Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BIRDS FLOAT UNDISTURBED NEAR THE EDGE OF BUENA VISTA LAGOON THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ONE OF THE LAST LA

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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. BIRDS FLOAT UNDISTURBED NEAR THE EDGE OF BUENA VISTA LAGOON THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS ONE OF THE LAST LAGOONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE BODY OF WATER BECAUSE OF EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE, AND THE FACT THAT IT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL WETLANDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN WILDLIFE TOTALED SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900. BY THE EARLY 1970'S IT HAD DECREASED TO ABOUT 125,000 ACRES

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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...