Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION LOOM OVER THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHERN EDGE

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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. SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION LOOM OVER THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES. THESE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUT ARE UNDER THREAT OF DEVELOPMENT. SOME 84 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE COAST, AND THIS CONCENTRATION HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED LAND USE PRESSURE. SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN RESTRICTED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION ACT IN NOVEMBER, 1972

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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...