<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/what-we-do</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-22</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/homepagerussian</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-05-13</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1620688310178-EQAJ9WGAPWP3JF1ALLW4/a+NEW+Euxinic+Bottom+waters+Soap+Lake+.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Russian</image:title>
      <image:caption>(profile graphic courtesy Kovach Architects)</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1608962141787-1YKB53K5G0L75ACIIR3P/IMG_1846.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Russian - Узнать больше об озере</image:title>
      <image:caption>Уникальное минеральное озеро с многовековой историей в центре штата Вашингтон, США. The Conservancy использует научно обоснованный подход к сохранению и реставрации..</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1613860986051-WTYD8NPPVCVQFHCYKSAI/soap%2Bon%2Bsoap%2Blake.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Russian</image:title>
      <image:caption>Мы будем рады услышать от вас, напишите нам по электронной почте soaplakeconservancy@gmail.com</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1609280592169-9T0QGT32YVEXQCHCGV2K/history+of+soap+lake.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Russian</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/take-action</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-07-16</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1609102595068-752U6YCZIE8W43M29Y1O/_-112.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Take Action</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/homepage</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-22</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1614487658723-L6MWQW8G274A37Z6HY66/Euxinic%2BBottom%2Bwaters%2BSoap%2BLake%2B.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage</image:title>
      <image:caption>The deepest waters of Soap Lake has very likely not mixed with the upper layer for at least 2,000 years. That is among the longest documented stratification of any lake on earth. SLC is deeply concerned about the bottom layer which is the Monimolimnion Layer. (profile graphic courtesy Kovach Architects)</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/d6bff1cf-e466-46ae-9478-0c47de12f4a8/IMG_2654.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Click on photo to go to a new section on Lake Levels.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1632350847371-GD094486J7BG4YMPA1P4/Lab+Test+Results+2020.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>measurement is mg/L</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/7721242d-c664-4635-988e-728243aa4a8f/2024+water+test.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Conservancy had Lab Tests done in May 2024. These are some of the results. Click on the chart to open the excel file with all the results.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/33b07942-9dd1-47cc-a865-84052b9a5ab0/Ceratopogonidae+Cover-Image-1536x1438.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - What’s biting my head?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Click the picture to learn about Ceratopogonidae. A family of 1-3mm flies commonly known as no-see-ums, or biting midges. Most active dawn and dusk. No known diseases spread to humans in Soap Lake. (opens on a new tab)</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1609280592169-9T0QGT32YVEXQCHCGV2K/history+of+soap+lake.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/105bc541-f0ff-41c3-9c7f-39c9e5af1ac5/LEE-Benchmark+-+well+image.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Want to understand what is happening with the wells on the north end of Soap Lake? This is a link to the Landau Associates Report on the CASE STUDY of Benchmark Farms “A New Water Right for 1600 acres". click on image to open the PDF link</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/3553ec87-ae50-43d6-af42-b5de2f825f53/new+scanner+2024+SLC.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>SLC members Bonnie Holt and Leslie Taylor with the new scanner</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/4393495a-9e19-4ca5-94d8-e594f85a1a13/JAWRA+study.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>JAWRA pivotal research study abstract. Click the button to read the full article.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/220400b1-32e5-4013-9edc-cb23171f983f/Image+2-21-24+at+1.06+PM.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Learn More about the Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>A unique mineral lake with a long history in the middle of Washington state, USA. The Conservancy takes a science-based approach to preservation and restoration.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/homepage-russian</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-05-11</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1620688310178-EQAJ9WGAPWP3JF1ALLW4/a+NEW+Euxinic+Bottom+waters+Soap+Lake+.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Russian</image:title>
      <image:caption>(profile graphic courtesy Kovach Architects)</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1609280592169-9T0QGT32YVEXQCHCGV2K/history+of+soap+lake.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Russian</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1613860986051-WTYD8NPPVCVQFHCYKSAI/soap%2Bon%2Bsoap%2Blake.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Russian</image:title>
