We are talking today with Dr. Frank Lance Craighead, Executive Director of the Craighead Institute, a conservation research firm based in Bozeman. Dr. Craighead has worked in many parts of the world, doing wildlife research. He is a field ecologist, population geneticist, and GIS technician with several years of experience in conservation planning. In addition to numerous scientific  papers and co-editing other books, Lance has one popular book: “Bears of the World”.  He focuses his time developing and coordinating research, building partnerships, and fundraising. After 10 years living in Alaska, Lance completed a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Montana State University studying grizzly bear genetics in the Alaskan arctic. He is currently a Research Affiliate Professor in the  Ecology Department at MSU, and a member of the Society for Conservation Biology and other scientific conservation organizations. Lance talks about the work he and the Institute do to determine wildlife population numbers, how they are being affected by global warming and what the research means for preserving wildlife populations in the years ahead.