAND.quot; THIRTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF A PROJECTED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ACRE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN REZONED SINCE THE START IN 1958

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POPULAR WAIKIKI BEACH AREA SEEN FROM 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. BIRD IN A HAWAIIAN BUSH

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. JOHN DOLEZAL SLOGS THROUGH MUD ON HIS FARM NEAR BEE NEBRASKA. RAIN WAS TWICE THE NORMAL AMOUNT FOR THE AREA THIS YEAR GREATLY ADDING TO THE PROBLEMS OF LOCAL FARMERS

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATION ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. PICKERING FORESTERS MARK TREES THEY THINK SHOULD BE LEFT 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. quot;SEA TRANSITquot; FERRY HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR ONE YEAR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AND PEARL HARBOR - AN ALTERNATIVE TO FREEWAY CONGESTION. IT ALSO CARRIES MILITARY-RELATED EMPLOYEES ACROSS PEARL HARBOR TO THE PARKING LOT - SAVING THEM A 45-MINUTE DRIVE. BOARDING THE FERRY

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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 A SATURDAY AUCTION NEAR HICKMAN, 15 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN

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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 A TRACT OF PINEAPPLE SAVED FROM URBAN DEVELOPMENT. MAUI LAND DEVELOPERS PETITIONED THE LAND USE COMMISSION (LUC) FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF 659 AGRICULTURAL ACRES. IN AUGUST, 1970, THE LUC APPROVED ONLY 300 ACRES. THE DECISION WAS APPLAUDED BY THOSE WHO FEAR OVERDEVELOPMENT OF THE FAST-GROWING 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. IN LETTUCE FIELDS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER, MEXICAN FARM WORKER CARRIES BOXES TO FIELD PICKERS

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA INFRA-RED AERIAL OF BURN AREA SHOWS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEGETATION. REDDISH AREAS INDICATE GREEN TREES SPARED FROM THE DESTRUCTION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRESSED FOR ALOHA DAY PARADE DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK FESTIVITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST-GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

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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 ENJOY THE VIEW IN THE OBSERVATION CAR ABOARD EXPO '74 AS THE PASSENGER TRAIN PASSES THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN RANGE ENROUTE FROM SPOKANE TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK REVERSED A 25-YEAR DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP AFTER IT ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971. USE OF THE TRACK IS LEASED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SHORELINE OF AREA NEAR KAMUELA WHICH HAS BEEN REZONED FOR URBAN USE IN THE MOST RECENT CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION 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. IRRIGATED FIELDS OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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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 TECHNICIAN COLLECTS WATER SAMPLE FROM PAHRANAGAT LAKE ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMO

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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 SERVICE AT THE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH ON HIGHWAY 34 NEAR GARLAND

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. TRUCK WITH SALVAGED TIMBER LEAVES BURN SITE FOR TRIP TO STANDARD. CREWS ARE IN RACE AGAINST FALL SNOWS, WHICH BRING A VIRTUAL HALT TO LOGGING 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. THE COAST STARLIGHT (TRAIN #11) PULLS INTO THE TACOMA WASHINGTON PASSENGER TRAIN DEPOT. AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS IN 1971. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS MANAGED TO HALT A 25-YEAR DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP WHICH BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR II

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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 quot;PUKOOquot; DEVELOPMENT, WHERE CONDOMINIUMS ARE PLANNED. A UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII STUDY REPORTED 71 PER CENT OF ADULTS INTERVIEWED FAVORED INCREASED TOURISM SUCH AS THIS PROJECT WOULD BRING. NEW JOBS WERE CITED AS PRIMARY REASON. THE PUKOO AND PUAAHALA AREAS ARE NOT PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND, AND HAVE BEEN ZONED FOR URBAN USE 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. THE COLORADO RIVER BELOW PARKER DAM. ARIZONA IS ON THE LEFT; CALIFORNIA, ON THE RIGHT OF THE 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. PASTURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER BOAT DOCK NEAR HOOVER DAM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PINEAPPLE FIELDS IN MILILANI TOWN. PINEAPPLE GROWERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING quot;SURPLUS LANDquot; SINCE 1958. OF A PROPOSED 3,500 ACRE quot;NEW TOWN,quot; 1,300 ACRES HAVE BEEN REZONED. FRESHLY CLEARED LAND WILL BECOME PART OF EXPANDING quot;NEW TOWNquot;

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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 MAY, 1973, IN A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION NOW IN THE COURTS, THE LAND USE COMMISSION AGREED TO RECLASSIFY 22,340 ACRES OF THE ISLAND OF LANAI FOR URBAN USE. LAND ON THE EASTERN SIDE (SHOWN HERE) IS TOO DRY FOR PRIME AGRICULTURE. MUCH OF THE PROPOSED EXPANSION (HOUSES TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS) WOULD BE IN THIS AREA. IN BACKGROUND IS MAUI ISLAND

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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 LAST PHOTOGRAPH BEFORE PASSENGERS BOARD THE EMPIRE BUILDER AT FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THE AMTRAK TRAIN WAS SEVEN HOURS LATE BECAUSE OF A BRIDGE WASHOUT. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE, BUT LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WHITE DUST ON RAILROAD CROSSING HAS FLOATED OVER FROM GYPSUM PLANT AT PLASTER CITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KAUAI, KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot;, GROWS SUGAR CANE AND PINEAPPLE. ALL THE RED IN THIS INFRARED SHOT ARE BRIGHT GREEN FIELDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE GARLAND VILLAGE BOARD HOLD MONTHLY MEETING IN A ROOM ABOVE THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNRISE AT MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNSET OVER FERTILIZER PLANT IN EL CENTRO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ELDERLY CITIZEN RESTS ON BENCH ON MAIN STREET OF DILLER

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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 NEW DEVELOPMENT OVERLOOKS UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NEAR NEWPORT BEACH, SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A YACHT HARBOR, IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A BIRD REFUGE. THE STATE'S COASTAL WATERS AND LANDS PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR MORE THAN 108 SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF MAMMALS, 260 BIRDS, 54 REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, AND A WIDE VARIETY OF FISH. SINCE 1900 COASTAL WETLANDS NEEDED FOR THEIR SURVIVAL HAVE DECREASED FROM 381,000 TO 125,000 ACRES

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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 WORK ON EXPANSION OF THE SAN NOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT. THE SEA WALL AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION FORCES SWIMMERS TO DETOUR AND SWIM ABOUT 100 YARDS TO REACH THE OTHER BEACH AREA. REGULATORY COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO RULE ON DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COAST BECAUSE OF THE MOUNTING LAND USE PRESSURES. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST

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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 SATURDAY, SCHOOLBOYS FROM LANAI CITY GO OUT TO DIVE FOR OCTOPUS--A DELICACY WHICH REPRESENTS GOOD MONEY IF SOLD TO LOCAL MARKETS. EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED FOR THE ISLAND. MUCH OF THIS SHOREFRONT AREA WILL BE USED BY TOURISTS AND NEW RESIDENTS WHEN PROJECT IS COMPLETED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. T.D.S. (TOTAL DISSOLVE SOLIDS) METER MEASURES SALINITY FROM DISSOLVED SOLIDS. READING OF THE COLORADO RIVER, HERE, INDICATES HIGH SALINITY

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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 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER--MISSPELLED BUT CLEAR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IMPERIAL DAM TAKES LAST OF COLORADO RIVER WATER FOR THE UNITED STATES. IT DIVERTS WATER INTO ALL-AMERICAN CANAL. DESILTING BASINS IN CENTER 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. DIVERSION DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER BELOW PARKER, 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. JOHN DOLEZAL ON A RAINY DAY ON HIS FARM NEAR BEE, NEBRASKA HEAVY RAINS THIS YEAR ADDED GREATLY TO PROBLEMS OF LOCAL FARMERS

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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 ATTEND A HULA DANCE DEMONSTRATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ONCE THE TOURISTS HAVE ARRIVED (SOME 3,000,000 ARE EXPECTED IN 1974), THE HAWAII VISITORS BUREAU IS READY WITH SUGGESTIONS ON WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO

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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 OF UTICA IN TOWN STORE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATION CANAL ON THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EVERY FOOT OF SPACE MUST COUNT ON THE ISLAND: 4-DECKER CAR DEALER'S SHOWROOM AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CONTRAIL AT DUSK. SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109,110, 111.)

