Emergent Sandbar Habitat Program improves Missouri River nesting areas
(Left to right) Scott Sterling, Kaitlyn Knox and Kody Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District natural resources specialists search 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)