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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/big-bend-conservation-alliance-seeks-neighborhood-coordinators</loc>
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      <image:title>Projects - Big Bend Conservation Alliance seeks Neighborhood Coordinators - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/seven-ancestors-of-la-junta-to-be-reburied-in-presidio-ceremony</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/epa-community-change-grant</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - EPA Community Change Grant: Everything's Connected in Presidio - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Huisache trees provide a small area of shade coverage in Presidio, Texas. “Everything’s Connected in Presidio” will plant mature, native trees to form a shaded greenbelt alongside a bike and pedestrian path in the town. Photo: Hannah Gentiles</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - EPA Community Change Grant: Everything's Connected in Presidio - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - EPA Community Change Grant: Everything's Connected in Presidio - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - EPA Community Change Grant: Everything's Connected in Presidio - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/big-bend-river-rangers</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - Big Bend River Rangers - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Big Bend River Rangers with Lucy Rede Franco Middle School teachers</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Big Bend River Rangers - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Big Bend River Rangers get to hear from experts. Layla Spurlock, the park ranger and interpreter at Big Bend Ranch State Park, joined everyone for a talk about how the river flows and its importance for our region.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Big Bend River Rangers - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Big Bend River Rangers testing water samples collected at Colorado Canyon in Big Bend Ranch State Park.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Big Bend River Rangers - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>"Raise your hand if this will be your first time hiking!" Fourth graders from Presidio ISD visiting the Davis Mountains State Park with Ranger Charlie as part of the Big Bend River Rangers COLLAB program.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Big Bend River Rangers - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Big Bend River Rangers was established through generous support by the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation. The 2023-4 school year is supported by a Texas Parks and Wildlife Community Outdoor Outreach Program Grant, James A. "Buddy" Davidson Charitable Foundation, and Lush Cosmetics Charity Pot. The 2024-5 school year is supported by Permian Basin Area Foundation. Shield-Ayres Foundation and Still Water Foundation provide ongoing staffing support.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/reclaim-buffalo-rock</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-15</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - Honor Buffalo Rock - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Honor Buffalo Rock - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/classroom-vertical-farming</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - Vertical Farming for Big Bend Classrooms - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Students at Presidio ISD with the Flex Farm growing in their classroom.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Vertical Farming for Big Bend Classrooms - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Students with the fifth grade science teacher, Mr. Estolloso, growing lettuce with the Flex Farm at the Presidio Elementary School. Photo: Sam Karas</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Vertical Farming for Big Bend Classrooms - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Students with their Flex Farm harvest at Presidio ISD.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Vertical Farming for Big Bend Classrooms - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Students at Fort Davis ISD on their tour of Village Farms in Marfa.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Vertical Farming for Big Bend Classrooms - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Vertical Farming for Big Bend Classrooms program—with Flex Farms in Alpine, Fort Davis, Marfa, Presidio and Terlingua ISDs—is generously funded by Wellpoint.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/lipan-apache-cemetary-marker</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-15</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - Supporting Cementerio del Barrio de los Lipanes</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cementerio del Barrio de los Lipanes—a Lipan Apache Tribe cemetery in Presidio, Texas.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Supporting Cementerio del Barrio de los Lipanes - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdcf600230e6f1a9feaeb19/f23365d7-62e7-4a31-91d3-f91a27af5591/Mellon+Foundation+Logo.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Projects - Supporting Cementerio del Barrio de los Lipanes - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/texas-tribal-buffalo-project-presidio</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-09-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - Texas Tribal Buffalo Project Garden at Presidio Activity Center - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>City of Presidio employees helping plant the fig trees at the Presidio Activity Center.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdcf600230e6f1a9feaeb19/b9a8ebb2-4b9e-4ffa-aab7-460a5c26157d/IMG_2112.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Projects - Texas Tribal Buffalo Project Garden at Presidio Activity Center - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Three new garden beds built by Felipe Castillo will grow vegetables year-round.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdcf600230e6f1a9feaeb19/3cec0328-5926-4c5c-b2de-c86890d7d162/bannerlogo.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Projects - Texas Tribal Buffalo Project Garden at Presidio Activity Center - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Texas Tribal Iyanee'/Buffalo Project is a non-profit committed to healing the generational trauma of Lipan Apache descendants and other native nations bordering traditional Lipan Apache ranges.