Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. AERIAL OF BOTAQUITO LAGOON, ONE OF THE LAST FEW BODIES OF WATER OF THIS TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE

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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. AERIAL OF BOTAQUITO LAGOON, ONE OF THE LAST FEW BODIES OF WATER OF THIS TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IT SUFFERS FROM NEARBY FREEWAYS AND DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS FARM EROSION AND SEPTIC TANK SEEPAGE. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND IT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. COASTAL WETLANDS TOTALED ABOUT 125,000 ACRES IN THE EARLY 1970'S COMPARED TO SOME 381,000 ACRES IN 1900

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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...