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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 WESTBOUND SOUTHWEST LIMITED PASSING THROUGH THE SAN FELIPE INDIAN RESERVATION AT ALGODONES, NEW MEXICO, NEAR ALBUQUERQUE. THIS AMTRAK TRAIN RUNS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO. MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CORPORATION WHICH IS TRYING TO IMPROVE RAIL 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. ENGINEER ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, PASSES THE OUTSKIRTS OF A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THE AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN OFFERS A DINING CAR, LOUNGE CAR AND OBSERVATION CAR IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR PASSENGER CARS. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAIN 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. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME BIOLOGISTS TAKE WATER SAMPLES FROM quot;GOOSE FLATSquot; SECTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER. THEY TEST FOR WATER TEMPERATURE AND OXYGEN CONTENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CONDUCTOR AND ENGINEER EXCHANGE INFORMATION PRIOR TO DEPARTURE OF EXPO '74 FROM SPOKANE TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971 AND LEASES USE OF THE TRACK FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS RIDERSHIP HAS INCREASED SINCE THAT TIME AS AMTRAK HAS WORKED TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT AND MODERNIZE ITS METHODS OF DOING BUSINESS

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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 COASTLINE SHOWING SAN CLEMENTE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST WHICH HAS RESULTED IN MOUNTING LAND USE PRESSURE. IN AN EFFORT TO REGULATE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE, THE STATE PASSED A COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972 REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A PLAN TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING A quot;CONSTITUTIONquot; THAT WILL AFFECT FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SKIRTS WHIRL IN THE 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL, HELD IN THE PERSHING AUDITORIUM

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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 AT TRACKSIDE AT THE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, STATION AMTRAK'S EMPIRE BUILDER, ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WAS SEVEN HOURS LATE BECAUSE OF A BRIDGE WASHOUT. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE, BUT LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 A HULA DANCE DEMONSTRATION. THOSE WHO DO THE DANCE ARE REWARDED WITH LEIS

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; WORKS IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS. CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE USED TO HAUL LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; (SEEN HERE), WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEA LIFE PARK, LIKE PARADISE PARK, IS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE BUILT IN A CONSERVATION ZONE. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MARINE LIFE RANGING FROM ANEMONES TO WHALES IS IMAGINATIVELY DISPLAYED. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN CONSERVATION DISTRICTS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LANDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. JAPANESE TOURISTS STAND ON ROCKS TO WATCH THE HAWAIIAN FISHERMEN

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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;MAZDASquot; AWAIT SHIPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LINCOLN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PEARL CITY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HONOLULU, IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA IN ALL OF HAWAII. THE STATE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE OAHU RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS, BUT MEANWHILE THE LAND USE COMMISSION REZONED THIS LAND, ADJOINING AN OLDER DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN DESIGNATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LARGE HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION ABOVE SCOTCHMAN'S COVE AT LAGUNA BEACH. THERE ARE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY) IN THE STATE. OF THIS TOTAL 662 MILES OF 61 PERCENT IS IN PRIVATE HANDS COMPARED TO 410 MILES WHICH ARE PUBLICLY OWNED SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S POPULATION LIVES WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MASSED HIGHRISES OF WAIKIKI DISTRICT, FAVORITE OF TOURISTS SEEN FROM TOP OF DIAMOND HEAD, THE FAMOUS EXTINCT VOLCANO. THE WAIKIKI IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION HAS FORMED AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REVIEW BOARD TO OVERSEE SUCH BUILDING, BUT IT IS PROBABLY TOO LATE. IN 1963 THERE WERE 9,203 HOTEL ROOMS IN ALL OF OAHU ISLAND. TODAY THERE ARE SOME 26,000 ROOMS, MOST OF THEM HERE IN WAIKIKI

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS, quot;CAT SKINNERSquot; WORK IN DUST OF CATERPILLAR TRACTORS. THE quot;CATSquot; HAUL LOGS OF FIRE-DAMAGED TREES TO quot;LANDINGquot; WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORTING OUT OF THE AREA. SOOT AND ASHES FROM FIRE ARE SO THICK THAT DRIVERS MUST WEAR FACE MASKS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RAISING AN OIL-BLACKENED FOOT FROM THE POLLUTED WATER OF LAKE MEAD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SPIRITED TOURISTS FOLLOW THE MOVEMENTS OF A HULA DANCE DEMONSTRATOR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ALOHA AIRLINES IN ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR AIRLINES CONNECTING THE ISLANDS. NO FEASIBLE AND FAST SEAGOING VESSEL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM WINDMILL OUTLINED AGAINST SETTING SUN NEAR SEWARD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DRESSED FOR ALOHA DAY PARADE DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK FESTIVITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MORNING FOG CLEARING ON OXNARD PLAIN, A PRIME AGRICULTURAL AREA NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING NEAR OXNARD, CALIFORNIA NORTH OF LOS ANGELES. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE. RESTRICTIONS ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE HAVE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 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. WALTER DOEHLING, 72, OWNS THE ONLY GAS STATION AND STORE IN SURPRISE. MR. DOEHLING, WHO HAS LIVED IN THE TOWN ALL HIS LIFE, ALSO FLIES HIS OWN PLANE

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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 CACTUS PLANT PAINTED ON HOUSE WALL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAKAKILO IS BUILT ON A DRY, ROCK SLOPE. ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAILED ITS DESIGNATION FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT, MADE TEN YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT WAS CLEARLY NOT SUITABLE TO AGRICULTURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PASSENGER CAR ATTENDANT HELPS PASSENGERS FROM THE TURBOLINER AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ON THE TRAIN'S ROUTE BETWEEN ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND CHICAGO. THE TURBOLINER, BUILT BY THE FRENCH WENT INTO SERVICE IN THE FALL OF 1973. AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF TRIAL AMTRAK OFFICIALS DECIDED TO BUY THE TWO WHICH WERE IN SERVICE AND ORDERED 11 MORE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMER FRANK OTTE WITH GRANDSON TROY. MR. OTTE WAS BORN ON THIS FARM SOUTH OF GRAFTON, NEBRASKA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PEARL CITY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HONOLULU, IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA IN ALL OF HAWAII. THE STATE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE OAHU RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS, BUT MEANWHILE THE LAND USE COMMISSION REZONED THIS LAND, ADJOINING AN OLDER DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN DESIGNATION

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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 VIEW OF THE TACOMA, WASHINGTON, TRAIN DEPOT AMTRAK, WHICH ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, IS WORKING TO RENOVATE FACILITIES IN MANY OF THE TERMINALS. MORE THAN 550 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF NEW TRAIN EQUIPMENT ALSO HAS BEEN DELIVERED OR IS ON ORDER IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP. THE CORPORATION HAS REVERSED A DECLINE IN RAIL TRAVEL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WORKER DEMONSTRATES POSITIONING OF BODY UNDER RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE AT THE LAS VEGAS EPA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER. MACHINE IS CALLED A quot;WHOLE BODY COUNTER.quot;

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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;NEW TOWNquot; GROWS WHERE PINEAPPLES USED TO THRIVE. PINEAPPLE GROWERS ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN quot;SURPLUS LAND.quot; THIRTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF A PROJECTED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ACRE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN REZONED SINCE THE START IN 1958

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PEARL CITY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HONOLULU, IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA IN ALL OF HAWAII. THE STATE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE OAHU RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS, BUT MEANWHILE THE LAND USE COMMISSION REZONED THIS LAND, ADJOINING AN OLDER DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN DESIGNATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER ON THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE BORDER

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA FORESTRY EXPERTS SAY 90 PER CENT OF WOOD OF BURNED TREES CAN BE SAVED IF HARVESTED BEFORE INSECTS CAN ATTACK WEAKENED TREES BURNED BARK OF THIS WHITE FIR TREE HAS BEEN REMOVED TO SHOW SOUND WOOD BENEATH

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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 OF CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST (NORTH LAS VEGAS) PERFORMS BAPTISM CEREMONY IN LAKE MEAD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIBISCUS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. JET CONTRAIL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SEARCHLIGHT. DESERT AIR HERE, IS FREE OF SMOG

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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 LAND DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN LAGUNA BEACH AND SAN CLEMENTE. WORK WAS HALTED HERE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WERE RESTRICTED FOLLOWING STATE PASSAGE IN NOVEMBER, 1972, OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT. SINCE 1900 COASTAL WETLANDS HAVE DECREASED FROM 381,000 ACRES TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S. THE COAST REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WHICH WILL RESULT IN LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 RAISED ON AN EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. CLOSE UP OF WATERFALL ON LAKE HAVASU CITY GOLF COURSE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. H-2 FREEWAY, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WILL SERVE THE CENTRAL VALLEY. VIEW NORTH FROM JUNCTION WITH H-1 FREEWAY NEAR PEARL CITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PINEAPPLE FIELDS. ABOUT ONE THIRD OF MOLOKAI'S RESIDENTS ARE CONNECTED WITH PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION, BUT PLANTING WILL CEASE IN 1975 WATER IS A CRITICAL PROBLEM. OTHER CROPS, SUCH AS SORGHUM, PAPAYA AND VEGETABLES ARE SUGGESTED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PINEAPPLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOVING CATTLE ALONG A HIGHWAY

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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 RAILS OF THE MAIN LINE OF THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD THAT CARRIES THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED NEAR DODGE CITY, KANSAS. THE TWO PASSENGER TRAINS A DAY PASS EACH OTHER ENROUTE BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO. THE TRACKS ALSO HEAVILY USED BY FREIGHT TRAINS, REFLECT THE WESTERN KANSAS SUNSET. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS

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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 OXNARD PLAIN, A PRIME AGRICULTURAL AREA IN VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, NORTH OF LOS ANGELES NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES. RESTRICTIONS ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE WERE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 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. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA LAKE IS THE CHERRY VALLEY RESERVOIR,A MAJOR FACILITY IN THE WATER SYSTEM FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE EAST RIDGE OF CHERRY CANYON IS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. THE FIRELINE WAS HELD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CANYON AND THE FIRE DID NOT REACH 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. PASSENGER CAR ATTENDANT ANSWERS QUESTIONS FOR PASSENGERS OF THE EMPIRE BUILDER AT A STOP AT LACROSSE, WISCONSIN, AS THE TRAIN IS ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE WASHINGTON. AMTRAK, SINCE IT ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, HAS BEEN WORKING TO UPGRADE FACILITIES AND ATTRACT RIDERS

