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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2026/3/28/yrk-lewisville-paddle</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/8/8/camping</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/donnaha-old421-cleanup</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-15</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/paddle-parade</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-19</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/cleanup-and-paddle</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-03</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/5/6/aca-kayaking-101</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-06</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/5/10/south-yadkin-river-canoe-and-kayak-race</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-06</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/6/14/farm-to-fork-dinner</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-13</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/know-your-watershed-sy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-28</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/4/25/orientation</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-25</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/4/26/piedmont-earth-day-fair</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-04</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/4/12/earth-day-jam</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-04</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/4/12/lewisville-earth-day</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-04</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/4/6/crafthalf-half-marathon-5k-1m-amp-block-party</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-10</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/3/29/yrk-creek-week-paddle</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-09</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/3/24/state-of-our-water</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-04</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/3/25/american-river</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-06</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/1/29/annual-membership-meeting</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-13</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2025/3/22/creek-week-cleanup-with-yrk</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-13</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/10/8/yrk-voter-registration-social</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - YRK Voter Registration Social - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/10/19/great-trails-state-day-paddle</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-10-17</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/10/2/volunteer-appreciation</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-30</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/9/21/hrl-cleansweep</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - 2024 High Rock Lake Clean Sweep - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/10/6/yadktober-fest</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-10-02</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/9/21/row-co-river-adventures-sunset-paddle</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-27</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/9/14/water-and-whiskey-tasting</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-03</lastmod>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/8/18/moonlight-paddle-at-easy-bend-river-farms</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-16</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/6/29/paddle-parade-2024-york-hill-access</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-06-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - Paddle Parade 2024- York Hill Access at Yadkin River Park</image:title>
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      <image:title>Events - Paddle Parade 2024- York Hill Access at Yadkin River Park</image:title>
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      <image:title>Events - Paddle Parade 2024- York Hill Access at Yadkin River Park</image:title>
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      <image:title>Events - Paddle Parade 2024- York Hill Access at Yadkin River Park</image:title>
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      <image:title>Events - Paddle Parade 2024- York Hill Access at Yadkin River Park</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/5/31/american-river-film-showing-at-nc-trail-days</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-09</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1819e4b6-8603-4cab-95fb-810cd50709a3/MV5BOGI0MDNkYmItNWUxZC00MDA5LWE0NWMtYWExOWYzYjA3OTc4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTYyNTI1NTI4._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg</image:loc>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/7/15/crater-park-to-carolina-heritage-vineyard-2024</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-19</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/f16efd70-8828-45bc-89ab-2656e6ac369f/carolinaheritagewinery.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Crater Park to Carolina Heritage Vineyard paddle - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/5/18/kayaking-101-pilot-mountain-yadkin-river</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-05-03</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - Kayaking 101 (Pilot Mountain – Yadkin River) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/5/4/river-daisy-revival</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-04-30</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/15ee6f37-6d32-4a9f-b135-eb88df0ede1f/440440127_18022330721164259_2794956078643208351_n.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - River Daisy Revival - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>Events - River Daisy Revival - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/5/31/trail-days-cleanup</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-05-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - Yadkin River Cleanup and Paddle (Ronda to Crater Park) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/4/20/earth-day-jam</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-04-11</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/4/20/piedmont-earth-day-fair</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-04-11</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/4/20/crafthalf</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-04-11</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/4/13/lewisville-earth-day</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-04-11</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/5/11/farm-to-fork</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-05-09</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/3/21/the-yadkin-river-a-watershed-of-history</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-02-15</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1977f3aa-4a0a-4b89-ab05-d5dbce4e8789/randell+jones.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - The Yadkin River- A Watershed of History - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/3/16/creek-week-cleanup-with-yrk</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-14</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/e820139e-b2c9-4c6a-ae65-0b3a45b6f6b3/276310359_10158667803093837_6739932576384450994_n.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Forsyth County Creek Week Cleanup with YRK - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2024/1/30/yrk-annual-meeting</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/4bd9a88d-313e-4b5f-a6bc-e9e29b5c0947/KtC.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2024 YRK Annual Membership Meeting - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/11/27/communities-of-the-river-online-holiday-auction</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-11-27</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/9b2893d9-73d8-4678-943c-a0130e49828a/2023+COTR+auction+cover+new+dates.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Communities of the River Online Holiday Auction - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>Events - Communities of the River Online Holiday Auction - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/11/6/mystery-wine-pull</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-11-10</lastmod>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/10/14/oyster-roast-2023</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-10-03</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - Oyster Roast 2023 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/9/9/pilot-mountain-state-park-paddle</loc>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/9/22/daniel-boone-heritage-canoe-trail-paddle</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-09-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - Daniel Boone Heritage Canoe Trail Paddle - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/9/1/happy-valley-paddle</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-09-03</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/9/1/lunch-and-learn-with-yadkin-riverkeeper-edgar-miller</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-08-21</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/9/19/water-and-whiskey-tasting</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-07-28</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/8/10/ripple-effect-red-wolves-amp-river-conservation</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-07-24</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/9/17/high-rock-lake-clean-sweep-4e9wz</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-06</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/8/13/artworks-gallery-presents-water-a-full-member-exhibition-celebrating-the-life-giving-properties-of-water</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-07-21</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/7/15/crater-park-to-carolina-heritage-vineyard-paddle</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-03</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/6/17/uwharrie-river-paddle</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-06-14</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/examining-environmental-injustice</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-06-01</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/6/2/yadkin-river-cleanup-and-paddle-ronda-to-crater-park</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-16</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/6/8/free-screening-of-the-smell-of-money</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-05-18</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/4/21/lunch-and-learn-with-yadkin-riverkeeper</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-17</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/5/13/south-yadkin-river-canoe-amp-kayak-race</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-04-12</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/farm-to-fork</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-05-17</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/4/1/crafthalf-volunteers-needed</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-04-10</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/4/8/the-great-yadkin-riverkeeper-earth-day-cleanup</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-04-14</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/3/18/forsyth-county-creek-week-cleanup-with-yrk</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-02-06</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2023/1/30/2023-yrk-annual-meeting</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-01-26</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/11/29/communities-of-the-river-online-holiday-auction</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-11-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - Communities of the River Online Holiday Auction - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/9/17/davidsonrowan-county-creek-weeks</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-09-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/4bf19806-eb03-4217-bfd0-991d1f57c187/Davidson+Co.