In 1971, the Environmental Protection Agency created the DOCUMERICA Project, a program designed to document and catalogue the effects of the EPA in its efforts towards environmental conservation. After six years, the program was shut down, but the end result was a massive archive of images gathered by over 100 freelance photographers from all across America. A large part of these photographs are now housed on the US National Archives' online catalogue (as well as its Flickr page). These are my favorites.
Redwood Forests Cover Much of This Region of Northern California, 1972
Photographer: Tomas Sennett
California—Near Carmel, 1972
Photographer: Dick Rowan
Northern California, 1972
Photographer: Tomas Sennett
Northern California, 1972
Photographer: Tomas Sennett
California—Near Redwood National Forest, Humboldt County, 1972
Photographer: Tomas Sennett
