Eco-tourism in the spotlight as DNR Secretary Adam Payne visits Williams Bay

Eric Johnson
Oct 11, 2023
Oct 11, 2023

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Wisconsin DNR Secretary Adam Payne tours Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Adam Payne (foreground center) views the 231-acre Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy (KNC) campus in Williams Bay on a Sept. 21 guided tour with, from left, KNC Board President and Founder Harold Freistad and KNC Board Member Jim Killian. During his visit to Williams Bay, Payne would later also tour historic Yerkes Observatory and its Olmsted-landscaped grounds.

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Wisconsin DNR Secretary Adam N. Payne visits Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Adam N. Payne (left) is greeted upon his Sept. 21 arrival for a tour of historic Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay. Greeting Payne for his tour of the facility and it's 50-acre Charles Olmstead-designed arboretum grounds, from left, were Yerkes Future Foundation Board Vice Chair Tom Nickols, Executive Director Dennis Kois, and Director of Programs and External Affairs Walt Chadick. Nickols is overseeing the preservation and ongoing restoration of Yerkes' circa-1906 Olmsted landscape.

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With a focus on the growing realm of ecological tourism, the Williams Bay Business Association/Discover Williams Bay showcased the community and its tourism and natural resources as it hosted Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Adam N. Payne on Sept. 21.

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