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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;TRACKS ARE BACK!quot; IS ONE OF THE THEMES PUBLICIZED BY AMTRAK WHICH HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. THE CORPORATION IS WORKING TO RENOVATE STATION TERMINALS AND HAS ALLOCATED MORE THAN 550 MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEW TRAIN EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE RAIL SERVICE AND ATTRACT RIDERS. THIS PIN IS WORN BY AMTRAK EMPLOYEES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GOLF COURSE ON THE LAKE AT LAKE HAVASU CITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TRAIN DEPOT AT STRONG CITY, KANSAS, HASN'T SERVED PASSENGERS IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, BUT IS MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION RAILROAD CREWS MAINTAINING TRACKS AND ROADBED IN THE AREA STILL USE THE STATION'S DESK AND PHONES. ALTHOUGH AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE, IT LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VEGETATION IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR THE WEST EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT AND RECOMMEND GUIDELINES FOR THE FUTURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LITIGATION HAS SUSPENDED CONSTRUCTION OF THE H-3 FREEWAY OPPONENTS CLAIM CONSTRUCTION WOULD DAMAGE MOANALUA VALLEY WHICH SHOULD BE DECLARED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

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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 OF THE LOS ANGELES UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILT FOR THE 1932 SUMMER OLYMPICS HELD IN THAT CALIFORNIA CITY. THE INTERIOR OF THE TERMINAL IS TO BE RENOVATED AND FILLED WITH SHOPS STORES AND OFFICES. IN THE AMTRAK SYSTEM, SOME OF THE OLD TERMINALS WILL BE RECONDITIONED, BUT NEW FACILITIES WILL BE BUILT IN SEVERAL CITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FIREMAN ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER PASSENGER TRAIN ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON CHECKS THE TRACKS FROM THE CAB OF THE ENGINE DURING THE TRIP AMTRAK HAS MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE USE OF THE TRACKS IS LEASED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSEUP OF FLOWERS PLANTED BY THE DEVELOPER AROUND SPYGLASS HOMES BUILT ON A TERRACED HILLSIDE WHICH HAVE A GOOD VIEW OF THE HARBOR DEVELOPMENT BELOW AT IN EARLY 1973, DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OFF THE COASTLINE HAS COME UNDER INCREASING REGULATION. THE VARIOUS COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A PLAN TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT BY JANUARY, 1976

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE KIWANIS CLUB OF SEWARD AT THEIR WEEKLY 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. AERIAL VIEW OF quot;PUKOOquot; DEVELOPMENT, WHERE CONDOMINIUMS ARE PLANNED. A UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII STUDY REPORTED 71 PER CENT OF ADULTS INTERVIEWED FAVORED INCREASED TOURISM SUCH AS THIS PROJECT WOULD BRING. NEW JOBS WERE CITED AS PRIMARY REASON. THE PUKOO AND PUAAHALA AREAS ARE NOT PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND, AND HAVE BEEN ZONED FOR URBAN USE 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. REFLECTED IMAGE OF EPA TECHNICIAN COLLECTING WATER SAMPLE FROM PAHRANAGAT LAKE ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMO

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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 HILO AREA OF HAWAII IS KNOWN AS THE ORCHID CAPITAL OF 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. REMAINS OF ABANDONED WAGON REST BESIDE ROAD ON THE quot;PINEAPPLE ISLAND.quot; 95 PER CENT OF LANAI IS OWNED BY CASTLE AND COOKE (FORMERLY DOLE PINEAPPLE). THE ISLAND HAS ONLY TWO 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. WAITER IN THE LOUNGE CAR OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED PASSENGER TRAIN ENROUTE BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, AND DODGE CITY KANSAS, TAKES A BRIEF REST BETWEEN SERVING PASSENGERS. THE AMTRAK TRAIN ALSO INCLUDES A DINING CAR AND A DOME CAR. THE CORPORATION RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS, IS ATTEMPTING TO UPGRADE THE RAIL SYSTEM AND ATTRACT PASSENGERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, UNION STATION AS IT APPEARED IN THE SUMMER OF 1974. AMTRAK HAS RENOVATED MANY OF ITS TERMINALS SINCE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. NOTE: SEE PICTURE #13604 FOR A COMPARISON TAKEN AT THE SAME SPOT IN 1895 AND COPYRIGHTED BY B.A. ATWATER. THE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO IS FROM THE ST. LOUIS UNION TERMINAL FILES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LINCOLN'S 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL, HELD IN PERSHING MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

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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 OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED STROLLING BESIDE THE AMTRAK TRAIN AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, AS IT HALTS FOR REFUELING ENROUTE TO CHICAGO FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. MOST INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS IN THE U.S. ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMTRAK. THE CORPORATION IS USING AIRLINE METHODS AND OTHER MODERN TECHNIQUES IN AN EFFORT TO UPGRADE TRAIN TRAVEL AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE AUTO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSEUP OF FLOWERS GROWING AROUND BUENA VISTA LAGOON. IT IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS CONCERN THAT THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES

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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 SWING AT LINCOLN'S 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL DANCE WAS HELD IN THE PERSHING MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, ONE OF THE SIGHTS OF THE CAPITAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COTTON FARMER, JOHN VANDERSLICE, AND HIS DAUGHTER STAND ON NEWLY PLANTED FIELD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EARLY MORNING AT MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER BELOW HOOVER DAM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AREA OF H-2 FREEWAY AND NORTHEAST CORNER OF KUNEO ROAD NEAR WAIPAHU. 316 ACRES OF CLEARED LAND HERE, ONCE GROWING SUGAR HAS AWAITED DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1968, WHEN IT WAS REZONED FROM AGRICULTURE TO URBAN USE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EUGENE KAUPIKO, 66, WAS BORN AND STILL LIVES IN THE REMOTE FISHING VILLAGE OF MILOLAII. A PLANNED SUBDIVISION ONE MILE AWAY NOW THREATENS THE SIMPLE LIFE OF THE VILLAGE. IN 1971 ITS ONLY APPROACH ROAD WAS PAVED FOR EASIER ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT. MR. KAYPIKO RUNS A GENERAL STORE (RIGHT). HIS HOUSE IS ON THE LEFT

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION, A quot;FALLERquot; CUTS DOWN FLAME-DAMAGED 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. HELICOPTER PILOT IRWIN MALZMAN REPORTS ON RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC FOR RADIO STATION KGMB

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PINEAPPLE FIELDS IN MILILANI TOWN. PINEAPPLE GROWERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING quot;SURPLUS LANDquot; SINCE 1958. OF A PROPOSED 3,500 ACRE quot;NEW TOWNquot;, 1,300 ACRES HAVE BEEN REZONED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LIHUE PLANTATION SUGAR MILL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. YOUNGSTER IN AN INFLATABLE RAFT FLOATS IN BUENA VISTA LAGOON. THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE BODY OF WATER BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S IT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. A quot;CAT SKINNERquot; WORKS IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS. CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE USED TO HAUL LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; (SEEN HERE), WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS

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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 ANNUAL SPRING FOOTBALL GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IS A STADIUM-PACKING EVENT. THIS IS AN INTRA-MURAL GAME AND MANY FANS WEAR RED IN HONOR OF THE TEAM, THE quot;BIG RED.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WITH PINEAPPLE FIELDS AS HIS ARENA, HENRI AKI TAKES HIS HORSE FOR A LATE AFTERNOON TRAINING SESSION NEAR LANAI CITY. PINEAPPLE GROWING TAKES UP 16,000 ACRES OF THE ISLAND'S TERRITORY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. 70 YEAR OLD IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH LOOKS OUT OVER FARMLANDS OF PLYMOUTH

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ENGINEER AT THE CONTROLS OF THE AMTRAK TURBOLINER PASSENGER TRAIN AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. TWO TURBOLINERS WERE LEASED FROM THE FRENCH AND BEGAN SERVICE IN OCTOBER, 1973. AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF TRIAL AMTRAK OFFICIALS PURCHASED THEM AND ORDERED AN ADDITIONAL 11. IT IS PART OF THE CORPORATION'S CONTINUING EFFORT TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT INHERITED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW HOUSING ENCROACHES ON THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS OFF MULHOLLAND DRIVE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY), 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATION CANAL NEAR PARKER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SECOND GRADE SCHOOL GIRLS FROM CALIPATRIA CLUTCH PINTAIL DUCKS. THEY ARE STUDYING BANDING AND MIGRATION AT THE SALTON SEA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEWARD COUNTY SHERIFF MARVIN POLLOCK AND NEIGHBOR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ALOHA AIRLINES IN ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR AIRLINES CONNECTING THE ISLANDS. NO FEASIBLE AND FAST SEAGOING VESSEL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL

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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 ADVERTISES HOMESITES IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS OFF MULHOLLAND DRIVE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. OF THE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY), 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED

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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 CLIMBING FOR VIEW OF WAIMEA 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. SCENERY, SLEEP AND READING OCCUPY PASSENGER CAR TRAVELERS ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE. IT HAS BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE FACILITIES BY USING SOME METHODS EMPLOYED BY THE AIRLINES. A STEADY DECLINE IN TRAIN TRAVEL SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II HAS BEEN REVERSED SINCE THE CORPORATION TOOK CONTROL IN 1971

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOBILE MONITORING EQUIPMENT FROM EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER. TECHNICIAN HOLDS PORTABLE AIR SAMPLER. THE TWO OTHER INSTRUMENTS MEASURE RADIATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER SEEN FROM THE AIR. HARNESSING THE COLORADO HAS RESULTED IN THE RECLAMATION OF VAST TRACTS OF DESERT LAND IN CALIFORNIA AND 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. AFTER SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE AT THE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH NEAR GARLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ONCE THE TOURISTS HAVE ARRIVED (SOME 3,000,000 AR EXPECTED IN 1974), THE HAWAII VISITORS BUREAU IS READY WITH SUGGESTIONS ON WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO

