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 INDIAN GRASS IN THE FALL. IT IS A MAJOR NATIVE TALL GRASS IN KANSAS. THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN

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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 INDIAN GRASS IN THE FALL. IT IS A MAJOR NATIVE TALL GRASS IN KANSAS. THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN JOHNSON COUNTY NEAR KANSAS CITY. A 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 THERE IS OPPOSITION AND THE BILL REMAINS IN COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS

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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...