A06_40572969_BIBE_PGAP_Final_Design_Graphics_Package.pdf

Exhibit Planning and Design

Production Documents II November 25, 2019

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

Persimmon Gap Visitor Center 2200 Eastlake Ave. E Seattle, WA 98102 tel 206 528-5556 fax 206 528-5557 www.edxseattle.com

NPS/C. Ballou

NPS/R. Wonite

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Background & Introduction 03

Goals & Framework 04

Floorplan & Overview 05

Scene 01 07

Scene 02 12

Scene 03 38

Scene 04 51

Scene 05 62

Type Samples 67

Color Samples 68

Project Schedule 69

Contents

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Background & Introduction

The Park Big Bend National Park is a vast reserve in remote west Texas.

The park encompasses over 800,00 acres, or 1,250 square miles, of rugged and highly varied landscape. There are three distinct environments in the park: the Rio Grande, including its riparian corridor and canyons; expanses of northern Chihuahuan Desert;

and the Chisos Mountains, a sky island with forested valleys. The park receives more than 350,000 visitors annually and attendance has increased each year for the last three years.

Legislation to establish Big Bend National Park passed Congress in June 1944, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Official protection began in 1933 as Texas Canyons State Park.

Given the park’s vast area and dispersed visitation, the interpretive and orientation strategy of multiple smaller visitor centers serves its 300,000 plus annual visitors well. This project kicks off EDX’s design efforts for two visitor centers with one contract and schedule.

Persimmon Gap Visitor Center is located at the north border of the park at the entrance station on US 385. It is the only visitor service in this part of the park. It is situated in the midst of the Chihuahuan Desert at 2,848 feet elevation.

Visitation

• Annual visitors to Big Bend National Park, 2016: 388,290

• Annual vehicles recorded entering at Persimmon Gap, 2016:

56,954

• Visitorship is increasing (+16% last year and up to 25% increase a year in previous years)

The Visitor Center Building

Persimmon Gap Visitor Center: Exhibit design for total of 1,428 square feet of exhibits, including desk, exterior area, exhibit area/lobby, theater room. The visitor center is open daily in the high season and on weekends only in the summer. The visitor center is closed at lunchtime.

An important factor for this project will be the schedule and scope of building modifications to be performed by the park.

Accessibility Narrative Design will fully comply with physical and programmatic accessibility strategies, including, but not limited to:

• Universal design of the physical environment including adherence to ADA/ABA requirements.

• Incorporation of meaningful tactile elements to bring the exhibits alive for visitors with low vision and blindness.

• Open captioning of AV content for visitors with hearing impairments.

• Audio description available to visitors upon request (NIC).

Scope and Budget The Production Budget for both projects shall include:

• All costs for purchasing, fabricating, transporting, and installing all exhibit elements as specified in the “National Park Service Standard Exhibit Planning, Design, & Fabrication Specifications, October 2012” and its attachments.

• Related fabrication costs including but not limited to project management, shop drawings, samples, packing, shipping, and project closeout.

• Production of original artwork including, but not limited to, illustrations, maps, and photographs.

• Acquisition of all pre-existing images required for the exhibition, including use-rights for the life of the exhibition.

• Production or acquisition of all custom elements including natural history models, taxidermy, reproduction furnishings, topographic maps, architectural models, sculpted or cast figures, custom electronic elements, specialty and exhibit lighting track and fixtures, and mechanical and electro-mechanical devices.

• Fabrication and installation of the new information desk.

The Production Budget for both projects does NOT include:

• Architectural modifications or other building upgrades.

• Electrical wire for any proposed additional exhibit lighting features.

• General building work, such as demolition of existing exhibits, carpet, and painting.

The Scope of Work for this project additionally calls for the exhibit design process to:

• Review all of the current spaces and make recommendations for alternate arrangements to increase visibility of the information desk and create better visitor flow.

• Look at the entire visitor experience within the visitor center in a holistic way.

• Propose alternate space arrangements that do not change the overall allocation of space.

Design Process The following deliverables comprise the Production Documents II phase.

This Production Documents II Graphics Package

• provides all revised graphic layouts with revised text.

PDII Production-Ready Graphic Layouts

• individual files for each graphic layout. They provide all the information for fabricators to create the graphic layouts in packaged InDesign files.

Production Documents II Drawing Set

• shows graphic elements in context, describes materials, and describes exhibit structural elements and details.

Production Documents II Reference Package

• includes written descriptions and images to provide background information and design intent needed for fabricators to produce custom elements.

Production Documents II Database

• provides a list of all elements in the exhibit, including: custom elements (CE), graphic layouts (GL), accessioned objects (AO), shows proposed images (IM) and whether they are For Position Only (FPO) or are the intended image for the panel.

Use-rights Documentation Package:

• includes information documenting all images and their rights and licensing requirements.

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Exhibit “Big Idea” The generation of a main message or Big Idea is an important part of the exhibit design process to verify the visitor experience.

