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Published August 31, 2009, 08:07 AM

Board postpones action on site

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. The proposal was to have been reviewed Friday by the State Historic Preservation Review Board. It was postponed until October.

BISMARCK (AP) — 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.

The proposal was to have been reviewed Friday by the State Historic Preservation Review Board. It was postponed until October.

The Forest Service and the National Park Service propose the designation for 12,000 acres of Badlands around the Little Missouri River north of Medora. It would encompass the Elkhorn Ranchlands, formerly called the Eberts Ranch, as well as Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s Elkhorn Ranch site and other grasslands.

Gov. John Hoeven’s attorney, Ryan Bernstein, said he told Forest Service supervisor Dave Pieper that the proposal “would not be going forward.”

Bernstein said the designation puts too many restrictions on the area, including plans for a new Little Missouri River bridge. He also said it goes against an agreement with the Forest Service to continue traditional land use.

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