Medora businesses, statewide tourism could suffer without wild horses

  • Horses from the Arrowhead and Flax bands mingle below the crest of a butte, with foal Grizz scampering up toward his mother Little Bear [black, in back] in June, 2023. Photo provided by Christine Kman.
    Horses from the Arrowhead and Flax bands mingle below the crest of a butte, with foal Grizz scampering up toward his mother Little Bear [black, in back] in June, 2023. Photo provided by Christine Kman.
  • Horses Dreamer [left] and her mother Bee of stallion Nicols band of horses, taken near Peaceful Valley Ranch in December 2023. Photo provided by Christine Kman.
    Horses Dreamer [left] and her mother Bee of stallion Nicols band of horses, taken near Peaceful Valley Ranch in December 2023. Photo provided by Christine Kman.

    Though acute for some, overall impacts hard to quantify

    By Michael Standaert | North Dakota News Cooperative

    These equine influencers go by names like Grizz, Arrowhead, Flax, Little Bear. They’re neither pets, nor livestock, and they roam wild in North Dakota’s only national park.

    That may change pending an anticipated 2024 management decision by Theodore Roosevelt National Park staff to remove the n…