EDX led a brainstorming exercise that generated material that EDX used to create the following Big Idea for Persimmon Gap:

Great adventure awaits beyond the gap.

Interpretive Themes The Scope of Work and a Theme Weighting exercise at the kickoff meeting established the following themes from the Scope of Work to be explored during the exhibit development process. For brevity, they are listed here by their quick-reference name with excerpts from the theme.

Persimmon Gap

40% Orientation to the park and trip planning

25% Inspiring Wilderness

The rugged and remote wilderness/canyons/vast expanses. Inspire adventure, wonder, reflection, and rejuvenation.

25% Desert, River, Mountains

The convergence of desert, mountain, and river ecosystems supports a diversity of life and abundant opportunities for recreation, exploration, and education.

10% Adaptations to Survive, Paleontology/Geology, Human History

Experiential Goals These goals were generated by workshop participants during a brainstorming exercise at the project kickoff meeting focusing on the visitor experience. These goals helped inform the criteria against which the park evaluated the Schematic Design I alternatives.

Visitors to Persimmon Gap will:

• Get oriented, know what to do in the time they have

• Find information about how to safely explore the park at all hours

• Be able to find and greet someone in uniform

• Be able to find a clear route into the visitor center and the restroom

• Easily locate information about campgrounds

• Enjoy a picnic in the shade

• Be able to buy something that expands their visit

• Feel encouraged to spend extra time in the park

Exhibits at Persimmon Gap will:

• Provide new information; won’t repeat a story told elsewhere

• Tell stories that are connected to a larger concept of adventures

• Include the Comanche Trail

• Tell a story unique to the place

• Highlight the top ten things to do in the park

• Provide exploration opportunities by interpreting plants, animals, and geological forms visitors may see in the park

• Get kids excited about exploring the park and entertain them while their parents are trip planning

• Provide large-scale photographs of the sights of the park

• Inspire visitors to discover beyond Persimmon Gap

• Include the story of the building and why it’s here

Project Goals and Interpretive Framework: Persimmon Gap VC

Scheme Overview This approach features an open plan with a large floor map of the park as a centerpiece. The scheme highlights some of the adventures available within the park and invites visitors to experience Big Bend in a variety of ways.

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 4

Scene 5

Welcome and Orientation

East Side Adventures

Chisos and South Side Adventures

West Side Adventures

Exterior Elements

COMPLETED 2020

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0 2' 4' 8' SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0" 1Floor Plan for Graphics

Persimmon Gap VC Floor Plan

Scale 3/16” = 1’-0”

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Overview

View A: Perspective view from near the entrance to the visitor center, looking into the park out the large south window.

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Scene 1 / Welcome and Orientation

View B: Welcome area

Overview

As visitors enter the center, a friendly park volunteer or employee greets them from the desk straight ahead. To the immediate right of the desk is a large graphic of a park map with camping and safety information. The store is to the immediate left of the desk and is easily viewable from the entry and desk area.

Scene Purpose

• Provide a welcoming entry experience with easy access to the most important orientation information.

• Welcome visitors to explore the “great adventure that awaits beyond the gap.”

Components

GL-01.01-100 Wall map and Campground graphic

CE-01.01-200 Desk Signage

CE-01.01-300 Desk

CE-01.02-100 Store signage

GL-01.01-100

CE-01.01-200

CE-01.02-100

CE-01.01-300

Scale 3/16” = 1’-0”

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Scene 1 / Welcome and Orientation

Surrounded by rocky cliffs.

Near hiking trails, restaurant, and store.

Elevation: 5400 ft/1646 meters Distance from here: 35 miles/57 km Sites: 60 (no RVs over 24 feet) Facilities: flush toilets, dump station

OPEN

Near the Rio Grande with a mix of shady and private sites. Close to store, showers, and laundry.

Elevation: 1850 ft/564 meters Distance from here: 46 miles/74 km Sites: 100 Facilities: flush toilets, dump station

Rio Grande Village

Near store, showers, laundry (concession-operated).

Elevation: 1850 ft/564 meters Distance from here: 46 miles/74 km Sites: 25 Facilities: full hook-ups

Rio Grande Village RV

OPEN

Chisos Basin

Grassy sites in a cottonwood grove near the Rio Grande.

Elevation: 2100 ft/640 meters Distance from here: 61 miles/98 km Sites: 24 Facilities: pit toilets, no generator use permitted

Cottonwood

OPEN

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S A N T A E L E N A C A N Y O N

P R O T E C T E D A R E A

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W I L D L I F E M A N A G E M E N T A R E A

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Castolon/ Santa Elena Junction

Maverick Junction

Chisos Mountains Basin Junction

Ross

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18mi 29km

Do not use this map for backcountry hiking or trip planning. For safe travel get detailed maps at visitor centers.

