Theodore Roosevelt National Park News

As amazing as they might be, officials at Theodore Roosevelt National Park are taking steps to reduce the population of wild horses at the park.

An out of control horse sent a horse auction in Dickinson into chaos Friday. It happened as 78 wild horses from Theodore Roosevelt National Park were being sold.

The superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park says a three-day roundup of wild horses went "perfectly." Valerie Naylor says about 80 horses are to be sold at auction in Dickinson Friday, to help keep the herd to a manageable level.

Work being done with wild horses mustered from North Dakota may lead to an easier way of determining pregnancy.

Wild horses are being rounded up this week at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota.

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Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. Volunteers will be allowed to kill and keep some of the meat from an overpopulated elk herd at North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

SEN. BYRON DORGAN AND GOV. JOHN HOEVEN ANNOUNCED THE AGREEMENT ON WEDNESDAY. IT WOULD END A LENGTHY DISPUTE OVER HOW TO DEAL WITH THE BLOATED ELK HERD.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park officials plan to use birth control in wild horses for the first time.

Federal and state officials are at odds over listing about 12,000 acres of scenic North Dakota Badlands on the National Register of Historic Places to recognize an area that inspired Theodore Roosevelt .

The superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park says park officials have received more than 11,000 comments on a proposal to thin the park's elk herd by using teams of shooters, including volunteers under park supervision.

Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press CASSELTON, N.D. A spokesman for BNSF Railway says traffic is back to normal after crews worked through the night to clean up the site of a 19-car derailment in eastern North Dakota.

Park Superintendent Valerie Naylor said comments came from all over the country, including a "good number" of form letters.

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SAYS THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE COLONIZED BY PRAIRIE DOGS DROPPED FROM ABOUT 1,744 ACRES TO ABOUT 1,420 ACRES IN THE PARK'S SOUTH UNIT.

A state board has postponed action on a proposed national historic district around Theodore Roosevelt's Badlands ranch after objections from the governor's office.

JOHN HOEVEN AND NORTH DAKOTA GAME AND FISH DIRECTOR TERRY STEINWAND WANT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO CLARIFY WHETHER VOLUNTEER SHOOTERS WHO WOULD HELP REDUCE THE BLOATED ELK HERD IN THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THE MEAT.

Be leery of using the word hunt. "Hunting itself is not allowed in the park," says Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent Valerie Naylor.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park says its preferred method for reducing the park`s bloated elk herd is teams of shooters that will include volunteers.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park says its preferred method for reducing the park`s bloated elk herd is teams of shooters that will include volunteers.