Saturday, October 7th, 2023, 2 pm to 4:30 pm.

Russell Reid Auditorium at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum.

Tweed Roosevelt will speak at 3 pm, followed by a Q & A moderated by former North Dakota Tourism Director Jim Fuglie, with a reception to follow.

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Church of the Cross
1004 E Highland Acres Rd
Bismarck, ND

The BCA Annual Meeting and Potluck will be held Oct. 8 in Bismarck, featuring ND Associate Poet Laureate Rick Watson. A native of Mott, Rick lives in Minot. He is a retired professor of communications and a well-known singer of songs and teller of tales of western North Dakota, and friend to Badlands Conservation Alliance. His poetry has appeared on the pages of Wild Badlands and he was recently a featured guest on "The Great American Folk Show."

More on Rick Watson at http://highplainscreole.com/

Jay Clemens owns a good deal of private ranchland within the viewshed of the Elkhorn Ranch Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. He is committed to long term protection of his prime Badlands acreage, the Elkhorn Ranch, and in turn, the larger Little Missouri Scenic River valley. A member of the Badlands Conservation Alliance, Clemens will share the story that led him to vigilant defense of this uniquely rich and historic landscape.