The name Craighead is, for many of synonymous with the study of Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies. Our speaker, Lance Craighead is a direct lineal descendant of the Craigheads that became famous for those studies.
Lance is a conservation biologist who lives in Bozeman, Montana.
He received his Bachelor's degree from Carlton College in 1969 and spent some time in the Peace Corps in the South Pacific. He worked at a variety of jobs and got a Masters Degree from the University of Wisconsin, working with Dr. Joseph Hickey in 1977 and did a thesis there on senses of Purple Violet Seabirds, a really fascinating area. In the academic sector, he is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology at Montana State University helping to advise graduate students and occasionally teaching himself. In the non-profit sector, he's worked on reserve design and habitat analysis, as well as carnivore biology through his position as Research Director at the Craighead Environmental Research Institute. Recently, he established a GIS Lab in Bozeman.