Gerard Baker with FRCP director Suzanne Martley
The Dahl's Cyclorama was filled to standing room only.
More than 100 fans of parks, wilderness and western history packed the Cyclorama January 17 for the second in the “Green Cubed” series of events co-sponsored by the Dahl, Friends of Rapid City Parks and Democracy in Action.
The program featured Mt. Rushmore Superintendent Gerard Baker and six regional writers whose work centers on West River land, landscapes and environment. The “history of green” event complemented the Dahl’s “Green” art exhibit.
Baker told of the significant effect the west had on President Theodore Roosevelt, and how his time living in western North Dakota influenced Roosevelt’s subsequent decisions to protect vast areas of the west in national parks and monuments. He encouraged the audience to find new opportunities to preserve wild lands and to take time to get out into nature and listen.