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/shorthorn-light-swap-challenge</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-09-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - Shorthorn Light Swap Challenge - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Shorthorn Light Swap Challenge - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Emily Card presented “Cut the Lights! Artificial Light Pollution and its Impacts on Birds in the Chihuahuan Desert,” to Marfa High School on students the morning of their homecoming.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Shorthorn Light Swap Challenge - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bill Wren performing a lighting demonstration at Marfa High School with student Aubrie Aguilar volunteering in the role of the lamp post. A “Blazing Horns of the Big Bend” bucket is being used for the lamp shade.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Shorthorn Light Swap Challenge - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Star party for students who competed in the Shorthorn Light Swap Challenge at El Cosmico.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/meet-the-jumano-nation-at-marfa-lights-festival</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-06-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - Meet the Jumano Nation at Marfa Lights Festival - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Harley Flores, Jumano Youth Mentor; Elizabeth Flores, Jumano Council and Living History Coordinator; and Jo Ann Betancourt, Jumano Tribal Chair attend the annual Marfa Lights Festival to meet the public at the Big Bend Conservation booth. Photo: Sarah M. Vasquez</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Meet the Jumano Nation at Marfa Lights Festival - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Meet the Jumano Nation at Marfa Lights Festival is generously supported by a grant from Humanities Texas.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/creating-space-for-birds-and-people-at-bj-bishop-wetlands</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-06-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Projects - Creating Space for Birds and People at BJ Bishop Wetlands - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Creating Space for Birds and People at BJ Bishop Wetlands - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shopping for pollinators at Twin Sisters Natives in Alpine, Texas with nursery owner Patty Manning and Jeff Bennett from Rio Grande Joint Venture.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Creating Space for Birds and People at BJ Bishop Wetlands</image:title>
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      <image:title>Projects - Creating Space for Birds and People at BJ Bishop Wetlands - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/projects/presidio-planters</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Elevated planters have been installed at the Presidio Activity Center for a small vegetable garden.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Participants at one of the workshops selecting seeds for growing at home.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A community survey was undertaken to better understand the situation prior to programming development.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Presidio Planters program is generously funded by Wellpoint. Seeds for the elementary school garden were donated by Native Seeds through a Community Seed Grant.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-09-27</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-15</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Planting trees at the Alpine Retirement Homes with Sul Ross student volunteers, Will Juett of Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Adelina Beall at City of Alpine Environmental Services.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Planting trees at the Marfa Housing Authority in partnership with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church made possible by an Episcopal Church Creation Care grant.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Planting trees for residents in Marfa.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Planting trees at the Alpine Retirement Homes with Sul Ross student volunteers.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Tree Planting in the Big Bend - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-09-27</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Major (left) and minor (right) aquifers in Texas and county boundaries. Image: Texas Water Development Board</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation has generously provided the match, which supports the development of the shared data module.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-15</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Marfa Housing Authority before (top) with mercury vapor fixtures and after (bottom) with fully shielded fixtures installed. Notice in the bottom image how you can’t see the lights in the background because they are now fully shielded.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>BBCA provides financial assistance to homeowners who switch out mercury vapor fixtures (left) with dark sky compliant fixtures (right).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Serious Starlight is supported by the public through a GoFundMe fundraiser. Additional funds have been raised for the program through the generosity of Albert &amp; Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Big Bend Telephone, Permian Basin Area Foundation, Still Water Foundation, Tito's Handmade Vodka, and Union Pacific Foundation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Small focus groups were convened to discuss the needs of community members for the site design.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-06-22</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Low light photography workshop held at Chinati Foundation for Marfa High School students.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Low light photography workshop at Presidio High School.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Professor Steve Goff with Presidio ISD students during the workshop.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-06-22</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Catfish and the endangered Comanche Springs pupfish at Balmorhea State Park’s spring fed pool fed by the San Solomon Spring system.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rebecca Nunu, SwRI researcher collecting water samples at Balmorhea State Park.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>SwRI researcher setting up a probe at East Sandia spring.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - Balmorhea Springs Water Study - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hydrologic Conceptualization of the Balmorhea Spring Complex in the Lower Delaware Basin has been generously funded by the High Tide Foundation and the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation.</image:caption>
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