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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 KAUNAKAKAI, MOLOKAI'S PRINCIPAL TOWN, ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSED-OFF AREA EARMARKED FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE LAND USE COMMISSION HAS RECENTLY AWARDED DEVELOPERS A SPECIAL PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A 350-ROOM HOTEL AND A 74-UNIT CONDOMINIUM ON THIS TRACT NEAR KALAPANA. PROPONENTS CLAIM THAT THIS WILL CREATE 500 NEEDED JOBS IN AN ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED 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. quot;NEW TOWNquot; GROWS WHERE PINEAPPLES USED TO THRIVE. PINEAPPLE GROWERS ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN quot;SURPLUS LAND.quot; THIRTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF A PROJECTED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED ACRE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN REZONED SINCE THE START IN 1958

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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 FUTURE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 1976 IS SHOWN IN THE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SATURDAY SAIL IN HOLMES 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. HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RAILROAD WORK CREW IMPROVES THE TRACKS AND BED OF THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD NEAR BELLEFONT, KANSAS ALTHOUGH AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST INTERCITY SERVICE IN THE U.S., IT LEASES THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR UPKEEP

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER-- FROM A HELICOPTER OVER 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. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION, A quot;FALLERquot; CUTS DOWN A GIANT TREE DANGEROUSLY WEAKENED BY THE FLAMES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LOCAL MAN LOOKS OVER THE SCENE AT A SATURDAY AUCTION NEAR HICKMAN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LONDON BRIDGE CROSSES HAVASU LAKE AT LAKE HAVASU CITY RESCUED FROM DEMOLITION BY AN AMERICAN BUYER, THE FAMOUS OLD SPAN WAS TRANSPLANTED HERE IN 1971

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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 CREATED BY DEVELOPERS AS REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY IS THE ONLY ONE SHOWING RIGHT OF WAY FOR GENERAL PUBLIC. HANDLING OF ACCESS TO BEACHES, AS WELL AS USE OF BEACH AREAS BY DEVELOPERS, ARE DRAWING CRITICISM ON MOLOKAI

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AREA RESIDENTS ENJOY GAVIOTA STATE BEACH. THE AREA IS SCHEDULED FOR ADDITIONAL OIL PROCESSING FACILITIES. AT PRESENT THERE ARE ONLY SMALL PROCESSORS IN THE VICINITY. RESTRICTIONS ON SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. THE COMMISSIONS CHARGED WITH DECIDING DEVELOPMENT MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, WITH GUIDELINES WHICH WILL AFFECT FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM SCENE EAST OF JANSEN

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. FORESTER CHIPS BASE OF TREE TO INSPECT CAMBIUM (A PROTECTIVE LAYER BETWEEN BARK AND INNER WOOD). IF THIS IS DAMAGED, TREE CANNOT SURVIVE AND WILL BE MARKED TO CUT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STORE IN PUKOO 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. TOURISTS JUST OFF BUSES CROWD PREMISES OUTSIDE WATERFRONT HOTEL AT LAHINA. A FEW YEARS AGO THIS AREA WAS VIRTUALLY EMPTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MONTHLY MEETING OF THE GARLAND VILLAGE BOARD. VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HOUSED IN THE SAME BUILDING

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SAM PETERS, PRESIDENT OF THE MOLOKAI HOMESTEADERS ASSOCIATION IS PLAINTIFF IN A SUIT AGAINST THE DEVELOPERS OF KALUAKOI REGARDING THEIR INTENDED USE OF WATER FROM THE KUALAPUU RESERVOIR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LATE AFTERNOON SURF AT MALIKO BAY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM YOUNGSTERS PLAYING AT SUNSET NEAR THEIR HOME IN RIPLEY

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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 SOUTHWEST LIMITED (TRAIN #3) SHOWN FROM THE AIR BETWEEN DODGE CITY AND GARDEN CITY, KANSAS. A FIELD OF WHEAT IS SEEN IN THE FOREGROUND IN THE FLATLANDS OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE THE LIMITED TRAVELS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO WITH PASSENGER CARS, A HIGHLY ACCLAIMED DINING CAR, LOUNGE CAR AND DOME CAR FOR OBSERVATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNBATHERS AT HUNTINGTON BEACH, AND AN OIL PLATFORM OFFSHORE. NEARBY A MAJOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ONE OF RELATIVELY FEW THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN 1973. THE COMMISSIONS, WHICH ARE CHARGED WITH DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SHORELINE, MUST SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL LAND ON OXNARD PLAIN, A PRIME FARMING AREA NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING NEAR OXNARD CALIFORNIA, NORTH OF LOS ANGELES. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE. RESTRICTIONS ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE WERE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 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. ASSOCIATE COUNTY COURT JUDGE FRED BURNS CHECKS TIRE OF BIKE WHICH HE RIDES DAILY TO THE SEWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. TWO TRAINS A DAY, ONE EACH WAY, PASS THROUGH DODGE CITY KANSAS, ROUTE OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS, AND USES THE TRACKS THROUGH A LEASING AGREEMENT WITH THE NATION'S RAILROADS, IN THIS CASE THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE THE DODGE CITY STATION IS SHOWN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOATING ON THE COLORADO RIVER BELOW PARKER DAM

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION, A quot;FALLERquot; CUTS DOWN FLAME-DAMAGED 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. WITH FULL BASKET OF EGGS, JOHN DOLEZAL COMES OUT OF HIS HEN-HOUSE INTO DRENCHING RAIN ON HIS FARM NEAR BEE, NEBRASKA RAINFALL THIS YEAR REACHED TWICE THE NORMAL LEVEL FOR 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. RUSTIC STATION AT EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, WHERE ONE CHICAGO BOUND AND ONE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, BOUND TRAIN STOP EACH DAY DURING THE SUMMER. AMTRAK, WHICH ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, IS WORKING TO RENOVATE MANY OF THE STATIONS. RIDERSHIP IS INCREASING AS NEW EQUIPMENT REPLACES OLDER MATERIAL INHERITED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HAWAII--VALLEY NEAR KANEOHE ON WINDWARD SIDE OF OAHU, OAHU I

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BENCHES ALONG THE MAIN STREET OF DILLER OFFER A CHANCE TO REST AND REVIEW THE PASSING SCENE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WESTBOUND EMPIRE BUILDER WINDS AROUND THE EDGE OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK AFTER LEAVING THE EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA STATION, ENROUTE TO SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO PASSENGER TRAINS FOR LONG DISTANCE LEISURE TRAVEL AS RAIL SERVICE IS MODERNIZED. AMTRAK ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST SUCH U.S. INTERCITY SERVICE IN 1971

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WHOLE BODY COUNTER IS USED TO MEASURE NATURAL LEVELS OF RADIATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOVING CATTLE ACROSS HIGHWAY NEAR IMPERIAL--IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW HIGHWAY, UNDER CONSTRUCTION NORTH OF KAILUA ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND, PRESAGES ZONING CHANGES FROM AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION USE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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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 VIEW WAIMEA 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. SPRAYING FERTILIZER. (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110 111.)

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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 VIEW THE SCENERY BETWEEN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ON THE AMTRAK TURBOLINER. AMTRAK OFFICIALS LEASED TWO TURBOLINERS FROM THE FRENCH AND PUT THEM INTO SERVICE ON THE ST. LOUIS-CHICAGO RUN IN THE FALL OF 1973. AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF TRIAL THEY WERE PURCHASED AND 11 MORE WERE ORDERED. IT IS PART OF AMTRAK'S EFFORT TO REPLACE OLD EQUIPMENT INHERITED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 DERRICKS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE SANDPIPER GOLF COURSE ADDITIONAL OIL PROCESSING FACILITIES ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE AREA RESTRICTIONS ON SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972 THE COMMISSIONS ARE CHARGED WITH DECIDING ON APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT. A COMMISSIONS REPORT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEA LIFE PARK, LIKE PARADISE PARK, IS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE BUILT IN A CONSERVATION ZONE. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MARINE LIFE RANGING FROM ANEMONES TO WHALES IS IMAGINATIVELY DISPLAYED. THIS STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN CONSERVATION DISTRICTS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LANDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POOR SOIL, DAMAGED BY ACCUMULATED SALT, IS EXAMINED BY MEXICAN FARMER, GILBERTO BUITIERREZ BANAGA, NEAR MEXICALI, MEXICO MEXICANS WANT BETTER QUALITY WATER FROM COLORADO RIVER PRESENTLY SALT CONTENT IS EXTREMELY HIGH AT MEXICAN BORDER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATING AN ALFALFA FIELD ON EPA'S EXPERIMENTAL FARM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ENGINEER ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER PASSENGER TRAIN MANS THE ENGINE'S CONTROLS AS IT TRAVELS ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. AMTRAK HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE. USE OF THE TRACKS IS LEASED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER. quot;BIG SAMquot;, STEER WITH quot;SEE THROUGHquot; HOLE IN HIS HIDE

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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 DUNES IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY--NEAR BRAWLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW AMTRAK TURBOLINER PASSENGER TRAIN ENGINE CONTRASTS WITH AN OLD ENGINE IN THE YARDS AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. THE TURBOLINER BUILT BY THE FRENCH, BEGAN SERVICE IN OCTOBER, 1973. IT PERFORMED SO WELL A TOTAL OF 13 WERE ORDERED BY AUGUST, 1974, AS PART OF THE CORPORATION'S OVERALL EFFORT TO UPGRADE EQUIPMENT