+Creek+Week+Flyer+%281%29.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Davidson/Rowan County Creek Weeks - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/9/24/yadkin-river-park-cleanup</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-09-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/2974cdd6-151a-4d32-9c5f-8c62b7abee6d/IMG_7718.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Yadkin River Park Cleanup - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/9/21/yrkdavidson-county-creek-week-reception-at-bob-timberlake-gallery</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-09-10</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/64e785dd-c6f3-454e-b0ab-1e96464c0386/Bob+Timberlake-fit%281000%2C600%29.b1bce313.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK/Davidson County Creek Week Reception at Bob Timberlake Gallery - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/69914cc1-2865-4a4d-a8a2-104e3d069101/ACT50+blue.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK/Davidson County Creek Week Reception at Bob Timberlake Gallery - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/6cc8d6d4-5532-44c6-b734-fb4a2bd11068/logo-broad-branch-distillery-1x.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK/Davidson County Creek Week Reception at Bob Timberlake Gallery - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1602854182660-WY60JC393TL145LH1QV2/yadkin%2Bcanoe%2Bcopy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK/Davidson County Creek Week Reception at Bob Timberlake Gallery - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/10/2/yrk-oyster-roast</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-10-29</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/b9fd3720-5761-4752-9fe3-c7c9d547bdfb/Screenshot+2022-09-07+093419.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK Oyster Roast - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1662556697616-B20F263ULDH1OTEM5ZEH/raffaldini-vineyards.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK Oyster Roast - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>Events - YRK Oyster Roast - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/9/17/high-rock-lake-clean-sweep</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-07-20</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/f41593a3-548d-44be-a7d7-76867681a1f7/HRL+Clean+Sweep+2022.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - High Rock Lake Clean Sweep - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/8/20/roaring-river-paddle</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-08-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/4ba5a0a2-e5ad-4ff5-9242-bc6491f2573f/RRMouth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Roaring River Paddle - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/7/30/old-421-park-to-huntsvilleshallow-ford-20-minute-shuttle-54-miles</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-24</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/6/4/nc-trail-days-speaker-series-sustainability-forum</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-05-27</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/yadkin-river-cleanup-and-paddle-ronda-to-crater-park</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-05-31</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/3679a48c-cc9c-4d05-b631-e50bacd2bdbc/NC%2BTrail%2BDays.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Yadkin River Cleanup and Paddle (Ronda to Crater Park) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/4/25/2022-yrk-annual-meeting</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/94bc49cf-6ffc-46f7-8dd8-44e80fa23761/50954287_10156065139308837_8900453971517243392_n.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2022 YRK Annual Meeting - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/3/22/rain-water-harvesting-small-scale-applications</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-03-14</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/acef93df-a617-4a07-ae7d-63afa80520f8/https+_cdn.evbuc.com_images_202046469_268204615638_1_original.20211216-211248.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Rain Water Harvesting: Small Scale Applications - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/6e134e8c-42c6-49c8-b62e-a1a78def2829/Extension%2Blogo.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Rain Water Harvesting: Small Scale Applications - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/3/15/mllxbytx2sxudjn4kuuoy0kvz8ukgb</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-03-14</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/144a869a-0388-4f2e-b79f-788a7dc6fefb/lost+rivers.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Lost Rivers - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/f768383a-41e0-499e-9f58-cd68a04f30fe/temple+emanuel.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Lost Rivers - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/6/18/carolina-heritage-winery-2022</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-06-16</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/ed5a2f1f-6ebd-4868-8069-e53d402b2981/carolinaheritagewinery.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Crater Park to Carolina Heritage Vineyard (15 minute shuttle, 6.1 mile) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/5/21/falls-reservoir-2022</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-05-14</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/aab5335c-903a-44fc-81ec-0f68d9dc1427/fallsreservoir3.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Falls Reservoir (Scenic Lake Paddle, no shuttle, 4.4 mile) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/4/16/great-yadkin-river-bridge-earth-day-cleanup-t7hap</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-04-14</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/6c1dba64-4ca9-4f4c-afbe-3b220bdb5474/CleanupLogo2022.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Great Yadkin River Bridge Earth Day Cleanup</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/4/2/craft-half-volunteers-needed</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-02-22</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/d7152f58-5ee4-45a5-b01e-77c7746c7011/37333643_275949676507907_4733969471125848064_n.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Craft Half (VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/3/21/the-past-present-and-future-of-the-yadkin-river</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-02-23</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/47843d03-f05f-4e9c-834c-5a046c3aef5d/JomeokeeFrRiver.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - The Past, Present, and Future of the Yadkin River - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2022/fccwcleanup</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-02-07</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/a95fcce9-557e-4777-8918-6a9b38e253cd/FB_IMG_1559004457067.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Forsyth County Creek Week Cleanup with YRK - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021auction</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-12-10</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/70cd3d53-8e1b-4a85-bcb7-16dd3252503e/2021+holiday+auction.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Communities of the River Online Holiday Auction - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/11/13/farm-to-fork-bbq-fundraiser-at-new-sarum-brewing</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-11-05</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/f91dc8db-a039-48b1-9602-98cd95887420/Farm+to+Fork+BBQ.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Farm to Fork BBQ Fundraiser at New Sarum Brewing - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/11/12/oyster-roast</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-11-01</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1634991242559-PWJGRQP3V8JASM7HGC61/save+the+date+banner.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK Oyster Roast - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1634992171957-8DB5DA5RL7H1QB95WOFP/raffaldini-vineyards.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK Oyster Roast - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Raffaldini Vineyards and Winery</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/9/18/high-rock-lake-clean-sweep</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-09-13</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1631204730078-Q5FWZKKDH8QZW5EQEENB/149354415_1860277167459559_8758655487238729509_n.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - High Rock Lake Clean Sweep - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/10/9/roaring-river-canoe-access-to-ronda-10-minute-shuttle-775-mile-paddle</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-10-14</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/9/25/old-421-park-to-huntsvilleshallow-ford-20-minute-shuttle-54-miles</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-09-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/7/11/environmental-art-creation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-08-14</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1628939584617-4YUX656YLUPXDZGTM2XJ/Environmental+Art+Creation+%28Instagram%29.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Environmental Art Creation - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1628939862315-4NESXZCK2LJ7RJLLV6DB/environmental+art+activity.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Environmental Art Creation - 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>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/8/27/rowan-creek-week-hydropower-history-of-the-yadkin-and-hrl-dam-tour</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-08-10</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1628256567158-ZUQPVWE9T4FHDUVDBYR0/HRL+Dam+Tour.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Rowan Creek Week: Hydropower History of the Yadkin and HRL Dam Tour - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/8/28/rowan-creek-week-kayak-paddle-demo</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-07-30</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/8/22/joint-davidson-county-creek-week-dccw-and-rowan-creek-week-rcw-kick-off-at-yadkin-river-park</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-08-10</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/8/25/abbotts-creek-cypress-grove-paddle</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-08-19</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1629392252194-ZLMDEBN8102ZEJUGRVFC/Abbotts+Creek+Cypress+Grove.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Abbotts Creek Cypress Grove Paddle- Highway 47 Bridge (No Shuttle, 2-3 miles) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/7/17/july-speaker-series-xap88</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-07-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1625850667330-0VQRK8L8DZNK112F8A3N/V2+July+Summer+Speaker+Series-+Dr.+Sharon+Grant.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Summer Speaker Series: Lunch &amp;amp; Learn with Rev. Dr. Sharon Grant on Black Church History within the Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin - 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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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/6/27/stream-health-activity</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-06-23</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1624285492916-EBV5BK2FNGANH9GL9GLN/Stream+Health+%40+Shaffner+Park+v.+2.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Stream Health Activity (A Youth and Family STEM Event) - 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>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1624466738262-41D8Z3435DM0MB6QZR7B/Shaffner+Park+Map.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Stream Health Activity (A Youth and Family STEM Event) - 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>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/6/19/fallsreservoir</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-06-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1622135655933-PC4O0J932J9LDYXJMJ79/falls+reservoir+3.