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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 WI Lakes and Rivers Convention - Stevens Point (04/15/2026)</title>
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                &lt;p style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#175D68" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Arial, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol"&gt;2026 WI Lakes and Rivers Convention - Stevens Point (4/15-17)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

                &lt;p style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Arial, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol"&gt;Save the date for the Wisconsin Lakes and River Convention, April 15-17 in Stevens Point! This annual statewide convention brings together professionals, students, educators, community members, and businesses who love water. The 2026 event will feature keynote speakers, interactive workshops, content-rich concurrent sessions, networking opportunities, and awards celebrations.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Early bird pricing until Feb 1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://scola.wildapricot.org/event-6529377</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 SPIDER LAKE PIKE PROJECT: Memorial Day Weekend (05/23/2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#175D68" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HELP REMOVE NORTHERN PIKE FROM THE SPIDER CHAIN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (TIMES TBD)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;New! Bring your frozen, wrapped Northern Pike (tackle removed first)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Volunteer to help: SpiderChainOfLakes@gmail.com ATTN: Pike Project&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://scola.wildapricot.org/Fisheries" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;LEARN MORE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://scola.wildapricot.org/event-6391025</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 NW WI Lakes Conference -- Hayward (06/12/2026)</title>
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      <link>https://scola.wildapricot.org/event-6529402</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Lake Monitor Training (06/20/2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 24px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#175D68" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JOIN OUR FRONT-LINE DEFENSE --&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(23, 93, 104); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;BE A LAKE MONITOR!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SCLA Lake Monitor Training – a MY SHORELINE WEEK initiative&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Come and learn - no registration needed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday, June 20, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spider Lake Town Hall&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;In-person attendance is best, but Zoom will be offered.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PRESENTER:&lt;/em&gt; Natalie Erler, Sawyer County AIS Coordinator&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Early Detection of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) is critical. Aquatic Invasives can have devastating effects on lakes -- limiting boating, swimming, and reducing property values.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Volunteer to become a Lake Monitor and do what you already do on the lake in your boat or kayak – with an educated eye toward Invasives. It’s only a 6-hour commitment per year and it’s FUN!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Download &lt;a href="https://scola.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/AIS%20COMMITTEE/LAKE%20MONITORS/AIS%20Early-Detector%20Handbook%202023%20CitLkMonNetwork.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;AIS Early Detector Handbook (PDF)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Learn More: go to &lt;a href="https://scola.wildapricot.org/Spider-Chain-Catalog-of-Invasive-Species" target="_blank"&gt;Spider Lake&amp;nbsp;Catalog of Invasive Species page&lt;/a&gt; of SCLA website.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;And:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://scola.wildapricot.org/Lake-Monitoring" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Lake Monitor page&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;on SpiderChainOfLakes.org&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zoom Link:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83748793650?pwd=7tP8axgqMQolHVrlXaKCWUsa5UlZC3.1"&gt;&lt;font color="#3C61AA"&gt;https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83748793650?pwd=7tP8axgqMQolHVrlXaKCWUsa5UlZC3.1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Meeting ID: 837 4879 3650&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Any questions, contact us at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:spiderchainoflakes@gmail.com"&gt;spiderchainoflakes@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://scola.wildapricot.org/event-6529426</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Spider Lake Boat Parade 2026 (07/04/2026)</title>
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&lt;h1 style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 21px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Decorate your boat, canoe, kayak, S.U.P. and meet us on Little Spider to celebrate!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 21px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;July 4, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Inclement Weather? Check your email and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://scola.wildapricot.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;SpiderChainOfLakes.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;website for alerts and rescheduling details&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Town of Spider Lake Picnic &amp; Fundraiser 2026 (07/05/2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 24px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Sunday July 5, 2025&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://scola.wildapricot.org/event-6529498</link>
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