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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 A FEW REMAINING FARM FIELDS NEAR THE OCEAN IN FAST GROWING ORANGE COUNTY. SOME 4 PERCENT OF THE STATE RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURES. SINCE NOVEMBER, 1972, REGULATORY COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COAST. THE COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING A PLAN FOR FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IRRIGATED FIELDS OF THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, NEAR EL CENTRO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ALOHA AIRLINES IN ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR AIRLINES CONNECTING THE ISLANDS. NO FEASIBLE AND FAST SEAGOING VESSEL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PALO VERDE VALLEY WHEATFIELD BORDERS ON 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. HOTEL COTTAGES ABOVE NAWILIWILI HARBOR NEAR LIHUE

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. quot;CATERPILLARSquot; WORK IN DUST AND SOOT HAULING LOGS TO LANDING AREA WHERE THEY WILL BE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS. FACE MASK FILTERS ASH AND SOOT-FILLED AIR SO DRIVER CAN BREATHE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HARVESTING WHEAT IN THE PALO VERDE VALLEY

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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 OF IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OUTSIDE GARLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. 10,000 ACRES OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IS DEVOTED TO GROWING MACADAMIA NUTS, AND PRODUCTION IS INCREASING. AT THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN PLANT NEAR KEAAU, WORKERS PLANT NEW TREES IN AN EXPANSION WHICH IS DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE GROWING STOCK. THIS PLANT IS THE LARGEST PROCESSOR IN THE WORLD. HIROSHI OOKA, HORTICULTURALIST FOR THE PLANT, INSPECTS A SCREEN HE DESIGNED FOR CATCHING VALUABLE NUTS

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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 BIG ANNUAL EVENT IS THE SPRING FOOTBALL GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. THIS IS AN INTRA-MURAL GAME, AND MANY FANS SPORT THE COLORS OF THE TEAM, THE quot;BIG RED.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KAILUA, ALSO CALLED THE KONA COAST, ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND, IS PART URBAN AND PART AGRICULTURAL AND IS THE FASTEST DEVELOPING AREA ON THE ISLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COUNTRY STORE WITH A PAINTED FRONT ADVERTISING ITEMS FOR SALE AT MALIBU LAKE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THIS AREA SO FAR HAS ESCAPED INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING LAND USE PRESSURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GAMMA RADIATION COUNTERS AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. BOAT ON 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. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA quot;CAT SKINNERSquot; AT WORK IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATION. CAT SKINNERS CHAIN LOGS TO CATERPILLAR TRACTORS WHICH DRAG THE LOGS TO quot;LANDING AREAquot; (SEE HERE). THEY ARE THEN LOADED ONTO TRUCKS FOR REMOVAL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BALING HAY IN THE RAIN ON HIS FARM NEAR BEE, JOHN DOLEZAL PAUSES TO JOKE WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS. RAINFALL THIS YEAR WAS TWICE THE NORMAL VOLUME FOR 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. GOLF COURSE BUILT ON LAVA BED NEAR KAILUA ON THE WEST COAST MAKES GOOD USE OF LAND WHICH MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IMPERIAL VALLEY. INTERSTATE HIGHWAY (I-8) SLICES THROUGH GREEN CROPLANDS

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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 BOTAQUITO LAGOON, ONE OF THE LAST FEW BODIES OF WATER OF THIS TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IT SUFFERS FROM NEARBY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS FARM EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES. COASTAL WETLANDS TOTALED ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S COMPARED TO SOME 381,000 ACRES 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. VIEW OF THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BUT ARE THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PEARL CITY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HONOLULU, IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA IN ALL OF HAWAII. THE STATE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE OAHU RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER MOVING TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS, BUT MEANWHILE THE LAND USE COMMISSION REZONED THIS LAND, ADJOINING AN OLDER DEVELOPMENT, AS APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN DESIGNATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COLORADO RIVER AT MEXICAN BORDER

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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 A CONSERVATION ZONE ALONG HIGHWAY 72. LAND USE IN THIS AREA IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KUALAPUU RESERVOIR, BUILT TO CAPTURE HEAVY RAINFALL ON quot;WETquot; SIDE OF ISLAND, IS IMPORTANT TO MOLOKAI'S AGRICULTURE. DEVELOPERS WANT USE OF THE WATER, PROMISE TO REPLACE WHAT THEY TAKE. PLAINTIFFS IN A SUIT AGAINST THEM CLAIM WATER USED FOR REPLACEMENT WILL BE BRACKISH AND CROPS WILL SUFFER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BUENA VISTA LAGOON, SUFFERS FROM SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, EROSION AND OTHER ILLS. IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE BODY OF WATER IS AN EXCELLENT BIRD REFUGE BUT IS BECOMING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAKE MEAD

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SCENE WITHIN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN LOGGED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CUSTOMERS LOOKING OVER THE DAY'S ASSORTMENT AT THE HILO FISH AUCTION, A DAILY EVENT

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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 OF AN AMTRAK DOME PASSENGER CAR HAS BEEN STRIPPED AT A PLANT IN MIRA LOMA, CALIFORNIA, NEAR RIVERSIDE. IT IS ONE OF SEVERAL PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE AMTRAK CARS ARE MECHANICALLY OVERHAULED, REPAINTED INSIDE AND OUT, CARPETED AND REFURBISHED ON THE INSIDE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SEWARD COUNTY FARM AND WINDMILL AT SUNSET

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SCENERY ON THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED ATTRACTS AN ELDERLY PASSENGER ON AN AMTRAK TRAIN BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. IT AND MOST OTHER INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS IN THE U.S. ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMTRAK WHICH LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE AND DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE AUTOMOBILE AS A MEANS OF TRAVEL. THE TRAIN WILL CONTINUE ON TO CHICAGO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WINDOW WASHING EQUIPMENT IS USED ON AMTRAK'S SOUTHWEST LIMITED DURING A STOP AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ENROUTE FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TO CHICAGO. AMTRAK PASSENGER SURVEYS RATE IT AS ONE OF THE TOP TWO TRAINS IN 1974 FOR FOOD AND DINING ROOM SERVICE THE TRAIN ALSO HAS A LOUNGE CAR AND A DOME CAR IN ADDITION TO THE PASSENGER 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. HOOVER DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER. LAKE MEAD WATERS ON LEFT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSED-OFF AREA EARMARKED FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE LAND USE COMMISSION HAS RECENTLY AWARDED DEVELOPERS A SPECIAL PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A 350-ROOM HOTEL AND A 74-UNIT CONDOMINIUM ON THIS TRACT NEAR KALAPANA. PROPONENTS CLAIM THAT THIS WILL CREATE 500 NEEDED JOBS IN AN ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED 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. PARKER DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES POWER TO LOS ANGELES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IMPERIAL VALLEY CEMETERY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OLD MEN REST ON BENCHES FACING THE MAIN STREET OF DILLER

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. AT PICKERING LUMBERYARD, SCALER MEASURES LOGS TRUCKED IN FROM BURN AREA. CREWS RACING TO BEAT FALL SNOWS WORKED SO FAST THAT LOGS WERE NOT STACKED BUT DUMPED IN RANDOM PILES

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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 FOOT TRAIL TO WAIPAHEE FALLS, A SCENIC AREA MAINTAINED BY THE STATE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT

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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;SHIPWRECK BEACHquot; ON THE ISLAND'S EASTERN SHORE--SO CALLED FROM THE MANY SHIPS THAT HAVE RUN AGROUND ON ITS REEFS. PROPOSED URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON THE ISLAND WILL END NEAR THIS BEACH

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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 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER AT LAS VEGAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REGULAR PASSENGER CAR FILLED WITH TRAVELERS ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THE AMTRAK TRAIN ALSO OFFERS USE OF A DINING CAR, LOUNGE CAR AND OBSERVATION CAR. AMTRAK HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAIN 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. SMOKE FROM TWO LUMBERMILLS FLOATS IN EARLY MORNING AIR EAST OF SONORA, CALIFORNIA. IN AUGUST, 1973, THIS AREA WAS RAVAGED BY A MAJOR FOREST FIRE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OLD PASSENGER CAR EQUIPMENT IS RENOVATED AT A PLANT IN MIRA LOMA, CALIFORNIA, NEAR RIVERSIDE, ONE OF SEVERAL PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE AMTRAK REMODELS ITS ACQUISITIONS FROM THE RAILROADS CARS ARE GIVEN NEW PAINT INSIDE AND OUT, CARPETING AND RECONDITIONING OF INTERIORS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CROP DUSTER IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VINCENT HUMEUMPTEWA, HOPI INDIAN AND EMPLOYEE OF THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, OPENS CANAL GATES NEAR PARKER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GREEN SUGAR CANE FIELDS (SOME 620 ACRES), ARE A BUFFER BETWEEN A HEAVILY-DEVELOPED AREA AND A LARGE AGRICULTURAL AREA. IN 1973 THE LAND USE COMMISSION TURNED DOWN A PROPOSAL TO USE IT FOR LOW-COST 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. FERTILIZING NEAR EL CENTRO

