Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy encompasses 231 acres of diverse ecosystems within the Village of Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Protected from commercial development by the Village in 1990, KNC is one of the region’s most important ecological and communi…
Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy encompasses 231 acres of diverse ecosystems within the Village of Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Protected from commercial development by the Village in 1990, KNC is one of the region’s most important ecological and community assets. It functions as the largest intact natural water filtration system on the shores of Geneva Lake, where Harris and Southwick Creeks flow through the property and help cleanse more than 500,000,000 gallons of freshwater annually before it reaches the lake. The goals of Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy are to preserve, restore or establish native ecological communities typical of the region, to ensure public access and to promote recreation, education and research opportunities, with an emphasis on our natural ecological environment, including the importance of dark sky quality as part of the natural environment. The conservancy protects an extraordinary range of ecosystems, including wetlands, prairie, oak woods, kettle, meadow, deciduous forest, an arboretum, and two creeks, all within a single, carefully preserved landscape.