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Chisos Basin Road not recommended for trailers longer than 20 feet and RVs over 24 feet due to sharp curves and steep grades

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Entrance station

Entrance station

Chimneys

(Outer Mountain Loop) Dodson

Smoky C re ek

Tr ai l

Trail

Telephone

Ca ny on ai l

Santa Elena Canyon Trail

Boquillas Canyon Trail

Ore Terminal Trail

Dorgan House Trail

Lost Mine Trail

Trail

Juniper Canyon

Trail

Dog Canyon

Trail

M ar uf o

V eg a Loop Trail

Trail

Mariscal Canyo n R im

T ra il Cr os s

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Pine Canyon

Dagger Flat Auto

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B la ck

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M ve r i ck oad

Te in gua R anch Road

Terlingua Abajo

Rattlesnake Mountain

Ocotillo Grove

Buenos Aires

Paint Gap

Croton Spring

La Noria Ernst Tinaja

Camp de Leon

Ernst Basin

Willow Tank

Telephone Canyon

McKinney Spring

Roys Peak Vista

Nine Point Draw

Dominguez

Talley

Solís

Fresno

Elephant Tusk

La Clocha (2 sites)

Gravel Pit (3 sites)

Candelilla

K-Bar

Pine Canyon

Rice Tank

Camp Chilicotal

Robbers Roost Glenn Spring

Black Dike

Gauging Station

Johnson Ranch

Loop Camp

Jewels Camp

Woodsons

Twisted Shoe

Government Spring

Hannold Draw

To Alpine 58mi 94km

To Marathon 39mi 63km

To Presidio 50mi 80km

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Hen Egg Mountain 4963ft 1513m

Packsaddle Mountain

Aqua Fria Mountain

Camels Hump

Graytop 5502ft 1677m

5319ft 1621m

CORAZONES PEAKS

Rosillos Peak 5373ft 1638m

Dagger Mountain

Stairway Mountain

Slickrock Mountain

Croton Peak

Dogie Mountain

The Window 4600ft 1500m

Emory Peak 7832ft 2387m

Mule Ears Peaks 3881ft 1193m

Goat Mountain

Maverick Mountain

Tule Mountain

Peña Mountain

Cerro Castellan

3293ft 1004m

Triangulation Station Mountain 3143ft 953m

Elephant Tusk 5249ft 1600m

Roys Peak 3945ft 1202m

Dominguez Mountain 5156ft 1572m

Talley Mountain 3765ft 1148m

Chilicotal Mountain 4108ft 1252m

3932ft 1199m

Casa Grande 7325 ft 2233m

Toll Mtn

Lost Mine Peak 7550ft 2301m

Panther Peak

Pummel Peak 6620ft 2018m

Nugent Mountain

2169ft 661m

5401ft 1646m

PAINT GAP

HILLS

Luna's Jacal

Fossil Bone Exhibit

Sam Nail Ranch

Dugout Wells

Hot SpringsSanta Elena Canyon Overlook

Santa Elena River Access (raft/canoe take-out)

Burro Mesa Pouroff

Homer Wilson Ranch

Sotol Vista

Mule Ears View Point

Barton Warnock Museum Environmental Education Center (Big Bend Ranch State Park)

Terlingua Ranch

Daniels Ranch

Chisos Basin

Chisos Mountains Lodge

3750ft 1143m

2848ft 868m

Park Headquarters

Cottonwood Castolon

Rio Grande Overlook

Boquillas Canyon Overlook

Mariscal Mine

TERLINGUA GHOST TOWN

(Historic District)

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Distance indicator (other roads)

Distance indicator (main roads)

Primitive road (four-wheel-drive, high-clearance vehicles only) Trail

Unpaved road

Please observe landowner’s rights.

Private land within park boundary

Rapids

Ruins

Restaurant

Store

Wi-fi

Self-guiding trail

Ranger station Picnic area

Gas station

Lodging and food

23mi 37km

1.9mi 3.1km

5.1mi 8.2km

26mi 43km

1.5mi 2.4km

2.3mi 3.7km

4.1mi 6.6km

4.5mi 7.2km

5.3mi 8.5km

4.5mi 7.2km

1.4mi 2.3km

6.8mi 10.9km

8.5mi 13.7km

6.0mi 9.7km

9.6mi 15.5km

1.5mi 2.4km

6.8mi 10.9km

2.2mi 3.5km

27.5mi 44.3km

7.7mi 12.4km

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Store open all year

Panther Junction

Persimmon Gap

Campground

Primitive backcountry roadside campsite (backcountry-use permit required)

Campground with full RV hookups

Stillwell Store and RV Park

LAJITAS

Balanced Rock

STUDY BUTTE/

TERLINGUA

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Rio Grande Village

Store open all year

1850 ft 564 m

Port of Entry

Visitor Center

Visitor Center (closed in summer)

Visitor Center

Visitor Center

Visitor Center (closed in summer)

Big Bend National Park

T E X A S

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Big Bend National Park Big Bend National Park National Park Service

U.S. Department of the Interior

You Are Here

Park Campgrounds

GL-01.01-100 - Wall Map

Size: 68” w x 48” h

Scale: 16.5%

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CE-01.01-200 - Desk Signage

Size: 138” w x 20” h

Scale: 10%

Persimmon Gap Visitor Center

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CLOSED

FULL

GL-01.01-450, 455, 460, 465 (Full)

Full magnets for campgrounds

Size: 13” w x 2”

Scale: 88%

GL-01.01-425, 430, 435, 440 (Closed)

Closed magnet for campgrounds

Size: 13” w x 2”

Scale: 88%

Note: Fabricator to make four of each magnetic graphic.