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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 HANA AREA OF MAUI IS MOSTLY PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND AND IS NOT IMMEDIATELY THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC AREAS IN ALL THE ISLANDS AND, THANKS TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION, WILL PROBABLY REMAIN SO FOR SOME TIME TO COME. HANA SCHOOL CHILDREN AT PLAY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. STILT BIRDS LIVE PROTECTED IN KANAHE POND, IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT SURROUNDED BY AN URBAN AREA. THE POND WAS MADE MORE THAN 200 YEARS AGO BY KING KANEHAMEHA THE GREAT AS A ROYAL FISH POND. THE STILT BIRD, SACRED TO THE OLD HAWAIIANS, IS NOW AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LIGHT PATTERNS CREATED BY MULTICOLORED CASINO DISPLAYS IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DAMS AND CANALS ON THE COLORADO RIVER HAVE PERMITTED A VAST RECLAMATION OF DESERT LANDS IN CALIFORNIA AND 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. LAS VEGAS STREET SCENE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REZONING OF quot;SURPLUS PINEAPPLE LANDquot; ENABLED PINEAPPLE GROWERS-TURNED-DEVELOPERS TO BUILD THIS SUBDIVISION IN MILILANI TOWN, ONE SOLUTION TO THE ISLAND'S HOUSING SHORTAGE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA. LAND USE COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDED TOTAL DENIAL OF DEVELOPERS' PETITION FOR REZONING. THE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, PERMITTED 3,414 ACRES OF THE 5,000 REQUESTED TO PASS OVER TO URBAN USE. SINCE THEN, 900 LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD BUT LITTLE BUILDING HAS BEEN DONE, LEAVING AN EMPTY SUBDIVISION TO BE PROTECTED BY COUNTY SERVICES

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. PICKERING FORESTER BILL SNYDER DECIDES IF A TREE IS STILL VIABLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. GOLF CLUB AT LAKE HAVASU CITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MARINE VEHICLES ON MANEUVERS ALONG THE OCEAN AT THE CAMP PENDELTON BASE. THE SHORELINE ENCOMPASSED BY THE BASE HAS RETAINED MUCH OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY BECAUSE OF LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS. THERE ARE 1,072 MILES OF MAINLAND SHORELINE (EXCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY) IN THE STATE. OF THIS TOTAL 662 MILES OF 61 PERCENT IS PRIVATELY OWNED; THE REMAINING 410 MILES IS PUBLIC PROPERTY. THERE ARE SOME 145 MILES UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL WITH 47 MILES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KANSAS CITY'S UNION STATION SHOWN AS IT APPEARED IN THE SUMMER OF 1974. ONLY A PORTION OF THE MISSOURI STATION IS USED FOR PASSENGERS TODAY; THE REMAINDER IS WALLED OFF FOR USE AS A CONVENTION HALL. SIX TRAINS PER DAY USE THE FACILITIES COMPARED TO MORE THAN 200 TRAINS SERVED PER DAY IN THE STATION'S PAST. AMTRAK IS WORKING TO UPGRADE PASSENGER SERVICE AND ATTRACT TRAVELERS FROM OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. NOTE: SEE PICTURE #13566 FOR COMPARISON

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LONDON BRIDGE, TRANSPLANTED HERE IN 1971, CROSSES ARM OF HAVASU LAKE, WHICH IS FED BY 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. PASSENGERS WAIT ON THE LOADING PLATFORM AT NIGHT AT THE FORT WORTH, TEXAS, STATION FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN TRAIN TO ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. FEW TRAVELERS BOARDED BECAUSE OFFICIALS REPORTED THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT WORKING ON MOST OF THE TRAIN. OLD EQUIPMENT AND NEEDED REPAIRS TO TRACK AND ROADBED CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR AMTRAK IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS SINCE ITS 1971 TAKEOVER OF MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER 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. ALA MOANA OFFICE BUILDING GLOWS IN THE AFTERNOON SUN

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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 OF THE TACOMA, WASHINGTON, TRAIN DEPOT. AMTRAK WHICH ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IN 1971, IS WORKING TO RENOVATE FACILITIES IN MANY OF THE TERMINALS. MORE THAN 550 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF NEW TRAIN EQUIPMENT ALSO HAS BEEN DELIVERED OR IS ON ORDER IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP. THE CORPORATION HAS REVERSED A DECLINE IN RAIL TRAVEL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PASSENGER DEPOT AT MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON, NORTH OF SEATTLE. AMTRAK IS WORKING TO RENOVATE MANY OF THE TERMINALS IT INHERITED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS. THEY VARY IN SIZE FROM SMALL STATIONS LIKE THIS TO LARGE ONES IN CITIES SUCH AS CHICAGO. SINCE AMTRAK ASSUMED MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR U.S. INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION IN 1971, IT HAS REVERSED THE DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BAPTISM CEREMONY AT LAKE MEAD PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE quot;CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTquot; OF NORTH LAS VEGAS

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. PICKERING LOGGERS IN BURN 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. AMTRAK PASSENGERS WAITING FOR PASSENGER TRAINS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE LOS ANGELES UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL, WHICH WAS BUILT FOR THE 1932 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN THAT CALIFORNIA CITY. SHOPS STORES AND OFFICES WILL BE ADDED TO THE STATION'S INTERIOR. SOME OF THE TERMINALS WILL BE REFURBISHED NATIONWIDE, AND OTHERS WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEW FACILITIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK INFORMATION AND TICKET COUNTER IN CHICAGO'S UNION STATION, ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE CORPORATION'S SYSTEM. A NATIONWIDE COMPUTERIZED RESERVATION SYSTEM IS MODERNIZING THE PREVIOUSLY FRAGMENTED RAILROAD INFORMATION AND TICKETING PROCEDURES. CLERKS AT FIVE MAJOR RESERVATION CENTERS, INCLUDING CHICAGO, MAY CONSULT COMPUTER-READOUT CONSOLES FOR INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE SPACE AND FARES, AND QUICKLY ENTER RESERVATIONS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUN SHINES THROUGH THE TREES ON THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

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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 EXCITED 7 AND 8 YEAR OLDS HAVE JUST RECEIVED THEIR FIRST COMMUNION AT ST. JOAN OF ARC CHURCH

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUGARCANE WORKERS IN BONNETS OF A KIND CUSTOMARILY WORN BY THE JAPANESE WHO LABORED HERE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY EARLIER WORKERS ARE NOW MOSTLY FILIPINOS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SWIMMING IN HAVASU 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. PARADISE PARK, A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE DESIGNED TO DISPLAY SOME OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE ISLAND, IS IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOREST AND WATER RESERVE LAND. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLS LAND USE IN quot;CONSERVATIONquot; ZONES

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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 SPORTS EVENT OF THE YEAR IS THE ANNUAL SPRING FOOTBALL GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. THIS IS AN INTRA-MURAL GAME, AND MANY FANS WEAR RED IN HONOR OF THE TEAM, NICKNAMED quot;BIG RED.quot;

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EVERY FOOT OF SPACE MUST COUNT ON THE ISLAND: 4-DECKER CAR DEALER'S SHOWROOM AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HARVESTING WHEAT IN THE PALO VERDE VALLEY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BAPTISM CEREMONY PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE quot;CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTquot; OF NORTH LAS VEGAS

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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 FISH AT PAHRANAGAT LAKE, A WILDLIFE REFUGE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIBISCUS FLOWERS THRIVE ON ALL THE ISLANDS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PLANTING A VEGETABLE GARDEN IN GARLAND

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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 HIGHWAY 77, SOUTH OF WYMORE

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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 FARMLAND CONTOURS

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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 ENTIRE FIELD OF STRAW, WEST OF EL CENTRO IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, BURNED OFF IN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR. SMOKE WAS VISIBLE FOR 20 MILES. OWNER WISHED TO CLEAR FIELD FOR QUICK PLANTING OF ANOTHER CROP

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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 HONOLULU LOOKING EAST TOWARD DIAMOND HEAD THE EXTINCT VOLCANO WHICH IS THE ISLAND'S BEST-KNOWN LANDMARK BUILDINGS IN FOREGROUND ARE MOSTLY APARTMENTS. HOTELS MAKE UP BULK OF THE POPULAR WAIKIKI DISTRICT IN 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. IRRIGATING AN ALFALFA FIELD ON AN EXPERIMENTAL FARM OPERATED BY EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. REMAINS OF ABANDONED WAGON REST BESIDE ROAD ON THE quot;PINEAPPLE ISLAND.quot; 95 PER CENT OF LANAI IS OWNED BY CASTLE AND COOKE (FORMERLY DOLE PINEAPPLE). THE ISLAND HAS ONLY TWO 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. 33RD ANNUAL SQUARE DANCE FESTIVAL IN PERSHING AUDITORIUM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SILTATION IN PEARL HARBOR COMES FROM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ABOVE THE HARBOR

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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 ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot; BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE (REDDISH AREAS IN THE INFRARED PHOTOGRAPH) AND PINEAPPLE

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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 EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER--WHERE FOOD, AIR AND WATER SAMPLES ARE ANALYZED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. APPROACHING LINCOLN FROM THE WEST ON INTERSTATE 80

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NIGHT LIGHTS

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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 CONSERVATION ZONE ALONG HIGHWAY 72. LAND USE IN THIS AREA IS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF FAIRMONT'S GOLDEN CIRCLE SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB HOLD QUILT THEY MADE. IT WAS RAFFLED OFF DURING THE TOWN'S CENTENNIAL ON MAY, 1973. IN THE BACKGROUND IS FAIRMONT'S OLDEST BUILDING, ABOUT 100 YEARS OLD

