USACE Omaha District Photos

Emergent Sandbar Habitat Program improves Missouri River nesting areas
A piping plover forages for insects near the shoreline of a sandbar in Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, July 18, 2025. The threatened Northern Great Plains piping plover has very limited nesting areas and prefer coarse sand or gravel beaches on sandbars not connected to adjacent riverbanks. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Delanie Stafford)

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Photo by: Delanie Stafford |  VIRIN: 250718-A-KS317-1007.JPG