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Falls Reservoir (Scenic Lake Paddle, no shuttle, 4.4 mile) - 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>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/5/28/may-speaker-series</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-07-09</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1621610365819-UFY2KBRS7X9BVBAJS87D/May+Summer+Speaker+Series-+Brian+Fannon+vf+2.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Summer Speaker Series: Lunch &amp;amp; Learn with Brian Fannon on the History of the Yadkin River - 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>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/3/30/yadkin-river-clean-up-and-paddle-ronda-to-crater-park</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-06-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1617131073235-BKKHZ8COBUMUAHRZ4HOT/NC+Trail+Days.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Yadkin River Clean Up and Paddle (Ronda to Crater Park)</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1617198057261-4O7X0XONASFFP2JTY10N/20190531_165343.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Yadkin River Clean Up and Paddle (Ronda to Crater Park)</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/4/17/great-yadkin-river-bridge-earth-day-cleanup</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-02-23</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1615821688282-AVB6TJMI75F9IAORKEZL/Great+Yadkin+River+Bridge+Clean+Up+Logo.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Great Yadkin River Bridge Earth Day Cleanup</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/3/27/salem-creek-wetlands-cleanup</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-03-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/3/22/roadmap-to-a-cleaner-yadkin-a-virtual-brown-bag-lunch-with-yadkin-riverkeeper</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-03-22</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2021/1/21/7mcb75y7kfqzb7j319ddi8mvb7083s</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-01-22</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1611320875991-UJ5CX7DAAMGN2G5EVX1J/Annual+Meeting+1+correct+day.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK's 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1611234717142-NI11YDB5L6A7FRIB331I/Steve+Ilderton.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK's 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1611234757091-CSNK25258L7VCHAN4YB6/young.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK's 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1611234816326-P4LGU0DNVK3278NFRPT9/IMG_0018.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK's 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1611234853657-EXWJZOBG02CR31FU9W0E/Kerry_Caslow.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - YRK's 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2020/11/27/yadkin-river-park-optoutside-black-friday-litter-cleanup</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-10-23</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1603412556578-7HU6X1IA1X3PTEFK60BC/119733613_1204968576543434_7950852014881823975_o.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Yadkin River Park #OptOutside Black Friday Litter Cleanup</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2020/9/19/2020-high-rock-lake-clean-sweep</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1599771738954-VDPTICLC6THP06557D57/78786334_1442231265930820_7616109289446309888_o.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - High Rock Lake Clean Sweep</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1600343483531-ND8D4BDV0KV8MRZANEHX/hrl+sponsors.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - High Rock Lake Clean Sweep</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2020/10/10/2020-roaring-river-canoe-access-to-ronda-historic-members-only-paddle-10-minute-shuttle-775-mile-float</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-07-13</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1594636591759-MIW3FO6R96YHLVZRYWO4/RRMouth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2020 Roaring River Canoe Access to Ronda Historic Members-Only Paddle (10 minute shuttle, 7.75 mile float)</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2020/8/15/2020-crater-park-to-carolina-heritage-winery-historic-members-only-paddle-15-minute-shuttle-61-mile-float</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-09-10</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1594636422706-IUKQ4ZXB04D61Y6G7DX9/0803191411.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Rescheduled 2020 Crater Park to Carolina Heritage Winery Historic Members-Only Paddle (15 minute shuttle, 6.1 mile float)</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2020/7/25/2020-64-access-to-801-historic-members-only-paddle-12-minute-shuttle-93-mile-float</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-07-23</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1594635692705-DCTPY58HDUWQVQRO9EH9/64+access.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2020 64 access to 801 Historic Members-Only Paddle (12 minute shuttle, 9.3 mile float)</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2020/6/27/2020-falls-reservoir-members-only-scenic-lake-paddle-no-shuttle-44-mile-float</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-06-25</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2020/3/11/volunteer-appreciation-night</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-03-06</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1583423628675-XPXVTJB33ZVXFU6LKJLR/Volunteer+Appreciation+Night.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Volunteer Appreciation Night</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2020/1/10/yadkin-riverkeeper-2020-annual-meeting</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-01-30</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1578673873965-5V0NHZTLCD607PPLU31C/Copy+of+annual+meeting+3-2.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Yadkin Riverkeeper 2020 Annual Meeting</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/12/11/a-panel-discussion-on-the-future-of-the-yadkin-river-and-high-rock-lake</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-11-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1573827381104-98SSSYV9SIL2ZAS67P01/CR+DFTR.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - A Panel Discussion on the Future of the Yadkin River and High Rock Lake</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1573827122150-CICA5MG7A0E7FC6189EU/Untitled+design-2.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - A Panel Discussion on the Future of the Yadkin River and High Rock Lake</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/9/27/carolina-jubilee</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-09-13</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1568364254492-4JJU7CSWHTUXWORVULUQ/Carolina-Jubliee-2019-logo.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Carolina Jubilee</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/9/21/7w3n8uv8wlus63t49amk84jllisx23</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-09-13</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1568382017223-L703CT5EQD56PJ86P3CI/2019+CLEANSWEEP+FLYER+August+logos-page-001.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - High Rock Lake Clean Sweep</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/9/13/dance-for-the-river-opening-reception</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-09-13</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1568382530700-AOJL31NWYPQBDAYEY7T5/Shoals+from+Dance+for+the+River+by+Christine+Rucker.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - Dance for the River Opening Reception</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/9/7/2019-historic-paddle-roaring-river-to-ronda</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-08-27</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1556045668278-1VT9RYVX4A6CC20J67VE/Historic+Paddle+Graphic+for+Store+.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 MEMBERS ONLY HISTORIC PADDLE: Cultural Heritage Tour (7.9 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1551996644885-E395N9PYTRMOGUOU3ODN/GOPC16-main-logo-2color-1200x300-web.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 MEMBERS ONLY HISTORIC PADDLE: Cultural Heritage Tour (7.9 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1554413492771-5IB23Q3VPONOF6QMONYZ/LRB+Log_newLRBred.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 MEMBERS ONLY HISTORIC PADDLE: Cultural Heritage Tour (7.9 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/8/3/2019-yadkin-riverkeeper-tour-carolina-heritage-winery-paddle</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-04-23</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1556045767781-V4QCDKI25GSFVYJ3VGQM/YRK+Tour+for+Store.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 YADKIN RIVERKEEPER TOUR: Carolina Heritage Vineyard &amp;amp; Winery (6.8 miles)</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1551994018181-EUBAZ76G3I2I2NBGN0GW/GOPC16-main-logo-2color-1200x300-web.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 YADKIN RIVERKEEPER TOUR: Carolina Heritage Vineyard &amp;amp; Winery (6.8 miles)</image:title>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1554413669230-9BBTZL692AO9HXR2JN6U/LRB+Log_newLRBred.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 YADKIN RIVERKEEPER TOUR: Carolina Heritage Vineyard &amp;amp; Winery (6.8 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/7/20/2019-historic-paddle-native-american-amp-natural-culture</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-07-16</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1556045498358-P4QKLNXDZJY7QEHF9NS6/Historic+Paddle+Graphic+for+Store+.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 MEMBERS ONLY HISTORIC PADDLE: Native American &amp;amp; Cultural Heritage Tour (6.6 miles)</image:title>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1551993170470-E242FNW0MXFLWO979ECL/GOPC16-main-logo-2color-1200x300-web.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 MEMBERS ONLY HISTORIC PADDLE: Native American &amp;amp; Cultural Heritage Tour (6.6 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1554413038561-LSQHAL6QQC0N1QD29B28/LRB+Log_newLRBred.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 MEMBERS ONLY HISTORIC PADDLE: Native American &amp;amp; Cultural Heritage Tour (6.6 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/6/23/2019-yadkin-riverkeeper-tour-summer-solstice-paddle</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-08-12</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1556045891761-LAKW602XR8H2TRLKPX2Y/YRK+Tour+for+Store.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 YADKIN RIVERKEEPER TOUR: Paddle &amp;amp; Potluck (9 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1551991959762-WXWMTR6BGADNQTQD024X/GOPC16-main-logo-2color-1200x300-web.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 YADKIN RIVERKEEPER TOUR: Paddle &amp;amp; Potluck (9 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1554412430305-4R1K73N5PFFK3YEWG4FX/LRB+Log_newLRBred.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 YADKIN RIVERKEEPER TOUR: Paddle &amp;amp; Potluck (9 miles)</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/5/18/2019-historic-paddle-wilcox-bridge</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-05-09</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1556045341939-O4DPLB6EFLI5PTRN8Y9F/Historic+Paddle+Graphic+for+Store+.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 Members-Only Historic Paddle: Yadkin River Park, Davidson County (4 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1551989896704-OF7CYOBMLNRZM4XEI0RA/GOPC16-main-logo-2color-1200x300-web.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 Members-Only Historic Paddle: Yadkin River Park, Davidson County (4 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/1554412863899-7K4KC0KPU74T9RVZP8JG/LRB+Log_newLRBred.