Who We Are
Craighead Beringia South is a non-profit science and education organization established in 1998 by Derek J. Craighead. Craighead Beringia South's office is in Kelly, Wyoming, situated on the north bank of the Gros Ventre river, ten miles from its confluence with the Snake River. It is sandwiched between the National Elk Refuge and Grand Teton National Park, and lies at the geographical hub of the Jackson Hole valley, in the southern half of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. As a private, not-for-profit (501[c]3) organization, it is supported by the private sector, and its unique research approach affords flexibility, continuity and a creative intellectual environment. The mission of Craighead Beringia South is to contribute new knowledge toward improving the management and conservation of our natural environment by pursuing innovative, long-term field investigations on key ecosystem components upon which all life depends.
Carnivore Program Staff Teton Cougar Project
Board Members
Advisory Board Members
Derek Craighead
Derek is the founder and president of Craighead Beringia South (CBS). Derek received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in wildlife biology from the University of Montana. For more than a decade, he worked in Alaska as a supervisor for the Naval Arctic Research Laboratories’ Animal Research facility in Barrow, Alaska, and as a regional biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. He returned to Montana as director of the Wildlife-Wildlands Institute. Derek is presently serving on the board of The Peregrine Fund. In addition to his professional accomplishments, Derek is an ardent hiker, fly-fisherman, lifelong falconer and an experienced bush pilot. Derek and his wife, Sophie, have two children, Scotty and Sage, and a houseful of pets. Bryan Bedrosian Bryan was born and raised just outside of Chicago, but moved up to Wisconsin to attend the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, where he began his interest in studying birds. While obtaining his undergraduate degree in Biology, he was always either researching raptors or fishing. After finishing, he and his wife, Emily, moved to Jackson Hole to work for the Teton Science Schools. Bryan quickly began volunteering with Craighead Beringia South finding raptor and raven nests and assisting with Red-tailed Hawk trapping for the satellite migration study. Working with CBS, Bryan continued his education at Arkansas State University and earned his masters degree in 2004 by studying the raven population of Jackson Hole. He has since continued working with CBS and is now Project Manager for the Avian Programs. Ross Crandall
The only full-time field biologist for the Avian Program at Craighead Beringia South, Ross came to Jackson Hole after several years of field experience in Argentina, Alaska, New Mexico, and California working on a variety of sensitive bird species including Black Oystercatchers, Spotted Owls, and Red-crested Cardinals. A Wisconsin native, Ross attended the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point and majored in Wildlife Ecology in 2005. Ross is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys hunting, hiking, making instruments, and playing music. Trapper Haynam Currently a student at the University of Montana in Missoula, Trapper has been a seasonal technician on the raven project since 2005. After completing his double majors in Wildlife and Geology, Trapper hopes to continue his education by pursuing a Master's degree in association with a project from Craighead Beringia South.
Howard Quigley, Ph.D. Teton Cougar Project
Howard obtained his bachelor degree from the University of California at Berkeley, his master’s degree from the University of Tennessee, and his doctorate from the University of Idaho. He is Senior Ecologist and Principal Investigator of the Teton Cougar Project at Craighead Beringia South. He is the author of more than 30 scientific publications and popular articles. His work with carnivores has included field studies of the giant panda in China, jaguars in the Brazilian Pantanal, and Siberian tigers in the Russian Far East. Howard is concurrently the Director of Western Hemisphere Felid Programs for Panthera.
Teton Cougar Project Originally from the farmlands of Illinois, Peter first moved to the west to study Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since then Peter has worked on a wide variety of field projects, ranging from sea turtle conservation in Gabon to cougar ecology in Alberta. Peter has also studied plague dynamics in blacktailed prairie dogs in Colorado, desert tortoise conservation in Utah and pronghorn rutting behavior in Montana. Peter moved to Jackson Hole in the spring of 2008 to work with the Teton Cougar Project. He enjoys skiing, fishing, and outdoor photography.
Jesse Newby Jesse was born and grew up in the Mission Valley of Montana where he and his wife Tasha were married. He received his B.S. (1999) at the University of Montana and for the last 10 years Jesse has been working as a field biologist researching snowshoe hares, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, wolves and cougars throughout Montana, Wyoming, and Alberta. He and his wife also served as Peace Corps volunteers working in the Philippines on a conservation project focusing on endangered hornbills. Currently, he is completing his masters work examining cougar dispersal behavior in multiple systems within Montana and Wyoming.
Travis Bartnick
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