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ND SCR4014
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/17/2023
Primary Sponsor
Brad Bekkedahl
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AI Summary
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Urges the National Park Service to preserve longhorn steers in the North Unit and wild horses in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park for interpretative, cultural, and historical purposes.
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Calls on the Secretary of the Interior and National Park Service Director to modify the proposed livestock management plan and recognize the benefits of livestock grazing in the park.
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Identifies livestock grazing as beneficial for managing forage, spurring perennial grass growth, decreasing invasive species, suppressing wildfires, and supporting biodiversity and resilient landscapes.
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Requests Congress assist with preserving the historic herds that were present during Theodore Roosevelt's era in the 1880s near Medora, North Dakota.
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Directs the Secretary of State to forward copies of the resolution to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, National Park Service Director, and all members of the North Dakota Congressional Delegation.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution urging the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the National Park Service to modify its proposed livestock management plan, to recognize the benefits of livestock grazing, and to continue to allow for interpretative, cultural, and historical purposes a herd of longhorn steers in the North Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the presence of a wild horse herd in the South Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Last Action
Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17
4/17/2023