Theodore Roosevelt's North Dakota: Badlands, Bison, and the Making of a Conservationist

Over the course of the more than three decades he lived or visited there, the Badlands of western North Dakota transformed Roosevelt into the kind of vigorous outdoorsman that he’d idealized as a youth—and that shaped his public image as president. Perhaps more importantly, this corner of the West turned him into a passionate conservationist dedicated to the preservation of its rugged landscapes and native wildlife. Experience those landscapes on a 6-day study tour led by naturalist Melanie Choukas-Bradley that brings you into the heart of Roosevelt’s Badlands and the national park that bears his name.