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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 IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH MARKS THE STATE LINE BETWEEN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. OPERATOR'S CONSOLE FOR THE quot;WHOLE BODY COUNTERquot; RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 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. (FROM THE DOCUMERICA-1 EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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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 OF THIS TRAIN DEPOT AT STRONG CITY, KANSAS, HASN'T SERVED PASSENGERS IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, BUT IS MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION. RAILROAD WORK CREWS MAINTAINING TRACKS AND ROADBED IN THE AREA STILL USE THE STATION'S PHONES AND DESK. ALTHOUGH AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE, IT LEASES USE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER--MISSPELLED BUT CLEAR

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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 A PORTION OF UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NEAR NEWPORT BEACH WITH HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT. THE BAY WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A YACHT HARBOR. THE STATE'S COASTAL WATERS AND LANDS PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR MORE THAN 108 SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF MAMMALS, 260 BIRDS, 54 REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, AND A WIDE VARIETY OF FISH. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY FOR THEIR SURVIVAL DECREASED FROM 381,000 ACRES IN 1900 TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S IN CALIFORNIA

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MARINE LIFE FROM UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NEAR NEWPORT BEACH, THE BAY, AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A BIRD REFUGE, WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A YACHT HARBOUR

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REFRESHMENT TIME AT THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE SEWARD CHAPTER OF THE quot;PEOquot; SISTERHOOD. MEETING IS HELD IN THE SEWARD CIVIC 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. LAND SECTION OF HIGH PRESSURE GAS LINE THAT CROSSES 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. WATER HYDRANT ON LAKE HAVASU CITY GOLF COURSE

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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 SOUTHWEST LIMITED (TRAIN #3) SEEN FROM THE AIR BETWEEN DODGE CITY AND GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, WITH U.S. HIGHWAY 50 AT THE RIGHT THE AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN WILL PASS BETWEEN GRAIN ELEVATORS THAT DOMINATE THE SMALL CROSSROADS COMMUNITY THAT TYPIFIES MANY PARTS OF AGRICULTURAL ORIENTED KANSAS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHICAGO'S UNION STATION IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. AMTRAK IS RENOVATING MANY OF THE TERMINALS IN AN EFFORT TO UPGRADE FACILITIES AND ATTRACT MORE PASSENGERS. SOME NEW STATIONS ALSO ARE BEING BUILT. COMPUTERIZED RESERVATION SERVICE NATIONWIDE AND OTHER AIRLINE TYPE METHODS ARE BEING USED TO PROVIDE AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO LONG DISTANCE AUTO TRAVEL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PINEAPPLE FIELDS. ABOUT ONE THIRD OF MOLOKAI'S RESIDENTS ARE CONNECTED WITH PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION, BUT PLANTING WILL CEASE IN 1975 WATER IS A CRITICAL PROBLEM. OTHER CROPS, SUCH AS SORGHUM, PAPAYA AND VEGETABLES ARE SUGGESTED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PINEAPPLE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAKE HAVASU CITY'S YOUNG BASEBALL PLAYERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE IRVINE RANCH AREA NEAR NEWPORT BEACH. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF A NEW TOWN OF HIGH VALUE PLANNED UNITS IN CONTRAST TO UNCONTROLLED PRIVATE SUBDIVISIONS SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST. THIS DENSITY RESULTS IN MANY CLASHES BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND CONSERVATIONISTS WHO WANT TO RETAIN THE BEAUTY OF THE 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. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA LAKE IS THE CHERRY VALLEY RESERVOIR, A MAJOR FACILITY IN THE WATER AND POWER SYSTEM FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE EAST RIDGE OF CHERRY CANYON IN THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. THE FIRELINE WAS HELD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CANYON AND THE FIRE DID NOT REACH 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. HELICOPTER ATTACHED TO EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 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. FARM EAST OF JANSEN

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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 JUST OFF BUSES CROWD PREMISES OUTSIDE WATERFRONT HOTEL AT LAHINA. A FEW YEARS AGO THIS AREA WAS VIRTUALLY EMPTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SAILBOAT IN UPPER NEWPORT BAY. THE BAY WAS SCHEDULED TO BECOME A YACHT HARBOR. CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES ALONG THE COASTLINE HAS DECLINED SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE'S COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN 1973. ONE STATE AND SIX REGIONAL COMMISSIONS HAVE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE AND MUST MAKE A REPORT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN JANUARY, 1976. THE LEGISLATURE THEN WILL DEBATE AND PASS LAWS AFFECTING THE FUTURE OF THE STATE'S COASTLINE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VEGETATION IN UPPER NEWPORT BAY, NEAR NEWPORT BEACH, THE BAY AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A BIRD REFUGE, WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A YACHT HARBOR. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALREADY SURROUNDS MOST OF THE HARBOR. SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAS COME UNDER INCREASING RESTRICTIONS SINCE STATE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. THE REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING LAWS WHICH WILL AFFECT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. DIVERSION DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER, NORTH OF 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. OUTRIGGER CANOES AND SURFERS AT WAIKIKI BEACH

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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 SERVICE AT THE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH ON HIGHWAY 34 NEAR GARLAND

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LAS VEGAS SHOPPING 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. NEW MAZDAS AT TERMINAL ISLAND, PART OF THE LOS ANGELES WATERFRONT

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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 SAMPLES, MAILED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, ARE ANALYZED AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH 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. AN IMPROMPTU GUITAR SESSION PROVIDES A LITTLE MUSIC FOR PASSENGERS IN THE LOUNGE CAR OF THE LONE STAR AS IT CROSSES OKLAHOMA ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. AMTRAK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE. MODERN METHODS SUCH AS NATIONWIDE INFORMATION AND TICKETING BY COMPUTER TOUR PACKAGES, AND IMPROVING STATION AND EQUIPMENT ARE BEING USED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS TAKING TRAINS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COSTUMED FOR ALOHA DAY PARADE, ONE OF MANY FESTIVITIES DURING ANNUAL ALOHA WEEK. HAWAIIAN COWBOYS CUSTOMARILY WEAR FLOWERS ON THEIR HATS

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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 START OF ANNUAL OUTBOARD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOAT RACE ON LAKE HAVASU NEAR PARKER

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNSET OVER MAUI

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AMTRAK'S SOUTHWEST LIMITED CROSSING CENTRAL AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, ON ITS TRIP FROM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, TO CHICAGO. THE RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE ACT OF 1970 AUTHORIZED THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION TO MANAGE THE BASIC NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REMAINS OF ABANDONED WAGON REST BESIDE ROAD ON THE quot;PINEAPPLE ISLAND.quot; 95 PER CENT OF LANAI IS OWNED BY CASTLE AND COOKE (FORMERLY DOLE PINEAPPLE). THE ISLAND HAS ONLY TWO 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. THE DOME CAR ON AMTRAK TRAINS IS A POPULAR PLACE FOR PASSENGERS WHO WANT TO WATCH THE SCENERY UNFOLD OR TAKE PICTURES OF IT TO SHOW THE FOLKS BACK HOME. THESE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE LANDSCAPE AS THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED CROSSES ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO ON AN OVERNIGHT TRIP BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THE TRAIN GOES ON TO CHICAGO

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CHURCH

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNDAY MORNING. (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. REV. DAVID T. ERNST IN FRONT OF HIS CHURCH, THE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN, IN PLYMOUTH. CHURCH IS 70 YEARS OLD

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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 A TRACT OF PINEAPPLE SAVED FROM URBAN DEVELOPMENT. MAUI LAND DEVELOPERS PETITIONED THE LAND USE COMMISSION (LUC) FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF 659 AGRICULTURAL ACRES. IN AUGUST, 1970, THE LUC APPROVED ONLY 300 ACRES. THE DECISION WAS APPLAUDED BY THOSE WHO FEAR OVERDEVELOPMENT OF THE FAST-GROWING 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. INDUSTRIOUS SCAVENGERS FIND THAT MANY OF THE ONIONS DISCARDED BY A PROCESSING PLANT, ARE FINE FOR THE POT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HONOMANU BAY LIES IN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF THE ISLAND

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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 HILO AREA OF HAWAII IS KNOWN AS THE ORCHID CAPITAL OF 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. AERIAL VIEW OF THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED (TRAIN #3) AS IT PASSES A FARM CO-OP ELEVATOR BETWEEN DODGE CITY AND GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. GRAIN ELEVATORS SUCH AS THIS AND SMALL CROSSROADS COMMUNITIES ARE TYPICAL OF THIS AGRICULTURAL AREA. THE AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN TRAVELS BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO

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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 A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST WHICH HAS RESULTED IN MOUNTING LAND USE PRESSURE, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE SHORELINE. THE STATE PASSED A COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972, TO REGULATE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE. THE COMMISSIONS WHICH REGULATE THE LAND USE MUST SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING A PLAN WHICH WILL AFFECT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BLOCKS OF ICE ARE PLACED ABOARD THE LONE STAR AT FORT WORTH TEXAS, AS THE TRAIN IS ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE PASSENGER TRAIN HAS A DINING CAR, LOUNGE CAR AND OBSERVATION CAR IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL quot;CHAIRquot; CARS. AMTRAK IS CHARGED WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. LABORATORY AT EPA'S LAS VEGAS NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER TECHNICIAN HOLDS UP AN AIR FILTER

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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;ROUNDquot; HOTEL WAIKIKI BEACH

