As part of $16 million in grants to 25 states to promote the conservation of threatened and endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the State of Nebraska a $825,000 grant to purchase and restore approximately 500 acres of riverine and flood plain habitat adjacent to the Missouri River at Elk Point Bend, Nebraska, to help in the recovery of the federally endangered pallid sturgeon, interior least tern, and the federally threatened piping plover and bald eagle. By restoring sandbars, side channels, backwater edges and other shallow water habitats that will reconnect the habitat to the Missouri River, the State threatened lake sturgeon will also benefit.
"The help of the States and individual landowners in recovering these species is critical, and as with everything in this world, making money available to assist with these actions greatly benefits all parties," said Ralph Morgenweck, Director of the Service