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Big Bend Natural History Association

Bookstore

Scene 1 / Welcome and Orientation

CE-01.02-100 - Store Signage

Size: 138” w x 18” h

Scale: 10%

0 2' 4' 8' SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0" 1Floor Plan for Graphics

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Overview

An illustrated map of the entire Big Bend National Park fills the center of the visitor center floor. The map is colorful with labels for different regions of the park and icons indicating activities that can take place. Different sections of the park correspond loosely to exhibits around the map.

The east side of the visitor center highlights adventures easily accessed from the east side of the park: the Fossil Discovery Exhibit, watching wildlife, and backcountry drives.

Along the left-hand walls there are two dioramas, one highlighting wildlife-viewing possibilities in the park and the other features backcountry roads that visitors can drive. The wildlife vignette shows a slice of the Chihuahuan Desert at dawn with sculptures of a mother and young javelina with a roadrunner nearby. The Backroads vignette features a portion of a life-size jeep coming out of the background photomural. Towards the center of the room free-standing cube focuses on the Fossil Discovery Exhibit and has a large chunk of fossiliferous rock from the park.

Scene Purposes

• Welcome visitors to explore the “great adventure that awaits beyond the gap.”

• Inform visitors about the rich paleontological history found at the park and pique interest in going to the Fossil Discovery Exhibit.

• Provide a sense of the diverse natural environments and their plants and animals—all within this one park.

• Allow visitors to understand how to safely access the park on backcountry roads.

Scene 2 / East Side Adventures GL-02.01-300

CE-02.02-100

GL-02.02-200, 220

CE-02.02-300

GL-03.01-310

GL-02.02-500

CE-02.01.100

GL-02.01-200

GL-02.01-240, 250

CE-02.04.100

GL-02.04-200 GL-02.03-100+

CE-02.03-200+

CE-02.03-300

GL-02.03-400, 450

CE-02.04-500

GL-02.04-510, 520, 530

CE-02.04-550

GL-02.03-500

GL-02.04-400

Scale 3/16” = 1’-0”

GL-02.04-300 GL-02.01-275

GL-02.03-050

Components

CE-02.01-100 Standing panel structure

GL-02.01-200+ Introductory panel with puncture graphics

GL-02.01-240 Reading rail

CE-02.01-250 Raised line map of exhibit space

GL-02.01-275 Graphic on reverse of intro

GL-02.01-300 Floor map

CE-02.02-100 Fossil exhibit base

GL-02.02-200 Reading rail

GL-02.02-220 Graphic callout

CE-02.02-300 Rock chunk

GL-02.02-500 Reading rail

GL-02.03-050 Photomural

GL-02.03-100+ Introductory panel with puncture graphics

CE-02.03-200 Javelina

GL-02.03-210 Graphic callout

GL-02.03-220 Ocotillo silhouette

GL-02.03-230 Graphic callout

GL-02.03-250 Desert base

CE-02.03-300 Bronze roadrunner with lizard in mouth

Gl-02.03-400 Thompson’s yucca silhouette

GL-02.03-500+ Night sky panel with puncture graphics

CE-02.04-100 Panel structure

GL-02.04-200+ Introductory panel with puncture graphics

GL-02.04-300 Trip planning panel

Gl-02.04-400 Photomural

CE-02.04-500 Front end of Jeep

GL-02.04-510 Graphic callout

GL-02.04-520 Graphic callout

CE-02.04-530 Jack and shovel

CE-02.04-550 Rocky road base

GL-03.01-310 You Are Here graphic

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View C: Wildlife and backroads dioramas.

Scene 2 / East Side Adventures

Note: Mural photo changed to the image below, see GL-02.03-050

Fr ed ly fi sh sh u tt er st

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GL-02.01-200 - Welcome graphic

Size: 27” w x 45” h

Scale: 30%

W el co m e Gr ea t a dv en tu re s aw ai t y ou in th e de se rt

, m ou nt ai ns , a nd riv c an yo ns o f B ig B en d.

Ex pl or e, d is co ve r, w on de r, re st or e, a nd s ha re

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Ev yo ne n ee d s to p ut it o n th ei r bu ck et li st

David Fulmer, Flikr/CC license

Scene 2 / East Side Adventures

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GL-02.01-220 - Puncture Graphic

Size: 8” w x 8” h

Scale: 100%

B la ke T re st er Lo ri

B en av id ez

Scene 2 / East Side Adventures

GL-02.01-210 - Puncture Graphic

Size: 9.5” w x 9.5” h

Scale: 100%

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Visitor Center Floor Plan

This raised map provides a tactile way for visitors to understand the layout of the visitor center.

