Panoramic 360-degree view of 231-acre of Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy near Geneva Lake in the Village of Williams Bay. Video taken from the top of the site's prairie/meadow observation tower, donated in 1997 by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Stewardship Fund, the Geneva Lake Association and the Wisconsin Energy Corporation Foundation.
Eric Johnson
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