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events - 2019 Members-Only Historic Paddle: Yadkin River Park, Davidson County (4 miles)</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/5/11/south-yadkin-river-canoe-amp-kayak-race</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-05-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - South Yadkin River Canoe &amp;amp; Kayak Race</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/4/19/salisbury-earth-day-jam</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-28</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/3/28/book-discussion-yadkin-passage-with-author-floyd-rogers</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-13</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - FORSYTH CREEK WEEK BOOK DISCUSSION: "Yadkin Passage" with Author Floyd Rogers</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/3/27/make-your-voice-heard-to-protect-clean-water</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-13</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TO PROTECT CLEAN WATER</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/3/30/forsyth-creek-week-clean-up</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/4/19/opening-reception-dance-for-the-river</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-04-15</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - OPENING RECEPTION: DANCE FOR THE RIVER</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/4/18/dance-for-the-river-at-foothills-arts-council</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - DANCE FOR THE RIVER  at Foothills Arts Council</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/4/6/crafthalf-half-marathon-5k-amp-community-block-party</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-14</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/4/13/yadkin-riverkeeper-at-piedmont-earth-day-fair</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - YADKIN RIVERKEEPER AT PIEDMONT EARTH DAY FAIR</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/3/31/quarry-lake-walk</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - QUARRY LAKE WALK</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/2/28/forsyth-creek-week</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-13</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events - FORSYTH CREEK WEEK: STREAM RESTORATION: WHAT IS IT AND WHY DO IT?</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/events/2019/1/29/2019-yadkin-riverkeeper-annual-meeting</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-03-07</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-09</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2026/3/6/forsyth-creek-week-2026</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-06</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/meredith-named-development-director</loc>
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      <image:caption>A sampling site at Badin Lake</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Site of the former Alcoa aluminum smelter plant in Badin, NC. The Alcoa-Badin Landfill is the grassy area bottom left adjacent to the community of West Badin. The Badin Lake boat access area is in the upper right corner.  Note in this photo that all but two of the smelter buildings, which are now gone, have been removed raising questions about the impact of the demolition on the community and water resources.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Round 1: NC DEQ Issues Draft Stormwater Permit for Alcoa Badin Business Park – Public Hearing Set for August 19 in Albemarle - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Alcoa Badin Business Park Draft NPDES Permit Outfall Map</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Round 1: NC DEQ Issues Draft Stormwater Permit for Alcoa Badin Business Park – Public Hearing Set for August 19 in Albemarle - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Outfall 11 on Badin Lake</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Round 1: NC DEQ Issues Draft Stormwater Permit for Alcoa Badin Business Park – Public Hearing Set for August 19 in Albemarle - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Discharge at Outfall 5, which eventually flows into Little Mountain Creek, cited for fluoride violations more than 20 times by NCDEQ from 2020-24.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/mocksville</loc>
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      <image:title>News - Mocksville Wastewater Treatment Plant Impacted By Toxic Discharge - 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.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/hrl-update</loc>
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      <image:title>News - High Rock Lake Rules Update: Purpose and Scope Rule Draft and Riparian Buffer Rule Draft Release - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>News - High Rock Lake Rules Update: Purpose and Scope Rule Draft and Riparian Buffer Rule Draft Release - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>News - High Rock Lake Rules Update: Purpose and Scope Rule Draft and Riparian Buffer Rule Draft Release - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>News - High Rock Lake Rules Update: Purpose and Scope Rule Draft and Riparian Buffer Rule Draft Release - 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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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/flight-blog-yadkin-lakes</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Flight #3327 Blog – Yadkin Lakes/Alcoa Demolition/Uwharrie River - 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>News - Flight #3327 Blog – Yadkin Lakes/Alcoa Demolition/Uwharrie River - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Time for takeoff.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/0a047ef3-4e4c-4910-aa5b-fff1fd72bc08/flight2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>News - Flight #3327 Blog – Yadkin Lakes/Alcoa Demolition/Uwharrie River - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Confluence of the Yadkin and South Yadkin Rivers, Davie, Davidson and Rowan Counties.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Flight #3327 Blog – Yadkin Lakes/Alcoa Demolition/Uwharrie River - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yadkin River Park, York Hill Access, Wil-Cox Bridge, Highway 29, Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge and I-85 all at the historic “Trading Ford.”  The river is a bit muddy due to recent storms. We must protect river buffers and prevent urban and agricultural runoff to reduce sediments and nutrients entering the Yadkin and its Lakes.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Flight #3327 Blog – Yadkin Lakes/Alcoa Demolition/Uwharrie River - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ongoing work at Duke Energy’s Buck Power Station in Rowan County. Progress being made thanks to YRK’s lawsuit to require Duke to remove and recycle 6.5 million tons of coal ash disposed of at the site.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Looking back up River at Duke’s Buck Power Station, now fueled by natural gas, not coal, and the STAR coal ash recycling facility (white domed structure in the center of the photo).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Small swine breeding facility on High Rock Lake in Rowan County. Thankfully, only one in the immediate watershed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>High Rock Lake/Yadkin River in all its Summer glory.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Now forested mud flats deposited in the upper portion of High Rock Lake over 100 years since the construction of the High Rock Dam.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ever growing sand bar deposited at the mouth of Swearing Creek in the upper portion of High Rock Lake. The now almost 25’ high sandbar is cutting off access to the main lake for homeowners along the mouth of Swearing Creek in Davidson County. Studies are ongoing to look at the feasibility of dredging this area.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Skip Jack Marina on High Rock Lake in Davidson County where YRK keeps our boat.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>High Rock Dam.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tuckertown Reservoir.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Newsom Cove paddle access covered in Black Mat Algae.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Albemarle water treatment plant on Tuckertown Reservoir, which has been cited for violations of state water quality standards as a result of having to treat its water with cooper to kill the algae in its reservoirs.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Albemarle water intake on Tuckertown Reservoir near coves full of Harmful Algal Blooms.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Significant Black Mat Algae bloom on Badin Lake near Uwharrie Point. Already this bad and it’s only June.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Flight #3327 Blog – Yadkin Lakes/Alcoa Demolition/Uwharrie River - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Six-and-a-half of Alcoa’s smelter buildings in Badin have been removed from the site raising concerns in the community about toxic dust clouds and contaminated stormwater runoff.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Narrows Dam and Badin Lake on a hazy summer day.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Falls Dam and Reservoir, Stanly and Montgomery County.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Morrow Mountain State Park and Lake Tillery.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lake Tillery Dam and the beginning of the Pee Dee River, which is the end of Yadkin Riverkeeper’s Waterkeeper Alliance jurisdiction.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Uwharrie River in the Uwharrie National Forest, Montgomery County.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Flight #3327 Blog – Yadkin Lakes/Alcoa Demolition/Uwharrie River - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Growing number of poultry houses in the Uwharrie watershed. Counted nearly 90 in Montgomery and Randolph Counties.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/4c4baca5-cad7-4a4c-b80d-f6632df6dff9/flight24.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>News - Flight #3327 Blog – Yadkin Lakes/Alcoa Demolition/Uwharrie River - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Major industrial developments are occurring in the watershed, including Nucor Steel’s new “mini-mill” in southern Davidson County, which will melt down scrap metal in an electric arc furnace to produce steel rebar.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/b98a8bd5-a2db-40da-a91a-2284a18d0427/flight25.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>News - Flight #3327 Blog – Yadkin Lakes/Alcoa Demolition/Uwharrie River - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Along with industrial development, comes places for workers to live. These tract developments are becoming increasingly common throughout the watershed, but particularly in the more urbanizing counties like Davidson and Stanly.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Coming in for the landing at the Davidson County airport.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>SouthWings pilot Holliday Obrecht, III and his sweet ride. Thanks so much Holliday for getting us where we need to be to see what’s going on in our watershed.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2025/6/27/nc-trail-days-in-elkin</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-27</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/badin-lake-sampling</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Badin Lake Sampling Takes on New Urgency With Ongoing Demolition of Alcoa Smelter Buildings - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Six of eight smelter buildings at Alcoa’s shuttered aluminum plant have been torn down leading to concerns about the release of toxic dust clouds and contaminated dust suppression water and stormwater runoff.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Badin Lake Sampling Takes on New Urgency With Ongoing Demolition of Alcoa Smelter Buildings - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dust cloud being released from Alcoa demolition activities. YRK has asked NCDEQ to monitor air and water releases.