Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THIS LOG BOOM IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH, NEAR THE NEW MEXICAN BORDER, WAS THE SITE OF INTENSIVE CLEAN-UP

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THIS LOG BOOM IN MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH, NEAR THE NEW MEXICAN BORDER, WAS THE SITE OF INTENSIVE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS FOLLOWING A MASSIVE OIL SPILL INTO THE SAN JUAN RIVER. THE BOOM CONTAINED THE SPILL UNTIL FLOOD CONDITIONS CAUSED MUCH OF THE OIL AND DEBRIS TO OVERFLOW INTO LAKE POWELL. CREWS WORKED ROUND THE CLOCK IN ALMOST INCESSANT RAIN. SHIFTS WERE RELIEVED BY HELICOPTERS BASED AT THE OLJATA TRADING POST

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Hiser, David, 1937-

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David Hiser (b. Sept. 2, 1937), photojournalist and photo educator, has a B.A. degree from the University of Washington, and has worked for the National Geographic Society, producing twenty stories in National Geographic Magazine with contributions to numerous National Geographic books and films. His assignments have ranged widely: Aztecs, Death Valley, Coyotes, Early Man, Hudson Bay, Pompeii, Polynesian Sailing Canoes, Sri Lanka, Tasmania and Tarahumara Indians among others. He has also worked ...