Burgum urges National Park Service director to keep wild horses at Theodore Roosevelt National Park

  • Photo by Judy Frasch of ND Bandlands horse. Frasch is one of many photographers who has documented and tracked herds for over 20 years. For more information visit their website at ndbh. org or find their Facebook ‘North Dakota Badlands Horse.
    Photo by Judy Frasch of ND Bandlands horse. Frasch is one of many photographers who has documented and tracked herds for over 20 years. For more information visit their website at ndbh. org or find their Facebook ‘North Dakota Badlands Horse.

    BISMARCK, N.D. (FEB. 2, 2023) – In a phone call today, Gov. Doug Burgum urged National Park Service (NPS) Director Charles Sams to allow wild horses to remain at Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP), stressing their importance to the state’s tourism industry and their deep historical and cultural connections to the park and Roosevelt himself.

    The call with Sams was prompted by a letter Burgum su…