Exploring the National Parks · Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is the only national park established specifically to memorialize a person, President Theodore Roosevelt, and his impact on conservation. Ash and John discuss how Roosevelt's experiences in the North Dakota badlands shaped his love for the wild and his commitment to preserving natural spaces for future generations.
“Theodore Roosevelt National Park is the only national park ever to have held the title National Memorial Park.”
“And they decided the place for that national park is the place that had significance to him personally.”
“He said that it was here in the badlands where he first learned to love the wild.”