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Badin Lake Sampling Takes on New Urgency With Ongoing Demolition of Alcoa Smelter Buildings - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Concerned Citizens of West Badin co-chair Richard Leak and Protect Badin Lake co-president, Colleen McDaniel, both of whom serve on YRK’s Board, discuss the water/soil sampling plan with Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic co-director Ryke Longest (center) and Clinic students Mark Lamendola and Chloe Wetzler.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Badin Lake Sampling Takes on New Urgency With Ongoing Demolition of Alcoa Smelter Buildings - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The group with Dr. Nancy Lauer, staff scientist and lecturing fellow with the DELPC, before heading out to sample outfalls on Badin Lake and water and soil in Little Mountain Creek.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Badin Lake Sampling Takes on New Urgency With Ongoing Demolition of Alcoa Smelter Buildings - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Lauer sharing sample bottles with Yadkin Riverkeeper Edgar Miller.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Badin Lake Sampling Takes on New Urgency With Ongoing Demolition of Alcoa Smelter Buildings - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Heading out to sample stormwater outfalls on Badin Lake.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Badin Lake Sampling Takes on New Urgency With Ongoing Demolition of Alcoa Smelter Buildings - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Coming ashore to sample Outfall 13.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Badin Lake Sampling Takes on New Urgency With Ongoing Demolition of Alcoa Smelter Buildings - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Outfall 13, which drains contaminated stormwater into Badin Lake less that 100 feet from the public swimming area.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Labeling sample bottles.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bringing the samples in for analysis.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Yadkin Riverkeeper Edgar Miller on Badin Lake.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2025springappeal</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/alcoa-demolition</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-30</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/triennial-review</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-29</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Some of the Riverkeepers and speakers at the Triennial Review in Raleigh</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nicole presenting comments to advocate for stronger water quality protections</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/waterhub</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-29</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The newly constructed 5,000 square feet WaterHub facility located at Reynolds American’s Tobaccoville Operations Center.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Reynolds American executive vice president for operations Bernd Meyer (right) and H20 Innovation COO Guillaume Clairet sample some of the recycled water that exceeds state drinking water standards.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>H20 Innovation COO Clairet and Reynolds executive VP Meyer cut the ribbon.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Flow chart of the WaterHub process.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A facility operator explains the process with moisture loving tropical plants in the background.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The dirty wastewater, which H2O Innovation calls a “resource to be mined.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The finished product.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New pollinator garden at the WaterHub planted by Reynolds American employees as part of this year’s Earth Day celebration. The garden will be irrigated by water from the facility.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/forsyth-creek-week</loc>
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      <image:caption>American River Director Scott Morris</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2025/3/28/flight-3299-blog</loc>
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      <image:caption>Riverkeeper Edgar Miller and Riverkeeper assistant Nicole Eastman ready to take off.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ongoing removal and recycling of coal ash at Duke Energy’s Buck Power Station in Rowan County prompted by a Yadkin Riverkeeper lawsuit filed on our behalf by the Southern Environmental Law Center.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Recently completed children’s playground, restrooms, dog park and parking (upper right center) and new visitor center (left center) at Davidson County’s Yadkin River Park. I-85 to the right.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Confluence of the South Yadkin and Yadkin with Salisbury-Rowan’s current drinking water intake on the main stem above the confluence, which is being moved to below the confluence due to flooding of the pump station (red building upper right center). Hannah’s Ferry boat access and YRK sampling site just above the pump station. Large sand mine just below the confluence.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ox bow on the South Yadkin at its confluence with Second Creek in Rowan County.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Low water at “Bull Hole” in the RiverPark at Cooleemee Falls.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cooleemee Junction access area and railroad trestle. The second of two YRK sampling sites for the South Yadkin Watershed Restoration Plan.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Manure spreading in Iredell County.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tyson Foods rendering plant near Harmony, NC along Hunting Creek and the South Yadkin. This plant makes pet food from chicken processing waste from Tyson’s Wilkesboro processing plant and has a permitted wastewater treatment plant that YRK reviews periodically.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Large solar energy installation in Yadkin County. The upper Yadkin River watershed is a major producer of solar energy.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Historic Rockford village perched above the Yadkin River in Surry County. Rockford once served as the county seat for Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin Counties before they were divided.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Looking downstream on the Yadkin River below Rockford between Surry and Yadkin Counties.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jomeokee (Pilot Mountain), Sauratown Mountain and Hanging Rock in the background.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ararat River in Surry County at Quaker Church Road.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Confluence of the Ararat and Yadkin Rivers and hopefully, future site of a Yadkin River State Trail access on Pilot Mountain State Park land in the upper right corner.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pilot Mountain State Park River Section</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Officially designated Donnaha Yadkin River State Trail access in Yadkin County.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Yadkin Islands below Donnaha. Potential future site for overnight river camping.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Shallow Ford Daylily Farm in Yadkin County where YRK host the annual Yadktober Fest in October.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Riverwalk lots being created near the River and Tanglewood Park. There have been rumors that the development may have stopped at least temporarily. Let’s hope so.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Coming in for a smooth landing.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Flight #3299 Blog – South Yadkin and Mid-Yadkin River Basin - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Many thanks to SouthWings and volunteer pilot Holliday Obrecht, III for getting us the bird’s eye view of a portion of our watershed safely and efficiently.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2025/3/28/hs-field-trip</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Piedmont Environmental Alliance’s High School Field Trip Day - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nicole Eastman, Riverkeeper Assistant presenting to a group of High School students at Winston Lake</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photo Credit: Sarah Hahne, Ardmore Photography | Riverkeeper Edgar Miller presenting at High School Field Trip Day</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brushy Fork Creek and Winston Lake are part of the Upper Salem Creek Watershed shown above.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/water-quality-advocate</loc>
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      <image:title>News - YRK Staff Position Update: Water Quality Advocate and Deep River Riverkeeper - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Stephanie Stephens</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Outline of the Deep River, NC</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-28</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Crossing the Highway 17 Bridge just north of Georgetown, SC looking up the Great Pee Dee River before its confluence with the Waccamaw River to form Winyah Bay.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Yadkin Riverkeeper Edgar Miller by the vast salt marshes surrounding Winyah Bay.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Yadkin Pee Dee watershed map at the excellent South Carolina Maritime Museum, founded by Lexington, NC native, the late Sid Hood.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>No explanation needed. We did see one baby alligator along the Georgetown docks.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Severe shoreline erosion along East Bay Park in Georgetown. The pylons have been placed to hold bamboo and other natural materials to serve as a natural barrier to wave erosion.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ongoing shoreline restoration at Georgetown’s East Bay Park including oyster bed cages.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Conservation workers under contract with The Nature Conservancy to install shoreline protection measures.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bamboo and other natural materials being used in the shoreline restoration project.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Very nice kayak launch area.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>State of the art kayak put in at East Bay Kayak Launch.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Overlooking the waters of Winyah Bay and contemplating the journey of the water from the headwaters of the Yadkin River along the Blue Ridge mountains, nearly 500 river miles away.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Current and future waterkeepers of the Carolinas along the Waccamaw River, including YRK’s Riverkeeper assistant/watershed protection specialist, Nicole Eastman (third from the left), and YRK’s water quality advocate, Stephanie Stephens (first on the right), who has recently been named as the Deep River Riverkeeper.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2025/1/27/yrst-in-review</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-27</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/deq-ccwb-meeting</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The Concerned Citizens of West Badin Presented on Environmental Justice for their Community</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/designated-access-areas</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Six Access Areas Designated as Part of the Yadkin River State Trail (YRST) in 2024 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ward Swann at Mile 0 at Morrow Mountain State Park.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Donnaha Access area</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Newly constructed bridge at Donnaha before the access was reopened.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2024/11/27/south-yadkin-restoration-updates</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-27</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The South Yadkin River Basin with Major Tributaries</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2024/11/27/high-rock-lake-sampling-2024</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2024/11/26/yrk-year-end-appeal</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2024/10/25/waterkeeper-alliance-board-approves-yadkin-riverkeeper-jurisdiction-expansion-request</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-10-25</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/badin-tour</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2024/9/26/mocksville-sewage-spill-8272024</loc>
