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 ABANDONED FARMHOUSE SURROUNDED BY STRIPPED LAND, IN SOUTHEAST OHIO NEAR STEUBENVILLE. COAL COMPANIES

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AN ABANDONED FARMHOUSE SURROUNDED BY STRIPPED LAND, IN SOUTHEAST OHIO NEAR STEUBENVILLE. COAL COMPANIES KNOCK OUT DOORS AND WINDOWS TO MAKE THE STRUCTURE LEGALLY quot;DERELICTquot;. AS MORE BUILDINGS ARE SO DECLARED THE AREA IS LOSING ITS TAX BASE. COAL COMPANY RECLAIMED LAND IS TAXED AT $25.00 PER ACRE COMPARED TO $185.00 FOR FARMLAND

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Calonius, Erik

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Erik Calonius, photojournalist and contributing photographer to the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project in the early 1970s. Erik Calonius earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. He was a reporter, editor, and London-based correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and served as an editor and writer for Fortune magazine where he was nominated for the National Magazine Award. He is also the former Miami Bureau Chief for Newsweek. He is the aut...