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

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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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O'Rear, Charles, 1941-

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Charles O'Rear (born 26 November 1941, Miss) is an American photographer. His image Bliss was used as the default desktop wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. O'Rear started his career with the daily newspapers Emporia Gazette, The Kansas City Star, and Los Angeles Times; worked for National Geographic magazine; and was part of the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project. He began photographing winemaking in 1978. Since 1998 O'Rear has been associated with Corbis...