Our field offices are located in Moose, Wyoming; Bozeman, Montana; and Wrangell, Alaska. Our research interests have involved us in projects from Alaska to Fiji. Much of the focus of past and present research has involved grizzly bears.

The Craighead Environmental Research Institute is a small group of concerned scientists and educators working with wildlife species throughout the world. We specialize in conservation biology; the science of maintaining healthy wildlife populations in intact, balanced, ecosystems. Currently we are not able to employ any additional people, and we are not a granting institution. About 90 percent of our budget is used for program expenses. We rely on the support of foundations and concerned individuals.

To conserve intact ecosystems in modern society, with its growing human population and the increasing fragmentation of wildlife habitat, involves field research, laboratory research, teaching, publication, media presentations, and habitat protection. We are apolitical. Our constituency is found in wilderness. We strive to maintain working relationships with a broad spectrum of academic institutions and colleagues, government bureaucratic agencies and managers, and grassroots conservation organizations. Local communities and businesses also have a vested interest in preserving natural communities and ecosystem health.