Causes: Animals, Biological & Life Sciences, Environment, Land Resources Conservation, Wildlife Preservation & Protection

Mission: Our mission is to maintain healthy populations of native plants and wildlife, along with vibrant, healthy human communities in sustainable, functioning ecosystems.

Geographic areas served: Western US and Canada, International

Programs: The craighead institure continued its work as a fiscal sponsor, working with organizations specializing in conservation, and natural resources.

ci continued its pika research throughout montana that includes three interrelated programs, including citizen science, pika population monitoring and pika connectivity. Specific accomplishments included a fourth year of gathering citizen science pika data from around the state of montana, continued monitoring of pika colonies in gallatin county and the completion of connectivity field work in the gallatin canyon.

ci continued development and implementation of wild planner tools. During 2014, this included projects in both madison county, montana, and canmore, british columbia. Madison county planners used the tools to assess subdivision regulations and the tools are also being used by other conservationists within the state. The wild planner tools have been instrumental in the madison redevelopment program that began in 2014.Ci is partnering with the sonoran institute and future west on this project. The british columbia project focused on determining animal connectivity in and around a planned resort and golf course near banff. The results from this project highlighted areas of connectivity for wildlife and the increase in urban sprawl, and the development has currently been tabled due to local opposition.

the organization continued various conservation research, education, and outreach projects, centered in bozeman, mt.