GL-02.01-240

Size: 29.5” w x 15” h

Scale: 46%

Note: Tactile floorplan is CE-02.01-250, see reference package for details.

Scene 2 / East Side Adventures

BIG BEND

NATIONAL PARK

PERSIMMON GAP

VISITOR CENTER

INFORMATION DESK

RESTROOMS

WATER FOUNTAIN

EXIT

Braille Here

Braille Here

Braille Here

Braille Here

Braille Here

= 4 FEET

Braille Here

TACTILE SCALE:

YOU ARE HERE

EXHIBITS

Braille Here

Braille Here

BOOK STORE

Braille Here

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GL-02.01-275 - reverse of introductory panel

Size: 27” w x 45” h

Scale: 30%

Pa rk r an g er f ro

B ig B en d

N at io n al P ar k

Th is p ar k is h ug e!

Be p re pa re d w it h sn ac ks a nd w at er b ec au se t he w ea th er is u np re d ic ta bl e ou t in es er t.

T he v ie w s ar e m aj es ti c an d th e hi ke s ar e pe ac ef ul

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Pl ea sa n to n

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W e’ d lo ve t o he ar f yo u!

C on ne ct w it us to ha re y ou r Bi g Be ad ve nt ur e.

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m es qu it e, co ti ll o

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GL-02.01-300 - floor map

Size: 286” x 250”

Scale: ~3%

[FOSSIL CUBE]

[PANEL

STRUCTURE]

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GL-02.01-310 - You Are Here floor graphic

Size: 22” x 22”

Scale: 37%

Yo u are here You are here

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GL-02.02-200 - reading rail

Size: 27” w x 12” h

Scale: 33%

Life Stories in Stone Big Bend’s rock layers preserve over 130 million years of life. There are giant bony fish, horned dinosaurs, giant alligators, and more than 1,200 other fossilized species.

This remarkably intact rock record captures dramatically different chapters in Big Bend’s history: ancient tropical seas, coastal floodplains, and winding rivers.

This is a view of the nearby landscape where we found this specimen.

If you find a fossil, it may be a new discovery. Take a photo and leave it in place.

Then note the location and tell a ranger.

This piece of limestone rock preserves fossils from a time when

Big Bend was under the waters of a tropical sea. It’s about 100 million years old.

GL-02.02-220 - callout

Size: 12” w x 12” h

Scale: 50%

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Where to See Fossils

Places to look for fossils:

• Fossil Discovery Exhibit

• Daniel’s Ranch to Hot Springs

• Santa Elena Trail

• Ernst Tinaja Trail The Fossil Discovery Exhibit is a 20-minute drive from here.

Come for a visit—the exhibit is open during daylight hours.

At the Fossil Discovery Exhibit, you can immerse yourself in fossils. Climb inside the life-size skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex or a giant crocodile.

GL-02.02-500 - reading rail

Size: 27” w x 12” h

Scale: 33%

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GL-02.03-050 - photomural

Size: 110.5” w x 173” h

Scale: 7%

Fr ed ly fi sh sh u tt er st ck [APPROX. PLATFORM PLACEMENT]

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BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

Where to Find Wildlife

Watching Wildlife

Big Bend’s diverse ecosystems overlap to create homes for many different animals.

Desert animals are usually active during the cooler parts of the day.

It’s smart for people to follow the ways of the wildlife: rise early, take a siesta, and enjoy the evening.

We love Big Bend National Park.

A beautiful, tranquil environment with big, rugged mountains, pretty desert flowers, and BEARS!

Yes, bears.

—Park visitor from Sugar Land, Texas

In late summer and early fall you may see thousands of Texas lubber grasshoppers. They are big and chunky. Their wings flash red when they fly.

Wild animals are healthiest when they find their own food. Human food can make animals sick, aggressive, and bring them close to dangerous roads. Help us keep wildlife wild and safe.

North

Chisos Mountains

Rio Grande

River Corridor

Desert

In the desert, look and listen for coyotes, javelina, collared lizards, cactus wrens, tarantulas, and desert cottontail rabbits.

Along the Rio Grande, look for bobcats, two-tailed swallowtail butterflies, vermilion flycatchers, beavers, Big Bend slider turtles, and common black hawks.

Up in the Chisos Mountains, you may find black bears, mountain lions, gray foxes, Carmen white-tailed deer, peregrine falcons, Mexican jays, rock squirrels, and ringtails.

GL-02.03-100 - Wildlife panel

Size: 45” w x 45” h

Scale: 20%

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

Where to Find Wildlife

Watching Wildlife

Big Bend’s diverse ecosystems overlap to create homes for many different animals.

