Brad Griffith U.S. Geological Survey, Cooperative Research Units Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 209C Irving I Building, P.O. Box 757020 University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 99775-7020 (907)474-5067 office (907)474-7872 FAX ffdbg@uaf.edu

Research Interests
Education
Employment
Teaching Experience
Organizational Experience
Professional Society Membership
Honorary Societies / Awards
Publications
Job Completion Reports
Presentations

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Habitat and nutritional ecology, stochastic population processes, endangered species management/planning, remote sensing, landscape processes, species translocation and reintroduction.

EDUCATION:

• University of Idaho, Ph.D., Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Sciences, 1988. Dissertation title: Mule deer habitat selection in Columbia River rangelands of northcentral Washington.
• Oregon State University, M.S., Wildlife Science, 1977. Thesis title: Seasonal properties of the coyote scent station index.
• University of Missouri Columbia, B.A., Zoology, 1969.

EMPLOYMENT:

• 1996-present: Assistant Unit Leader (Wildlife Ecology), U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and Associate Professor, Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
• 1995-96: Assistant Unit Leader (Wildlife), U.S. National Biological Service, Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and Research Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
• 1991-95: Project Leader and Assistant Station Leader, U.S. National Biological Service, Alaska Science Center, Fairbanks Field Station.
• 1988-91: Assistant Unit Leader (Wildlife), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and Assistant Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono.
• 1987-88: Research Associate, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Idaho, Moscow.
• 1983-87: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow.
• 1979-83: Research Biologist, U.S. National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Seattle, Washington.
• 1978: Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Forest Service, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Jackson, Wyoming.
• 1976-77: Wildlife Intern, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, Colorado.
• 1973-76: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
• 1969-73: Helicopter Pilot, U. S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. and other locations.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Scale in Ecology and Management, Univ. Alaska Fairbanks, Spring 2003
• Foraging Ecology, Univ. Alaska Fairbanks, Spring 2000, 2002, 2004
• Research Design, Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks, Spring 1998, Fall 2005.
• Readings in Conservation Biology, Univ. Alaska Fairbanks, Spring 1997, 1999, 2001, Univ. Arkansas, Fall 1995; Univ. Maine, Fall 1990.
• Conservation Biology Laboratory, Univ. Maine, Fall 1990, Univ. Alaska, Spring 1999.

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• IUCN, Species Survival Commission, Re-introduction Specialist Group, Section Chair - Habitat Restoration.
• Member, TWS Technical Committee, Climate Change effects on Wildlife, 2002-2004.
• Member, Porcupine Caribou Herd Technical Committee, 1996- present.
• Representative, North American, Arctic Ungulate Society, 2003-2008.
• Treasurer, Northeast Section, The Wildlife Society, 1990-1992.
• Editor, Northwest Wildlifer, Northwest Section, The Wildlife Society, 1987-1989.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:

• International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Species Survival Commission.
• The Wildlife Society, Certified Wildlife Biologist, 1982.
• Ecological Society of America.
• American Institute of Biological Sciences.
• Sigma Xi.

HONORARY SOCIETIES / AWARDS:

• U.S. Geological Survey, Cooperative Research Units Program, Scientific Excellence Award, 2002.
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Special Achievement Award, 1991-94.

• Northeast Section, The Wildlife Society, Outstanding Wildlife Paper, 1991.
• National Wildlife Federation, Environmental Publication Award, 1990.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Inkley, D. B., M. G. Anderson, A. R. Blaustein, V. R. Burkett, B. Felzer, B. Griffith, J Price, and T. L. Root. 2004. Global climate change and wildlife in North America. The Wildlife Society Technical Review 04-2. 26pp.

