DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Door County Land Trust received the gift of two islands this holiday season.
Paul and Arni Richter donated Big and Little Susie Islands, just off the shore of Washington Island, to the land trust.
Located off the northwestern shore of Detroit Harbor, Big and Little Susie Islands together total approximately 15 acres.
Between the Susie Islands and the shoreline of the nature preserve lays a freshwater estuary, known locally as the Richter Bayou, which is a significant and productive smallmouth bass nursery for northern Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
Through this donation, the islands will be permanently protected by the Door County Land Trust and be preserved as a wildlife habitat.
