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By the 1980s, Boston Harbor was arguably the most polluted in the United States and the islands were endangered. Today, after installation of a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant, beaches throughout the harbor are safe for swimming, and hundreds of species of flora and fauna abound. The Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area is a national success story. As a member of the National Park's advisory council, Sherman Pat Morss has been a student and photographer of the islands for over a decade. Perhaps no one has documented quite so fully or beautifully this extraordinary New England landmark.