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      <image:caption>A picture of the dam at the Riverpark at Cooleemee Falls on August 30th, 2024, a few days after the spill.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2024/9/26/the-end-of-the-2024-swim-guide-season</loc>
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      <image:caption>Riverkeeper assistant, Nicole Eastman collecting a water sample at Old 421 Park at the beginning of the Swim Guide season.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2024/8/27/yadkin-riverkeeper-chlorophyll-a-and-nutrient-sampling-on-high-rock-lake-2018-2024</loc>
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      <image:caption>Stephanie presenting Yadkin Riverkeeper Edgar Miller with the "homemade" depth-integrated sampling device for collecting samples of water to be tested for chlorophyll-a from the "photic zone."</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nicole and Stephanie pulling the sample.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/happyvalleyjamboree</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/burchstation</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/tuckertown</loc>
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      <image:caption>Location of NCWRC Spatterdock SAV plantings on Tuckertown Reservoir, approximately 2 miles down river from Bringle Ferry Road bridge.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>YRK Riverkeeper assistant Nicole Eastman and water quality specialist Stephanie Stephens assist NCWRC staff in planting native Spatterdock. Notice the leaves at the top of the plants floating on the surface. This crew planted 275 plants transplanted from the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge in one day.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Two of the four new campsites on Tuckertown Reservoir. The dam can be seen in the background.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View of Tuckertown Reservoir looking towards the Davidson County side from the new campsites.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bald Mountain in Davidson County, part of the NCWRC game lands. Includes a walking trail to the top that can be accessed off Newsom Road.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Noxious bloom of microseira wollei, or “black mat algae” on Tuckertown Reservoir.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cove on the southwest side of Tuckertown covered in microseria making fishing, boating and swimming impossible and unadvisable.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Microseira bloom near the city of Albemarle’s drinking water intake. The HAB can produce toxins that threaten drinking water supplies and drive-up treatment costs.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rock outcroppings on the Rowan County side of Tuckertown Reservoir.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Railroad bridge over the Mitchell River at its confluence with the Yadkin.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rock outcroppings near Elkin on the Yadkin County side of the River</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Clayton Day 3 on the Yadkin</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pilot Mountain in the distance</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Near Tanglewood Park</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Looking Up River from Baptism Rock at Boone's Cave Park in Davidson County</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Landing at York Hill access area in Yadkin River Park in Davidson County</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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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2024/4/18/flight-log-3169-upper-yadkin-river-and-south-yadkin-river-march-25-2024</loc>
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      <image:caption>Flight 3169 Flight Plan – March 25, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New development “Riverwalk” beside Tanglewood Park getting underway. YRK opposed the rezoning of “Yadkin River Conservation District” to higher density residential development.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Recently installed retention ponds at “Riverwalk” already filling up with sediment. YRK and the residents who opposed the development are monitoring this very closely.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nearby clearcut by the River near Idols Dam off Idols Road on Duke Energy property. YRK’s understanding is this will be reforested.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The historic Idols Dam, built in 1898, the first commercial hydroelectric dam in North Carolina. Yadkin River State Trail portage trail is at the left center of the photo and needs some improvement.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Unchecked development impacting water quality near the River off Conrad Farm Road.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Winston-Salem Forsyth Utilities Swann Treatment Plant water intake dam and somewhat dangerous YRST portage around it.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New Highway 67 Bridge Crossing over the Yadkin at Donnaha. Yadkin County and YRK are working to get the access area reopened ASAP.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>River Ridge Farm, site of YRK’s Farm-to-Fork event on May 11.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View of both the Yadkin River and Mountain Sections of Pilot Mountain State Park.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Historic Rockford Village by the Yadkin River, once served as the county seat for the “Tri-county Region,” Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes counties.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Yadkin Shore YRST access at the Highway 601 Bridge, covered in mud and sand and dead, dangerous trees that need to be removed. Camping is strongly discouraged until the dead trees are removed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Burch Station access area off NC Highway 268 at the confluence of the Yadkin and Mitchell Rivers. Note the new 268 Bridge over the Mitchell top left-hand corner.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Elkin Carter Park access and Jonesville at Mile 133 on the YRST.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Potential violation of litter pile runoff at a Wilkes County poultry farm.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New poultry houses along Highway 421 in Wilkes County. The industry has seen an uptick in growth since 2018, with an estimated 290 million chickens produced annually in the Yadkin Pee Dee watershed according to the US Department of Agriculture. Over application of litter containing phosphorus on already saturated fields and subsequent runoff is a major cause of nutrient pollution in the River and High Rock Lake.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Headed down the meandering South Yadkin in Alexander County. YRK will begin collecting water sampling data from the South Yadkin this summer with funding from the NC Land and Water Fund to be used in the development of a watershed restoration plan.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Spring tulip fields at Howard Family Farm in Iredell County near the South Yadkin. Great pick your own operation year-round. Too high up to see the colors.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Speaking of colors you don’t really want to see, the orangish wastewater tanks at Tyson’s pet food rendering plant near Harmony, NC, which uses waste from Tyson’s chicken processing plant in Wilkesboro. YRK is still investigating why the tanks are orange and hopes this facility will be required to limit nutrients in its wastewater discharge as part of the High Rock Lake nutrient management rules. The plant is on Hunting Creek, a major tributary to the nearby South Yadkin.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cooleemee Crossing access on the South Yadkin above Cooleemee Dam and the Riverpark at Cooleemee.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Riverpark at Cooleemee, aka the “Bull Hole.”  Newly installed paddle put in top left center.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The muddier South Yadkin at its confluence with the Yadkin. The watershed needs some TLC. Salisbury Rowan Utilities soon to be replaced Water Intake Plant and a sand mining operation on the west bank.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ongoing excavation of coal ash at Duke Energy’s Buck Power Station on the River in Rowan Co.  Thanks to YRK’s lawsuit all coal ash is being excavated, recycled and removed with no long-term disposal on site.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Built up mud flats of Upper High Rock Lake created by nearly 100 years of sediment accumulation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Courtney Di Vittorio</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Steve Ilderton</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Andrew Jacobson</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Elise Tellez-Aldridge</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>US Geological Survey Stream Gauge at Yadkin College reading on January 11 at 3:15 AM indicating the River is just above “Moderate” flood stage (25’).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Flood waters breech the River’s forested buffer brining sediment and nutrient pollution into the River from nearby agricultural fields recently fertilized with chicken litter.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A closer view shows the breech right across from Davidson Water’s raw water intake and pump station.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>After the storm, shortly folllowing the River cresting, Davidson Water reservoir and pump station on January 11. Safe from the River’s flood waters.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Floodwaters breeched the Davidson Water Reservoirs in November 2020.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Floodwaters near Highway 64 Bridge between Davidson and Davie County.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Flooded Yadkin River State Trail access at Highway 64.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/12/21/supreme-court-nc-legislature-deliver-one-two-kidney-punch-to-trout-habitat-and-water-quality</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/10/27/north-carolina-environmental-justice-network-and-concerned-citizens-of-west-badin-hold-rally-calling-for-alcoa-to-clean-up-its-hazardous-waste-in-badin</loc>
