Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. CORNFIELD THAT FORMERLY WAS OPEN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NEAR WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, AND TROY IN DONIPHAN 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. CORNFIELD THAT FORMERLY WAS OPEN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NEAR WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, AND TROY IN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. THE WAVE OF PIONEERS CLEARED THE NATIVE GRASSES AND PLANTED CROPS IN THE FERTILE SOIL. AS A RESULT ONLY ISOLATED PATCHES OF NATIVE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE SURVIVE. THERE IS A BILL IN CONGRESS WHICH WOULD MAKE AN AREA OF KANSAS A TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PARK, BUT IT HAS BEEN STALLED IN COMMITTEE FOR SEVERAL YEARS

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Duncan, Patricia D. (Patricia DuBose), 1932-

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Patricia D. Duncan (b. 1932), photojournalist and contributing photographer to the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project in the early 1970s. From the description of Duncan, Patricia D., 1932- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10614764 Patricia DuBose Duncan was born August 16, 1932 at Nashville, Tennessee to Robert and Edith DuBose. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri i...