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The River Raisin is home to " warm-water " fish including bluegill, white sucker, channel catfish, walleye, carp, white bass, black buffalo, freshwater drum and smallmouth bass.

Very few fish migrate between the river and the Great Lakes because of the seven dams in Monroe as well as the power plant intakes.

Bird species use the area as part of the flyway along eastern Lake Erie and include bald eagles, sandhill cranes, ducks and seagulls.

Invasive fauna include zebra mussels and rusty crayfish.

The threatened American lotus is present in Eagle Island Marsh but several invasive species are present in the watershed, including flowering rush, Eurasian milfoil, curlyleaf pondweed, Phragmites and purple loosestrife.