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      <image:caption>Community members and activists make signs for the protest march.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One of the recurring themes.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rally participants gather before the march.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Community members have lived with this for too long.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rally participants march by the shuttered aluminum smelter.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Alcoa recently donated the “Old Ballfield” site to the Town of Badin for a park, but YRK and others believe the site needs more assessment before declaring it “safe” for a community park where children will play.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rally participants gather near Badin Lake to listen to speakers calling on Alcoa to “Clean Up Their Mess.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Young people from the community are ready to take on the fight of their elders.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Former Alcoa employee, Richard Leake, gives the crowd first hand information about contamination at the site.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Long time Concerned Citizens of West Badin President and former YRK board member, Macy Hinson and his wife, and Professor Pavithra Vasudevan from the University of Texas Austin, who has researched and written about the impact of the Alcoa facility on the citizens of West Badin.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 1 - Yadkin Riverkeeper Edgar Miller speaking at the “YRST Lunch and Learn” hosted by the Happy Valley Filling Station in Patterson, NC. As part of YRK’s five-year plan to enhance the YRST, we are assessing the community’s interest in seeing the River designated as part of the YRST above Kerr Scott Reservoir.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 1 – Leg 1 of the Yakin’ on the Yadkin. Day 1 crew ready to depart from the Yadkin Valley Community Park for the paddle to the Happy Valley Fiddlers’ Convention on the Jones Farm.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 1 - The upper Yadkin is relatively clear and has several Class 1 and Class 2 rapids that made for two challenging days of paddling.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 1 – Coming into the Jones Farm/Happy Valley Fiddlers’ Convention after a five-mile paddle.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 1 – Setting up camp at the Jones Farm/Happy Valley Fiddlers’ Convention.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 2 – River frontage at the Jones Farm.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 2 – Leg 1 Day 2 crew ready to go. Jones Farm to the Yadkin’s confluence w/ Elk Creek. We had planned to paddle to the Ferguson Access, but it was unsafe and unusable due to significant erosion.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 2 – Day 2 was a bit more challenging with some Class 2 rapids and some shallow areas, but we made it through.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 2 – And a log across the River about a mile into the paddle didn’t help, but with the guidance of safety paddlers Jack O’Connor and Nancy Crooks everyone got across safely.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 2 – Yadkin Riverkeeper Edgar Miller cruising through the bamboo on the clear water of the Upper Yadkin. All agreed it would be a great addition to the YRST.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 9 – Leg 2 of the Yakin’ on the Yadkin starting at the Yadkin/Ararat River confluence to the Shoals Access Area campsites in the River Section of Pilot Mountain State Park. Muddy main stem meets the clear Ararat.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 9 – New mile marker sign installed on Pilot Mountain State Park land to aid in navigation and emergency response.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 9 – Headed down river on a plume of sediment from the upper watershed drainage.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 9 – We made it to the Pilot Mountain State Park riverside campsites through the Shoals. Very challenging to get from the River across the Shoals current/rapids to the campsite, but we made it with YRK board vice president Steve Ilderton’s guidance. That area needs some work.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 9 – A happy group of paddlers after making it through the Shoals (I assume Jack is happy, but it’s hard to catch him smiling for a photo). Unfortunately, severe thunderstorms and flash flood warnings put an end to our overnight camping. Photo by YRK member Christine Rucker, who brought us a still warm blackberry cobbler.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 22 – Leg 3 of the Yakin’ on the Yadkin, Concord Church Road access to Boone’s Cave Park in Davidson County.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 22 – Headed down River from the Concord Church Access in Davie County to Boone’s Cave Park on the Davidson County side.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 22- Coming around the Horseshoe Neck Bend.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 22- Paddlers landing at Baptism Rock, Boone’s Cave Park, Davidson County.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 22 – YRK founding board member Rick Chatham bringing in an errant plastic drum.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 22- The takeout at Baptism Rock is a little difficult and could use a few enhancements. Thanks to Davidson County Parks and Recreation Staff for assisting with the boats.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 22 – Looking down river from Baptism Rock. Unfortunately, the next nine miles of the YRST to Yadkin River Park will have to wait until next time due to the rainy, cold forecast associated with Tropical Storm Ophelia that cancelled our overnight trip and the Day 2 paddle on this leg.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 1 - The clear mountain waters of the upper Yadkin River flowing through Happy Valley near Patterson, NC, in Caldwell County above the Kerr Scott Reservoir.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 5 – The clear water of the Yadkin flowing past the Shoals Access Area in the River Section of Pilot Mountain State Park.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 8 – The Mitchell River, a major tributary to the Yadkin in Surry County, chocked full of sediment from nearby agricultural fields after a rain event. Millions of dollars have been spent to restore the Mitchell and it is currently classified as an Outstanding Resource Water/Trout Water, but that designation is clearly in peril. Photo Credit: Joe Mickey</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 9 – Confluence of the Yadkin and Ararat Rivers with muddy mainstem transporting a significant sediment load from the upper watershed. Ararat River on the right coming in clear.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 9 – Yadkin River at Pilot Mountain State Park at Yadkin River State Trail Mile Marker #105 at spot where September 5 photo was taken. What a difference a little rain and a few days make.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 12 – Aerial photo of the mighty, muddy Yadkin River at the Davie/Davidson County line.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 12 – The Yadkin flowing past the Yadkin River Park in Davidson County and under the Wil-Cox Bridge and I-85 carrying its sediment and nutrient load to High Rock Lake and beyond. Note the clearer “backwater” in the bottom lefthand corner.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 12 – Sediment plume from the previous week reaching the middle of High Rock Lake carrying its load of nutrients and bacteria.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 12 – View of the sediment plume on HRL from another angle.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 12 – View of High Rock Dam. Although the Lake above is clear, sediments carrying nutrients are passing below through the dam gates to Tuckertown Reservoir and Badin Lake.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>September 12 – Excessive nutrients contribute to potentially Harmful Algal Blooms or “HABs,” which can produce toxins that are harmful to humans and animals. This is a lyngbya wollei or “black algae” bloom that covers hundreds of acres of Tuckertown and Badin.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/6/30/nc-department-of-environmental-quality-issues-much-improved-wastewater-discharge-permit-for-colonial-pipeline-gasoline-spill-near-huntersville</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/6/30/riverkeeper-legislative-update</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/6/30/examining-environmental-injustice</loc>
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      <image:caption>Bailey and Grace present a preview of YRK’s EJ StoryMap at the Center for Design Innovation on June 9, 2023.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Community Activist panel discussion moderated by Bailey (left) and Grace (right).</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/6/30/meet-amir-bird-our-americorps-summer-associate</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/5/26/state-to-hold-meeting-on-new-high-rock-lake-pollution-rules</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/5/26/yadkin-riverkeeper-seeks-to-address-environmental-injustice-in-the-yadkin-watershed</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/4/28/april-e-news-advocacy-update</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/2/23/evaluating-the-winston-weaver-fertilizer-fire-one-year-later</loc>
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      <image:caption>The map shows NCDEQ’s 6 sampling locations. The furthest sampling point was 20 miles downstream of the fire. Image Courtesy of NCDEQ</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The map indicates the areas covered in the water advisory issued by the Forsyth County Health Department in February 2022. Image courtesy of Winston Salem Fire Department</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Screenshot taken from EJScreen of 1-mile buffer zone surrounding 4440 N Cherry St.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“An angel statue faces in the direction of billowing smoke from the fire at Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022.” Photo courtesy of Allison Lee Isley, Winston-Salem Journal.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2023/2/23/deq-to-hold-public-hearing-on-colonial-pipeline-wastewater-discharge-permit</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-03-15</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/11/23/advocacy-update-alcoa-badin-business-park-community-hearing</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-11-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Advocacy Update: Alcoa-Badin Business Park Community Hearing - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Edgar Miller of Yadkin Riverkeeper welcomes meeting attendees</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ryke Longest, Clinical Professor of Law &amp; Director of Clinical Programs at Duke University</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lee Garza &amp; Marianne Salas-Fuentes, Duke Law Students and legal aides with DELPC</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022swimguidereport</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-11-23</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/10/27/riverkeeper-fall-2022-advocacy-update</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-10-28</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/10/27/celebrating-the-birth-of-the-environmental-justice-movement</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-10-28</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/10/27/ncejn-summit-the-2022-reunion</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-10-27</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Teachers Cottage: This two-story cottage was built in 1895; and served as a home for teachers who worked at the Joseph Keasby Brick Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School. Photo courtesy of Franklinton Center at Bricks</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - NCEJN Summit: The 2022 Reunion - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Inborden House: This two-story cottage was built in 1895; and was home to the family of Mr. Thomas Sewell Inborden, Principal of the Joseph Keasby Brick Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School. Photo courtesy of Franklinton Center at Bricks</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Model School House: Built as part of the Brick Tri-County Public School in the style of the Rosenwald Schools by Harry Mills. Photo courtesy of Franklinton Center at Bricks</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Area of Remembrance: Chris Hawn, Co-Director of Research and Education for NCEJN, welcomes everyone to the reunion.