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.
Looking Seaward from Ohio, or “Sunshine” Key. Much of the Small Island Has Been Dredged and Filled for Commercial Development. As a Result, Water Clarity Has Diminished, 1973
Photographer: Flip Schulke
Pelican Sits on a Mooring at the Municipal Boat Docks, 1972
Photographer: Flip Schulke
