Two Quarter Horses Join Buffalo National River Park Service

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich,

Kyle Kellams

Published May 13, 2019 at 4:43 PM CDT

Ranger D. Romes works with Cinco, one of two new horses on the park, during a horsemanship training at Steel Creek.

The National Park Service has purchased a pair of quarter horses to revitalize the Buffalo National River's historic mounted patrol program. Horses are used to keep order in the park as well as on search and rescue missions in wilderness areas.

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