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bailey Hill (left), YRK’s Environmental Justice Advocate and Grace Fuchs (right), YRK’s Riverkeeper Assistant</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pallav Das speaking to NCEJN Summit attendant inside Memorial Hall</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bailey (left) and Grace (right) outside Memorial Hall</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-10-26</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/10/4/gems-in-the-creek</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-10-26</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Photo by Salem Creek</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>GEMS taking water quality samples at Salem Creek. Photo by London Thompson</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Young assisting the GEMS testing water quality.  Photo by London Thompson</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/8/25/consumed-by-the-smell-of-money</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-08-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Hog waste “lagoon” — Photo courtesy of Waterkeepers Carolina</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Untreated hog waste sprayed onto field - Photo courtesy of Waterkeeper Alliance</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Screenshot of interactive map showing the locations of hog (red) and poultry (purple) CAFOs across NC</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/8/23/ask-the-forsyth-county-commissioners-to-vote-no-on-proposed-idols-road-rezoning-for-riverwalk-development</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-08-23</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/8/23/riverpark-rezoning-letter-to-forsyth-county-commissioners</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-08-23</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/8/4/welcome-new-yrk-staff</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-08-04</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/6/29/june-2022-flight-blog</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-06-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - June 2022 Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ongoing coal ash removal at Duke Energy’s Buck Power Station on the River in Rowan County. Duke is in the process of excavating and recycling more than 6.5 million tons of coal ash at the site.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - June 2022 Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>STAR coal ash recycling facility at Duke’s Buck Power Station.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - June 2022 Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>High Rock Dam sending a lot of sediment downstream to Tuckertown and Badin.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - June 2022 Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Town of Denton Wastewater Treatment Plant on Tuckertown Reservoir.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - June 2022 Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tuckertown Reservoir nestled between the Uwharrie Mountains and Rowan County farmland.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - June 2022 Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Black mat algae Lyngbya Wollei in a cove on Tuckertown.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Black mat algae in Badin Lake. This is technically not an algae, but a cyanobacteria that has the potential to produce toxins harmful to humans and animals. Efforts are underway to research options for its removal and YRK is advocating for upstream reductions in sediments and nutrients that increase the potential for HABs.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tuckertown Dam, completed in 1967, passing more sediment and nutrients down to Badin.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Albemarle drinking water plant. The Yadkin River and its tributaries and lakes provide drinking water for more than 1 million North Carolinians.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Chicken litter piles stored too close to a waterway. According to USDA, more than 290 million chickens are produced in the Yadkin Pee Dee basin.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The infamous Outfall 005 (at the intersection of Highway 740 and Wood Street-left center in photo) at Alcoa’s Badin Business Park, which continues to exceed discharge limits for fluoride and cyanide.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Alcoa Badin landfill next to West Badin, an environmental justice community, is currently the subject of an ecological risk assessment as part of Alcoa Badin Business Park’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action plan under development.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Alcoa Badin Business Park next to Badin Lake. YRK continues to be concerned about hazardous waste from former disposal sites on and around the plant leaching into Badin Lake and Little Mountain Creek.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Falls Reservoir Dam. Most of the sediment from upstream has settled out in Badin bringing nutrients causing potentially harmful algal blooms (HABs) on Tuckertown and Badin.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Odd sight of a burning chicken house in Stanly County. Unclear if it was accidental or intentional. No known cases of Avian Bird Flu have been reported in our basin.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lake Tillery Dam.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Construction of intake for Union County drinking water in Lake Tillery. YRK opposed this “intra” basin transfer.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Scar from Union County pipeline that will carry water from Lake Tillery to Union County.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New housing development on prime farmland in Davidson County. Another major source of sediment runoff in the watershed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lexington Wastewater Treatment Plant on Abbotts Creek.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Permitted dairy on Swearing Creek in Davidson County with liquid waste lagoons.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The beginning of the Pee Dee River between Falls Reservoir and Lake Tillery.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/news/2022/4/29/april-flight-blog</loc>
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      <image:caption>Lake Hampton, future drinking water source for Yadkin County. The proposed quarry is less than 3 miles upstream in Hamptonville.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - April Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Confluence of Deep Creek and the Yadkin River above Shallowford Rd and Huntsville River Access</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - April Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Overgrazing of cattle can cause intense of erosion of topsoil and reduces its carbon sequestration properties</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - April Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lack of riparian buffer on streams can increase a flooding and erosion of stream banks. The larger the buffer of vegetation along stream banks, the more resilience the ecosystem has to changes in climate.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - April Flight Blog - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>While there is a wider riparian buffer here, the clearcutting on the Davie County side of the river is still concerning. Agricultural land clearing activities are currently exempt from the NC Sediment Control Act.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bean Shoals and Yadkin Islands areas of Pilot Mountain State Park</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Confluence of the Ararat River (top) and Yadkin River (bottom).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pilot Mountain, Surry County</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Left to Right: Grace Fuchs- Yadkin Riverkeeper Assistant, Edgar Miller- Executive Director and Yadkin Riverkeeper, Holliday Obrecht III- Volunteer Pilot with SouthWings</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Confluence of Mainstem of Yadkin River (left) and the South Yadkin River (right)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Tyson® facility in Harmony, NC is so large that it has its own wastewater treatment plant on site.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Waste is stored in uncovered lagoons, and the lagoons can fill up if waste is not applied to fields or moved offsite.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Skipjack Harbor Pier before takeoff</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>High Rock Lake Dam – Presently managed by Cube Hydro</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Testing with YSI Probe for Chlorophyll Levels at 3rd point on Transect</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Recording Data from YSI Probe (on seat)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Yadkin River Campground off High rock Lake (accessible via water portage)</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:title>SWIM GUIDE - 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>
    </image:image>
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      <image:title>SWIM GUIDE - 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>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/e22c1c19-bae8-4dff-b08c-9d268a8eef58/8.27.25e.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>SWIM GUIDE - 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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>DOWNLOAD HERE</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/education</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-19</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Activity: Stormwater Pollution (independent)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Activity: Aquifer in a Bottle (independent)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Activity: Ecological Scavenger Hunt (independent)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Education - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Activity: Stream Selfie</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/adopt-a-watershed</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-20</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/7b00f3a2-804a-4834-9bd1-7cfce86cf247/updated+aaw+11.4.22+2.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Adopt A Watershed - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Please click on the image above to see the full map and to check watershed availability.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/yadkin-river-access</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-08-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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/v1/5a732e1b51a5842c09ac4973/02571df2-f7f0-4fb2-9c6f-6646fd04da60/Burch+Station+2__1618596304089__w1920.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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>Yadkin River State Trail Maps and River Accesses - 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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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/arreva-forms-test</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-19</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/yrstcoordinator</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-01-25</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/rkawps</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-01-25</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/swim-guide-sponsorship</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Swim Guide Sponsorship - 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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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/gotvtest</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-11</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/hrlrules</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-11-15</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/hidden-products</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-09-26</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.yadkinriverkeeper.org/hidden-products/yrk-annual-oyster-roast</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2019-09-26</lastmod>
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