Lance Craighead, PhD.
[image]Research Director and Wildlife Ecologist

Lance completed a Master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison under Dr. Joseph Hickey in 1977 on: "A census of Pribilof Island Seabirds".  He worked for the next ten years primarily in Alaska. He completed a PhD at Montana State University under Drs. Ernie Vyse and Peter Brussard in 1994.  His dissertation topic was "Conservation Genetics of Grizzly Bears", and was conducted in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.  Lance is currently an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Biology at Montana State University.  He has published two book chapters: one in “Metapopulations and Wildlife Conservation” edited by Dale McCullough for Island Press, the other in “Carnivores in Ecosystems” edited by Tim Clark, Peter Kareiva, and Steven Minta for Yale University Press.  He wrote a popular book; Bears of the World for Voyageur Press, published in November 2000. 


 

RESUME of Lance Craighead

1122 Cherry Drive, Bozeman, Montana 59715
Born 8-8-47, Married to April Hudoff Craighead

EDUCATION

    • PRESENT POSITIONS

    B.A. in Biology, 1969. Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
    M.S. in Wildlife Ecology, 1977. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Thesis: A Census of Pribilof Seabirds.
    Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, 1994. Montana State University. Dissertation: Conservation Genetics of Grizzly Bears.

    • RESEARCH INTERESTS

    I have worked as a volunteer, graduate student, consultant, and employee in a variety of research positions. Most of my research experience has been with birds (particularly seabirds and raptors) and large mammals (particularly grizzly bears and other carnivores). My current interests concern population genetics, DNA analysis, and landscape ecology using GIS, all with an emphasis on conservation and reserve design. In my present capacity as Scientific Coordinator for American Wildlands I am helping design and direct a GIS-based analysis of wildlife movement corridors between the large wilderness reserves in the Montana Rockies: The Corridors of Life Project

    As affiliate professor at Montana State University I am involved in ongoing genetic research with grizzly bears and other species, and serve on PhD candidate graduate committees.

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT

    MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Bozeman, Montana. Affiliate Assistant Professor of Biology
    CRAIGHEAD ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Moose, Wyoming. Research Director.
    NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVE, Jackson, Wyoming. Board of Directors, First Vice President. (www home page in progress)
    AMERICAN WILDLANDS, Bozeman, Montana. Scientific Coordinator

    • PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

    1988-1992. Montana State University. Environmental Issues in Society. Dr. Don Collins, Prof.
    1989. University of California-San Diego. Conservation Biology. Dr. Michael Gilpin, Prof.
    1976-1977. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ornithology, Wildlife Ecology. Dr. Stanley Temple, Prof.
    1975-1977. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wildlife Ecology. Dr. Joseph Hickey, Prof.
    1970-1972. U.S. Peace Corps. University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. Microbiology and Marine Biology.

    • RECENT PUBLICATIONS

    SIGMA XI: Member
    THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY: Member
    INTERNATIONAL BEAR ASSOCIATION: Member
    SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY: Member
    • Craighead, F. Lance, D. Paetkau, H.V. Reynolds, C. Strobeck, and E.R. Vyse. 1996. Using Microsatellite DNA analyses to infer breeding behavior and demographic processes in an Arctic grizzly bear population. Proceedings 11th annual International Bear Association Symposium. in press.
    Craighead, F. Lance, E.R. Vyse. 1996. Brown and grizzly bear metapopulations. In: Metapopulations and Wildlife Conservation. D. McCullough (ed.) in press. Island Press.
    Craighead, F. Lance, D. Paetkau, H.V. Reynolds, E.R. Vyse, and C. Strobeck. 1995. Microsatellite analysis of paternity and reproduction in Arctic grizzly bears. Journal of Heredity 86(4):255-261
    Craighead, F. Lance. Conservation Genetics of Grizzly Bears. 1994. Ph.D.. Dissertation. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.
    Craighead, F. Lance, E.R. Vyse, and H.V. Reynolds. 1992. Paternity determination with DNA fingerprinting in an Arctic grizzly bear population. Proc. Ninth International Bear Conference, Missoula, Montana.
    Craighead, John J., F.L. Craighead, and D.J. Craighead. 1988. Mapping caribou habitat using Landsat MSS imagery. National Geographic Research. (4): 495-527.
    Craighead, Derek J. and F. Lance Craighead. 1985. Mapping wilderness from space. Naturalist Magazine, Summer, pp. 16-19.
    Craighead, John J., F. L. Craighead and Derek J. Craighead. 1985. Using Satellites to Evaluate Ecosystems as Grizzly Bear Habitat. Proceedings - Grizzly Bear Habitat Symposium . U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula, Montana. General Technical Report INT-207. pp. 101-112.