Emergent Sandbar Habitat Program improves Missouri River nesting areas

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Emergent Sandbar Habitat Program improves Missouri River nesting areas

Scott Sterling, left, and Kaitlyn Knox, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District natural resources specialists operate a landing craft while searching for the threatened Northern Plains piping plover on sandbars in Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, July 18, 2025. Sterling and Knox are specially trained to relocate the nests, broods and adult birds. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Delanie Stafford)

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Tags: Natural Resources, threatened species, vegetation management, Piping Plover and Least Tern

Photo by: Delanie Stafford | VIRIN: 250718-A-KS317-1008.JPG

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