Desert animals are usually active during the cooler parts of the day.

It’s smart for people to follow the ways of the wildlife: rise early, take a siesta, and enjoy the evening.

We love Big Bend National Park.

A beautiful, tranquil environment with big, rugged mountains, pretty desert flowers, and BEARS!

Yes, bears.

—Park visitor from Sugar Land, Texas

In late summer and early fall you may see thousands of Texas lubber grasshoppers. They are big and chunky. Their wings flash red when they fly.

Wild animals are healthiest when they find their own food. Human food can make animals sick, aggressive, and bring them close to dangerous roads. Help us keep wildlife wild and safe.

North

Chisos Mountains

Rio Grande

River Corridor

Desert

In the desert, look and listen for coyotes, javelina, collared lizards, cactus wrens, tarantulas, and desert cottontail rabbits.

Along the Rio Grande, look for bobcats, two-tailed swallowtail butterflies, vermilion flycatchers, beavers, Big Bend slider turtles, and common black hawks.

Up in the Chisos Mountains, you may find black bears, mountain lions, gray foxes, Carmen white-tailed deer, peregrine falcons, Mexican jays, rock squirrels, and ringtails.

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Javelina (pronounced “have-a-leen-a”) travel in small bands. You may catch a whiff of them before you see them. They smell a bit like skunks.

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GL-02.03-225 - callout

Size: 12” w x 12” h

Scale: 50%

Tiny Lucifer hummingbirds build nests on ocotillo branches. Each nest can hold two eggs.

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GL-02.03-220 - Ocotillo silhouette

Size: 36” w x 48” h

Scale: 25%

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Speedy roadrunners thrive in deserts, reaching top speeds of 20 mph.

They can kill a rattlesnake and eat it whole.

GL-02.03-230 - callout

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GL-02.03-400 - Thompson’s Yucca silhouette (front)

Size: 44.5" w x 86.5" h

Scale: 16%

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BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

Where to Watch the Night Sky

North

Chisos Mountains

Rio Grande

River Corridor

Desert

Star Gazing

Have you ever seen the Milky Way? Look for it arcing across the moonless Big Bend sky.

Big Bend offers prime viewing for spectacular meteor showers throughout the year.

Big Bend is an International Dark Sky Park because of the exceptional quality of its starry nights.

Ridiculously far away from everything, which is why this is THE place for stargazing in the continental United States. The night sky was phenomenal and it is something that I cannot do justice with words.

—Park visitor from Dartmouth, United Kingdom

Pullouts along the paved roads can be great places to enjoy the night sky.

Backcountry camping can provide especially rewarding views of the stars.

The park has some of the darkest night skies in the country because we’re far from major cities. Almost anywhere in the park is a good spot to enjoy the darkness and spend some time with the stars.

When you turn off the lights, you’ll be amazed to see the stars that come out.

GL-02.03-500 - Night sky panel

Size: 45” w x 45” h

Scale: 20%

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

Where to Watch the Night Sky

North

Chisos Mountains

Rio Grande

River Corridor

Desert

Star Gazing

Have you ever seen the Milky Way? Look for it arcing across the moonless Big Bend sky.

Big Bend offers prime viewing for spectacular meteor showers throughout the year.

Big Bend is an International Dark Sky Park because of the exceptional quality of its starry nights.

Ridiculously far away from everything, which is why this is THE place for stargazing in the continental United States. The night sky was phenomenal and it is something that I cannot do justice with words.

—Park visitor from Dartmouth, United Kingdom

Pullouts along the paved roads can be great places to enjoy the night sky.

Backcountry camping can provide especially rewarding views of the stars.

The park has some of the darkest night skies in the country because we’re far from major cities. Almost anywhere in the park is a good spot to enjoy the darkness and spend some time with the stars.

When you turn off the lights, you’ll be amazed to see the stars that come out.

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GL-02.04-200 - Backcountry graphic

Size: 27” w x 45” h

Scale: 30%

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GL-02.04-210 - Puncture Graphic

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GL-02.04-300 - trip planning panel

Size: 27” w x 45” h

Scale: 30%

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GL-02.04-400 - Photomural

Size: 110.5” x 210”

Scale: 12%

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GL-02.04-510 - callout

Size: 12” w x 12” h

Scale: 50%

10 inches— that’s the ground clearance you need to safely navigate Big Bend’s primitive roads.

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Help can be many hours away in this remote desert. Careful planning and self-reliance help make an adventure successful.

Full-size spare tire Tools to change tires

Shade tarp Radiator coolant

Extra drinking water Shovel

Supplies for backcountry drives:

GL-02.04-520 - callout

Size: 25” w x 29.5” h

Scale: 38%

0 2' 4' 8' SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0" 1Floor Plan for Graphics

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Overview

While looking south out the majestic view window, the exhibits showcase the highlights of the south areas of the park: ways to experience the river, backpacking, and hiking.

