Fish, feathers, forests and shoreline—the
Detroit Harbor Nature Preserve is a story of
land and water and the plants and animals that
use them. The preserve encompasses lands on
both Washington and Detroit Islands. By
protecting the shorelines of these islands, the
Land Trust is also protecting the waters that
flow between them, waters that are home to one
of the most productive spawning grounds for
smallmouth bass in northern Lake Michigan. The
Detroit Harbor Nature Preserve is also an
important stopover site for migrating birds and
provides breeding habitat for numerous rare
bird species including Caspian terns, redhead
ducks, American white pelicans, bald eagles,
and red-breasted merganser ducks.