      <image:caption>We would love to hear from you, send us an email soaplakeconservancy@gmail.com</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1608962141787-1YKB53K5G0L75ACIIR3P/IMG_1846.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage - Russian - Learn More about the Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>A unique mineral lake with a long history in the middle of Washington state, USA. The Conservancy takes a science-based approach to preservation and restoration.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/homepage-2</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-02-21</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1632350847371-GD094486J7BG4YMPA1P4/Lab+Test+Results+2020.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage (Copy) - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>measurement is mg/L</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/4393495a-9e19-4ca5-94d8-e594f85a1a13/JAWRA+study.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage (Copy) - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>JAWRA pivotal research study abstract. Click the button to read the full article.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1614487658723-L6MWQW8G274A37Z6HY66/Euxinic%2BBottom%2Bwaters%2BSoap%2BLake%2B.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage (Copy)</image:title>
      <image:caption>The deepest waters of Soap Lake has very likely not mixed with the upper layer for at least 2,000 years. That is among the longest documented stratification of any lake on earth. SLC is deeply concerned about the bottom layer which is the Monimolimnion Layer. (profile graphic courtesy Kovach Architects) &lt;&lt;&lt; Lab Test Results from 2020</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1609280592169-9T0QGT32YVEXQCHCGV2K/history+of+soap+lake.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage (Copy)</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/220400b1-32e5-4013-9edc-cb23171f983f/Image+2-21-24+at+1.06+PM.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Homepage (Copy) - Learn More about the Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>A unique mineral lake with a long history in the middle of Washington state, USA. The Conservancy takes a science-based approach to preservation and restoration.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/linkstolearn</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-05-12</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/linkstolearn/flgc</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-01-06</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1609901325639-FR2KO2RUF3DAIP3COHGN/FLGC.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Links to local organizations - Friends of the Lower Grand Coulee</image:title>
      <image:caption>(CLICK image to find out more, the site will open a new tab. You will be leaving our site. PLEASE RETURN for more of our information) Friends of the Lower Grand Coulee (FLGC) supports the development and preservation of places and events that further the knowledge, appreciation, and enjoyment of the geology, culture, history, and natural beauty of the Lower Grand Coulee.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/linkstolearn/cca-tjw89</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-05-09</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/c0ceef73-ef6c-4dfd-a200-1af8b8244bfe/Soap+Lake+Coulee+K+Bryson.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Links to local organizations - Soap Lake for Locals</image:title>
      <image:caption>(CLICK image to find out more, the site will open a new tab. You will be leaving our site. PLEASE RETURN for more of our information) Soap Lake for Locals - site to for local information</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/linkstolearn/mckay</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-04-29</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/90d44b2f-58a9-42d0-8d1e-fc8ee1a37605/McKaySign_New.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Links to local organizations - McKay Healthcare Facility Soap Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>(CLICK image to find out more, the site will open a new tab. You will be leaving our site. PLEASE RETURN for more of our information) In the mid 1930’s the Veterans Administration sent nine veterans to Soap Lake to test the healing attributes of the lake in cases of Buergers disease, which affects the extremities of the body due to poor circulation. One of these veterans was Earl McKay. Ultimately the federal government built McKay hospital in his name in 1938. The hospital was used for many years to research Buergers disease and the curative properties of the healing waters and its black creamy mud.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/linkstolearn/cca-tjw89-np6hw-pg7g2</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-05-09</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/74c578a7-83ee-4738-aad7-4294ab871518/Soap+Lake+map.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Links to local organizations - City of Soap Lake</image:title>
      <image:caption>(CLICK image to find out more, the site will open a new tab. You will be leaving our site. PLEASE RETURN for more of our information) Soap Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, on the shores of Soap Lake. The population was 1,514 at the 2010 census.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/linkstolearn/iafi1</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-01-06</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1609900778166-HL9OOXYGTEAUVGIIPD5I/BrochureFan12.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Links to local organizations - Ice Age Floods Insititue</image:title>
      <image:caption>(CLICK image to find out more, the site will open a new tab. You will be leaving our site. PLEASE RETURN for more of our information) IAFI’s Lower Grand Coulee Chapter serves the greater Soap Lake and Ephrata region.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thelake.org/linkstolearn/visitsoaplake</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-05-09</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd28d02d268a63085f79990/1609900548901-JUL8LTBEJZ232Y5I8VXS/header-new.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Links to local organizations - Soap Lake Chamber of Commerce</image:title>
      <image:caption>(CLICK image to find out more, the site will open a new tab. You will be leaving our site. PLEASE RETURN for more of our information) From Soap Lake Chamber of Commerce: The healing waters are known for natural relief from neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
</urlset>