Graphics describe how to visit different areas while a bench provides a restful moment to enjoy the view. Panels and shelving on the sides and back of the bench provide ways to plan for a backpacking or hiking adventure, including packing your pack and lifting the amount of water you’ll need to carry.

A nearby bird-watching interactive has a simple viewing scope and images of the bird sculptures.

Scene Purpose

• Inspire visitors to explore the waterways and hiking trails.

• Show the range of ways that these special environments can be experienced.

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Components

GL-03.01-100+ Introductory panel with puncture graphics

GL-03.01-200 Reading rail

CE-03.02-100 Panel structure

GL-03.02-200+ Introductory panel with puncture graphics

GL-03.02-300 Trip planning panel

CE-03.02-400 Bench

CE-03.02-410 Overnight pack

GL-03.02-420 Reading rail

GL-03.02-440 Reading rail

CE-03.02-500 Packable goods in three cubbies

CE-03.02-550 Packable goods title graphic

GL-03.02-560 Apple silhouette cutout

GL-03.02-570 Tent silhouette cutout

GL-03.02-580 Red Cross silhouette cutout

Gl-03.03-100 Great horned owl cutout panel

Gl-03.03-150 Reading rail

CE.03-03-200 Spotter scope

Scale 3/16” = 1’-0”

CE-03.02-400

GL-03.02-440

CE-03.02-410

GL-03.02-420

GL-03.02-300

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View D: Looking south to window view and South Side Adventures.

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North

Chisos Mountains

Rio Grande

River Corridor

Desert

Experiencing the River

Head south to explore the Rio Grande canyons, Hot Springs, and River Road. You’ll find towering cliffs, scenic overlooks, and hidden wetlands.

Spent time to walk in the Rio Grande and cross the border to have lunch in Mexico... Don’t forget the hot springs: we were alone there the 3 of us and it was gorgeous.

—Park visitor from Belgium

Take a short trail into the iconic Santa Elena Canyon.

There are many places to explore the river by canoe and kayak.

On your way to soak in the hot springs, you’ll see rock art on nearby cliffs. People have come here for thousands of years.

Look for the flashy vermilion flycatcher in the trees near Cottonwood Campground.

The Rio Grande Village Nature Trail ends at a dramatic ridge overlooking the river.

It’s the perfect spot to soak up the sunset.

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

Where to Go

Hike the short trail along the Rio Grande into Boquillas Canyon and explore the sand dunes.

Scene 3 / Chisos and South Side Adventures

GL-03.01-100 - River panel

Size: 45” w x 45” h

Scale: 20%

North

Chisos Mountains

Rio Grande

River Corridor

Desert

Experiencing the River

Head south to explore the Rio Grande canyons, Hot Springs, and River Road. You’ll find towering cliffs, scenic overlooks, and hidden wetlands.

Spent time to walk in the Rio Grande and cross the border to have lunch in Mexico... Don’t forget the hot springs: we were alone there the 3 of us and it was gorgeous.

—Park visitor from Belgium

Take a short trail into the iconic Santa Elena Canyon.

There are many places to explore the river by canoe and kayak.

On your way to soak in the hot springs, you’ll see rock art on nearby cliffs. People have come here for thousands of years.

Look for the flashy vermilion flycatcher in the trees near Cottonwood Campground.

The Rio Grande Village Nature Trail ends at a dramatic ridge overlooking the river.

It’s the perfect spot to soak up the sunset.

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

Where to Go

Hike the short trail along the Rio Grande into Boquillas Canyon and explore the sand dunes.

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GL-03.01-120 - Puncture Graphic

Size: 6” w x 6” h

Scale: 100%

GL-03.01-110 - Puncture Graphic

Size: 9” w x 9” h

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GL-03.01-200 - Boquillas Crossing reading rail

Size: 45” w x 12” h

Scale: 30%

Boquillas Crossing Visit the small village of Boquillas, Mexico, for a rich cultural experience.

Go for lunch, take a hike, explore the town.

The Boquillas Crossing Port of Entry is the only border crossing in the park. The Mexican and US governments cooperate closely to make this possible.

The crossing is open limited hours.

And you’ll need your passport.

Boatman Adrian Valdez is often at the oars on the short Rio Grande crossing.

You can walk, ride in a truck, or climb on a burro for the short half-mile trip from the river to the village of Boquillas.

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GL-03.02-200 - Hiking graphic

Size: 27” w x 45” h

Scale: 30%

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GL-03.02-300 - Trip planning graphic

Size: 27” w x 45” h

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GL-03.02-420 - Packable goods reading rail

Size: 18” w x 6” d

Scale: 58%

GL-03.02-440 - Packable goods reading rail

Size: 15” w x 6” d

Scale: 58%

Scene 3 / Chisos and South Side Adventures

Pack for an Overnight Pack your backpack for an overnight.

Fill this backpack with the supplies you might take on a one-night trip at Big Bend. Look for supplies in the bins nearby for food, shelter, and first aid.