• Cameron, R. D., W. T. Smith, R. G. White, and B. Griffith. 2005. Central Arctic caribou and petroleum development: distributional, nutritional and reproductive implications. Arctic 58(1):1-9.
• Hinzman, L., N. Bettez, W. R. Bolton, F. S. Chapin, M. Dyurgerov, C. Fastie, B. Griffith, R. D. Hollister, A. Hope, H. P. Huntington, A. Jensen, G.J. Jia, T. Jorgenson, D. L. Kane, D. R. Klein, G. Kofinas, A. Lynch, A. Lloyd, A. D. McGuire, F. Nelson, W. C. Oechel, T. Osterkamp, C. Racine, V. Romanovsky, R. Stone, D. Stow, M. Sturm, C. E. Tweedie, G. Vourlitis, M. Walker, D. Walker, P. J. Webber, J. Welker, K. Winker, K. Yoshikawa. Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Northern Alaska and Other Arctic Regions. Climatic Change 72(3):1-48.
• Kruse, J.A., White, R.G., Epstein, H.E., Archie, B., Berman, M.D., Braund, S.R., Chapin III, F.S., Charlie Sr., J., Daniel, C.J., Eamer, J., Flanders, N., Griffith, B., Haley, S., Huskey, L., James, S., Joseph, B., Klein, D., Kofinas, G.P., Martin, S., Murphy, S.M., Nebesky, W., Nicolson, C., Peter, K., Russell, D.E., Tetlichi, J., Tussing, A., Walker, M.D., Young, O.R. 2004. Assessing the Sustainability of Arctic Communities: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration of Researchers and Local Knowledge Holders. Ecosystems 7(8):815-828.
• Stow, D. A., A. Hope, D. McGuire, D. Verbyla, J. Gamon, F. Huemmrich, S. Houston, C. Racine, M. Sturm, K Tape, L. Hinzman, K. Yoshikawa, C. Tweedie, B. Noyle, C. silapaswan, D. Douglas, B. Griffith, G. Jia, H. Epstein, D. Walker, S. Daeschner, A. Petersen, L. Zhou, and R. Myneni. 2004. Remote sensing of vegetation and land-cover change in Arctic tundra ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment 89:281-308.
• Sturm, M., F.S. Chapin III, M.E. Edwards, B. Griffith, H.P. Huntington, G. P. Kofinas, A. H. Lloyd, A. H. Lynch, B.J. Peterson, R. A. Peilkel Sr., J.P. Schimel, M.C. Serreze, G.R. Shaver. 2003. PACTS (Pan -Arctic Cycles, Transitions, and Sustainability): A Science Plan. NSF, Land -Atmosphere -Ice International Science Management Office, UAF, Fairbanks, Alaska, January 2003. 53 pp.
• Russell, D. E., G. Kofinas, and B. Griffith. 2002. Barren-ground caribou calving ground workshop: report of proceedings. Environmental Conservation Branch, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, Technical Report Series Number 390, 39pp.
• Griffith, B., D. C. Douglas, N. E. Walsh, D. D. Young, T. R. McCabe, D. E. Russell, R. G. White, R. D. Cameron, and K. R. Whitten. 2002. The Porcupine caribou herd. Pages 8-37 in D. C. Douglas, P. E. Reynolds, and E. B. Rhode, editors. Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries. U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD BSR-2002-0001. http://alaska.usgs.gov/BSR-2002/usgs-brd-bsr-2002 -001.html
• Cameron, R. D., W. T. Smith, R. G. White, and B. Griffith. 2002. The Central Arctic caribou herd. Pages 38-45 in D. C. Douglas, P. E. Reynolds, and E. B. Rhode, editors. Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries. U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD BSR-2002-0001.
• Young, D. D., T. R. McCabe, R. Ambrose, G. W. Garner, G. W. Weiler, H. V. Reynolds, M. S. Udevitz, D. J. Reed, and B. Griffith. 2002. Predators. Pages 51-53 in D. C. Douglas, P. E. Reynolds, and E. B. Rhode, editors. Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries. U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Biological Science Report USGS/BRD BSR-2002-0001.
• Johnstone, J., D. Russell, and B. Griffith. 2002. Variations in plant forage quality in the range of the Porcupine caribou herd. Rangifer 22(1):65-74.