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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 DEVELOPMENT AT LAGUNA NIGUEL, CONTRASTS WITH UNFINISHED STREETS AND UTILITIES (NOT SHOWN). WORK HERE WAS HALTED AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WERE RESTRICTED FOLLOWING STATE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. STATE AND REGIONAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENTS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMER FRANK OTTE WITH HIS FAMILY ON THEIR FARM NEAR GRAFTON. MR. OTTE WAS BORN ON THE FARM AND HIS SON NOW LIVES 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. ACCESS TO NIGUEL BEACH PARK ALONG THE COAST IN ORANGE COUNTY, IS THROUGH AN AREA THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT HOWEVER, THE PLANS WERE HALTED WHEN THE STATE PASSED THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. STATE AND REGIONAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARM WORKERS IN ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING FIELDS NEAR THE OCEAN IN FAST GROWING ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST RESULTING IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES. SINCE NOVEMBER, 1972, REGULATORY COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH DETERMINING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE COAST. THE COMMISSIONS MUST SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY 1976, RECOMMENDING A PLAN FOR FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FARMER JOHN DOLEZAL IN RAIN GEAR PASSES HIS BARN DURING DOWNPOUR. PROBLEMS WERE INCREASED FOR LOCAL FARMERS THIS YEAR BY DOUBLE THE NORMAL RAINFALL

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSEUP OF PLANT AND INSECT LIFE IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW AMTRAK TURBOLINER WHICH NOW MAKES THE PASSENGER RUN BETWEEN CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, CONTRASTS WITH THE OLDER quot;SMOKINGquot; TYPE ENGINES WHICH ARE NOW USED LESS FREQUENTLY THAN IN THE PAST. THE NEW SEARS TOWER IS SEEN ON THE SKYLINE. ALTHOUGH THE NEW FRENCH BUILT TRAIN IS USED IT MUST RUN AT LESS THAN FULL SPEED UNTIL IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE IN TRACK AND ROADBED. NOTE: SEE PICTURE

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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 CAR ON OUTSKIRTS OF LAS VEGAS. THIS AND OTHER JUNK CARS HAVE ACCUMULATED NEAR LAS VEGAS WASH, WHICH CARRIES CITY SEWAGE TO LAKE MEAD

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA SCENE WITHIN THE SECTION OF THE BURN AREA KNOWN AS quot;GRANITE FIRE.quot; THIS PART OF THE TERRITORY HAS NOT YET BEEN LOGGED

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. NEW CARS LINED UP AT DOCKSIDE TERMINAL. (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUNLIGHT REFLECTED FROM LAVA FLOW FROM RECENT ERUPTION OF THE VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN MAUNA ULU

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BOATING ON LAKE MEAD

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FISHERMEN IN SURF ON THE ISLAND'S EASTERN SHORE. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE ISLAND OF MAUI

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. EUGENE KAUPIKO, 66, WAS BORN AND STILL LIVES IN THE REMOTE FISHING VILLAGE OF MILOLAII. A PLANNED SUBDIVISION ONE MILE AWAY NOW THREATENS THE SIMPLE LIFE OF THE VILLAGE. IN 1971 ITS ONLY APPROACH ROAD WAS PAVED FOR EASIER ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT

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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 SIGNS ON DODGE STREET

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PICKERS IN FIELD NEAR EL CENTRO

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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 AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA 5,880 ACRES (A THIRD OF THE AFFECTED AREA) ARE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA. SALVAGE OPERATIONS WERE STARTED AS SOON AS AREA COULD BE ENTERED. PICKERING FORESTER JOE DILLARD CUTS BURNED BARK TO EXPOSE UNHARMED WOOD OF WHITE FIR TREE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. COASTLINE, WHICH IS SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST WHICH HAS RESULTED IN MOUNTING LAND USE PRESSURE. SINCE 1900 THE NUMBER OF COASTAL WETLANDS HAS DECREASED FROM 381,000 ACRES TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES. STATE AND REGIONAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO REGULATE SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT. THEY MUST SUBMIT A PLAN TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING A quot;CONSTITUTIONquot; THAT WILL AFFECT FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SLEEPING CAR ATTENDANT TAKES A LOOK AT THE PASSING SCENE BETWEEN DUTIES ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO EAST GLACIER PARK, MONTANA, AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THE PASSENGER TRAIN INCLUDES REGULAR quot;CHAIRquot; CARS, A DINING CAR, LOUNGE CAR AND OBSERVATION CAR. AMTRAK HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAIN 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. ACCESS TO BEACHES IS NOT YET A CRITICAL PROBLEM ON MAUI, BUT SIGNS LIKE THIS MAY BE A FORETASTE OF THE FUTURE

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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 AUGUST, 1973, A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA, CALIFORNIA SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON ACREAGE OWNED BY THE PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY OF STANDARD, CALIFORNIA., BEGAN PROMPTLY. TRUCK WITH SALVAGED TIMBER LEAVES BURN SITE FOR TRIP TO STANDARD. CREWS ARE IN RACE AGAINST FALL SNOWS, WHICH BRING A VIRTUAL HALT TO LOGGING 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. FISHERMEN IN SURF ON THE ISLAND'S EASTERN SHORE. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE ISLAND OF MAUI

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. WAIKIKI BEACH IS THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST SPOT ON THE ISLAND THERE ARE 26,000 HOTEL ROOMS ON OAHU. MOST OF THEM ARE IN THE WAIKIKI 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. ACCESS TO NIGUEL BEACH PARK ALONG THE OCEAN IN ORANGE COUNTY, THROUGH AN AREA THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEVELOPMENT HOWEVER, THE PLANS WERE HALTED WHEN THE STATE PASSED THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972. STATE AND REGIONAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS MUST PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY JANUARY, 1976, RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF LAWS AFFECTING FUTURE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. UNION STATION AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. BECAUSE OF THE DEMISE IN PASSENGER TRAINS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS ONLY A PORTION OF THE TERMINAL SERVES TRAVELERS. THE REMAINDER IS USED AS A CONVENTION HALL. IN ITS HEYDAY THE STATION SERVED MORE THAN 200 TRAINS DAILY COMPARED TO SIX PER DAY IN 1974. AMTRAK IS WORKING TO UPGRADE PASSENGER SERVICE AND ATTRACT MORE RIDERS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOOVER DAM ON THE COLORADO RIVER. LAKE MEAD IS FORMED BY THE DAM

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CLOSEUP OF A FLOWER GROWING AT BUENA VISTA LAGOON. ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IT SUFFERS FROM EROSION SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE AND OTHER ILLS. THE BODY OF WATER IS AN EXCELLENT BIRD REFUGE, BUT IS BECOMING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S THAT AMOUNT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HIGHWAY THROUGH THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENTS AND RECOMMEND FUTURE GUIDELINES TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SAM PETERS (LEFT), HARRY KEALEHA AND EDDIE PELEKAI, OFFICERS OF THE MOLOKAI HOMESTEADERS ASSOCIATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. HOTELS AND CONDOMINIUMS ARE SPRINGING UP IN THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING KAANAPALI AREA OF MAUI. THE LAND IS A MIXTURE OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSERVATION AND URBAN ZONES

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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 ISLAND OF KAUAI IS KNOWN AS THE quot;GARDEN ISLEquot; BECAUSE OF ITS LUSH VEGETATION AND FERTILE SOIL. CHIEF CROPS ARE SUGARCANE AND PINEAPPLE

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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 WEEKLY MEETING OF THE SEWARD KIWANIS CLUB

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. POWERLINES NEAR SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA (FROM THE SITES EXHIBITION. FOR OTHER IMAGES IN THIS ASSIGNMENT, SEE FICHE NUMBERS 87 88 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111.)

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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 THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED BETWEEN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, AND CHICAGO ARE ABLE TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR PRIVATE COMPARTMENTS AS AN EXTRA COST OPTION ON THEIR TRAVELS. IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR PASSENGER CARS, THE AMTRAK TRAIN FEATURES A DINING CAR, A LOUNGE CAR AND A DOME CAR. THE CORPORATION IS WORKING TO UPGRADE TRAIN TRAVEL AND ATTRACT PASSENGERS FROM OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME BIOLOGIST CHECKS SAMPLE TAKEN FROM COLORADO RIVER FOR OXYGEN CONTENT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CONDUCTOR MAKES HIS ROUNDS TAKING TICKETS AS THE TURBOLINER MAKES ITS WAY BETWEEN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AMTRAK OFFICIALS LEASED TWO TURBOLINERS FROM THE FRENCH AND PUT THEM IN SERVICE ON THE ST. LOUIS-CHICAGO RUN IN THE FALL OF 1973. AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF TRIAL, THE CORPORATION BOUGHT THEM AND ORDERED 11 MORE. IT IS PART OF AMTRAK'S EFFORT TO REPLACE OLD EQUIPMENT INHERITED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CAMPERS AT REFUGIO STATE BEACH IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CALIFORNIA, NORTH OF LOS ANGELES. THIS AND OTHER BEACHES ALONG THE COAST ARE HEAVILY USED. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURES. RESTRICTIONS ON COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 1,000 YARDS OF THE SHORELINE WERE TIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE IN NOVEMBER, 1972, OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BENTLEY BARBER SHOP IN DILLER. OWNER LEROY BENTLEY, ABOUT TO LEAVE, PUTS A SIGN IN HIS WINDOW SHOWING TIME OF RETURN

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MAUI COUNTY'S HOOKIPA PARK, WHERE SURFING IS A POPULAR SPORT TOWNS OF KAHULUI AND WAILUKU IN 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. DAVID FRAZER, 87, A LEADING CITIZEN OF UTICA

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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 LABORATORY MONITOR, FRANK REED, DRIVING AGENCY TRUCK MAKES DAILY COLLECTIONS OF WATER AND AIR SAMPLES FROM ATOMIC TEST SITE AREA

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