Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PLANTLIFE IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCA

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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. PLANTLIFE IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE MOUNTAINS CONTAIN THE LAST SEMI-WILDERNESS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BUT ARE THREATENED BY 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. SEVERAL COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO RESTRICT COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

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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...