—Park visitor from China

Bring tons of water and boots and don’t forget your sun hats!

Water for One Hiker, One Day Lift the container. How does it feel?

This is how much one person needs for a one-day hike at Big Bend: 1 gallon (4 liters).—Park visitor from Austin, Texas

Exceptional in every way! BRING

MORE WATER THAN YOU THINK

YOU NEED! Have a great trip!

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Pack Your Pack

Scene 3 / Chisos and South Side Adventures

GL-03.02-555 - Packable goods background

Size: 54” w x 22.5” h

Scale: 20%

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GL-03.02-560

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Scale: 50%

GL-03.02-580

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GL-03.02-570

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Big Bend Birds Birds are one of the special treats here—Big Bend has more species than any other US national park! Bird watchers head to Rio Grande Village and the Chisos Mountains.

Scene 3 / Chisos and South Side Adventures

GL-03.03-100 - great horned owl cutout

Size: 18” w x 28” h

Scale: 33%

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Greater roadrunner

Lucifer hummingbird

Turkey vulture

Look for these birds inside the visitor center:

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Overview

Filling the corner of the room is an expansive photomural showing Santa Elena Canyon from near the banks of the Rio Grande. A canoe is pulled up along the sandy bank, outfitted for a journey.

Nearby graphics describe the unique river environment.

Scene Purpose

• Inspire visitors to explore the river.

• Provide imaginative play opportunities.

• Relay important safety messages.

Components

CE-04.01-100 Panel structure

GL-04.01-200+ Introductory panel with puncture graphics

Gl-04.01-300 Trip planning panel

CE-04.02-100 Canoe packed with gear

GL-04.02-200 Photomural

GL-04.02-210 Photomural

GL-04.02-220 Floor graphic

GL-04.02-230 Graphic callout

GL-04.02-240 Bobcat silhouette

GL-04.02-250 Graphic callout

CE-04.02-300 Bronze turkey vulture

GL-04.02-310 Graphic callout

CE-04.02-400 River bank

CE-04.02-500 Driftwood tree

Scene 4 / West Side Adventures

CE-04.01-100

GL-04.01-200

CE-04.02-400

CE-04.02-500GL-04.02-215

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GL-04.02-210

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GL-04.02-200

GL-04.02-230,

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GL-04.01-220 - Puncture Graphic

Size: 7” w x 7” h

Scale: 100%

GL-04.01-210 - Puncture Graphic

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GL-04.02-200 - Photomural

Size: 89” w x 110.5” h

Scale: 11%

GL-04.02-210 - Photomural

Size: 172.5” w x 110.5” h

Scale: 11%

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GL-04.02-220 - River floor graphic

Size: 172.5” w x 89” h

Scale: 15%

[APPROX. RIVERBANK PLACEMENT]

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GL-04.02-215 - Photomural

Size: 89” w x 110.5” h

Scale: 11%

Production Documents II November 25, 201958 Big Bend National Park climb on in

Big Bend National Park

GL-04.02-226

Vinyl or painted words on inside of canoe

Size: 18.5”w x 3”h O.D.

Scale: 35%

GL-04.02-225

Vinyl or painted words on outside of canoe

Size: 42” w x 3” h O.D.

Scale: 35%

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GL-04.02-240 - bobcat silhouette

Size: 36” w x 20” h

Scale: 40%

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The river attracts wildlife.

Look for bobcats, Big Bend slider turtles, beavers, and birds. You’ll often find tracks in the mud.

GL-04.02-250 - callout

Size: 12” w x 12” h

Scale: 50%

GL-04.02-230 - callout

Size: 12” w x 12” h

Scale: 50%

The Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River protects 196 miles of free-flowing river. Paddling this section could be your ultimate river trip.

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You may see turkey vultures perched with their wings out, soaking up the sun. This warms the oils in their feathers, making it easier to fly and to stay dry.

GL-04.02-310 - callout

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Title Playfair Display Bold 210pt

Type Samples

Great adventures await you Come explore, discover, wonder

Welcome Subhead PT Sans Bold 72pt

Body Copy PT Sans Regular 54pt

The Rio Grande flows Photo Caption PT Sans Caption Regular 36pt

Along the Rio Grande, Big BendMap Callout PT Sans Regular 32pt

Callout Title Playfair Display Bold 84pt

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Pantone 4718 C

Pantone 4701 C 60% tint

Pantone 4718 C 70% tint

Pantone 4975 C

Pantone 7687 C

Pantone 624 C

Color Samples

Pantone 4701 C

Pantone 4975 C 65% tint

Pantone 7687 C 50% tint

Pantone 624 C 80% tint

Pantone 7546 C

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Task Date (No Later Than)

I. Production Documents II Phase

Submission of Production Documents II Package November 25, 2019

Presentation of Package (2–4 hours online) week of December 2, 2019

Park Review and Consolidated Comments (14 days) December 9, 2019

Project Schedule (completed phases not shown)