Theodore Roosevelt National Park

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Reneé Bogard

Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Visitor Service Intern
SCA- Student Conservation Association
Summer 2007


Overview and Mission Statement

Theodore Roosevelt National Park was the first memorial park designated April 25, 1947. It was redesignated as a National Park in 1978 because of the unique geology, the wildlife, and the 3rd largest petrified forest in the North America. This park has three units the North, the South, and the Elkhorn. This park is just over 70 thousand acres. The South unit has a 36 mile scenic loop drive. The North unit has a 14 mile scenic drive. The park is in the Heart of the North Dakota Badlands with the Little Missouri River flowing through all units. The Badlands formed 60 millions years ago by streams and wind carrying volcanic ash and sediments from the young Rocky Mountains.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park is one of the many park in the National Park Service (NPS). The NPS is in the Department of Interior along with the US Forest Service and other departments.

Mission statements states Theodore Roosevelt National Park diligently protects and preserves the natural scene and cultural landscape, and provides the opportunity to understand and appreciate the rugged Little Missouri Badlands topography, with its unique flora and fauna, which inspired Theodore Roosevelt in the 1880s. The park projects the spirtit of Roosevelt's conservation ethic and his enthusiasm for the natural world. Discovery of this unique and outstanding unit of the National Park System will create a sense of surprise and wonderment that will lead to an understnading of the role of humankind as an integral part of nature.

Job Description

Staff information desks at visitor center, assist with sales of publication and issue backcountry use permits,40%
Prepare and present campfire programs, give guided tours of Roosevelt's cabin, give demonstrations, interpretive talks, guided nature walks, and bus tours,25%
Assist with special projects and assignments that will provide exposure to other phases of Park management including resource managment, research, curatorial work, trail construction, and/or maintenance,20%
Condut roving interpretive patrol of park roads, trails and overlooks,15%.
Requirements: Public speaking ability; ability to converse with visitors to relay Park information on a formal and informal basis.
Benefits: Free room and Board, $15 a month for cable, $60 a week for food, funding to get to and from park, $75 uniform allowance, free ticket to the Medora Musical, Bully play, Cowboy Hall of Fame, Courthouse Museum, and guided horseback riding through the park.
Achievements: First Aide and CPR training, and enhanced public speaking skill.

Contact Information
Naomi J VanGuilder Conservation INtern Program Representative for the Southwest, CA, HI
603-543-1700 ext 119 nvanguilder@theSCA.org
Theodore Roosevelt National Park Judie Chrobax-Cox South Unit District Interpreter
P.O. Box 7 Medora, ND 58645
701-623-4466

Related Websites
The Student Conservation Association- www.theSCA.org
Theodore Roosevelt National Park- www.npslgov/thro