• Griffith, B., D. C. Douglas, D. E. Russell, R. G. White, T. R. McCabe, and K. R. Whitten.  2001.  Effects off recent climate warming on caribou habitat and survival. Pages 17-19 in Green, R. E., M. Harley, M. Spalding, and C. Zockler, eds.  Impacts of climate change on wildlife.  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, UK.
• Wolfe, S. A., B. Griffith, and C. A. Gray Wolfe.  2000.  Response of Arctic caribou to human activities. Polar Research 19:63-73.
• Russell, D., G. Kofinas, and B. Griffith.  2000. Need and opportunity for a North American caribou knowledge cooperative.  Polar Research 19:117-130.
• Scott, J. M., D. Murray, and B. Griffith.  1999. Lynx reintroductions.    Science 286:49-51.
• Vreeland, J. K., F. A. Servello, and B. Griffith.  1999.  Effects of conifer release with glyphosate on summer forage abundance for deer in Maine.  J. North. Forestry.  28:1574-1578.
• Wolf, C. M., T. Garland, Jr., and B. Griffith.  1998.  Avian and mammalian translocations: reanalysis with phylogenetically independent contrasts.  Biol. Conserv. 86:243-255.
• Griffith, B., L. M. Comly, M. Chilelli, K. R. Rock, J. M. Scott, T. H. Tear, and J. W. Carpenter.  1998.   Annotated bibliography of wildlife translocations. http://users.iab.uaf.edu/~brad_griffith/translocations.shtml
• Seaman, D. E., B. Griffith, and R. A. Powell.  1998.  KERNELHR: a program for estimating animal home ranges. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26:95-100.
• Reading, R. P., T. W. Clark, and B. Griffith.  1997.   The influence of valuational and organizational considerations on the success of rare species translocations. Biol. Conserv. 79:217-225.
• Raymond, K. S., F. A. Servello, B. Griffith, and W. E. Eschholz. 1996.  Effects of glyphosate on winter foraging ecology of moose in Maine. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:753-763.
• Eschholz, W. E.., F. A. Servello, B. Griffith, K. S. Raymond, and W. B. Krohn.  1996.  Winter use of glyphosate-treated clear-cuts by moose in Maine. J. Wildl. Manage. 60:764-769.
• Wolf, C. M., B. Griffith, C. Reed, and S. A. Temple.  1996.  Avian and mammalian translocations revisited: an update and reanalysis of 1987 survey data. Conserv. Biol. 10:1142-1154.
• Chilelli, M., B. Griffith, and D. J. Harrison.  1996.   Utility of regional furbearer data: the river otter example. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 24:238-246.
• Walsh, N. E., B. Griffith, and T. R. McCabe.  1995. Use of a stochastic population model to predict growth of the Porcupine caribou herd. J. Wildl. Manage. 59:262-272.
• Tear, T. H., J. M. Scott, P. H. Hayward, and B. Griffith.  1995.  Recovery plans and the endangered species act: are criticisms supported by data. Conserv. Biol. 9:182-195.
• Tear, T. H., J. M. Scott, P. H. Hayward, and B. Griffith.  1993.  Status and prospects for success of the endangered species act: a look at recovery plans. Science 262:976-977.
• Griffith, B., Scott, J. M., J. W. Carpenter, and C. Reed.  1993.  Animal translocations and potential disease transmission. J. Zoo. Wildl. Med. 24(3):231-236.
• Beck, B., M. Cooper, and B. Griffith. 1993. Infectious Disease Considerations in Reintroduction Programs for Captive Wildlife. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 24(3):394-397.
• Griffith, B., J. M. Scott, J. Carpenter, and C. Reed.  1989.  Translocation as a species conservation tool: status and strategy. Science 245:477-480.
• Griffith, B., and J. M. Peek.  1989.  Mule deer use of seral stage and habitat type in bitterbrush communities. J. Wildl. Manage. 53:636-642.
• Griffith, B. 1988.  Group predator defense by mule deer. J. Mammal. 69:627-629.
• Griffith, B., and B. A. Youtie.  1988.  Two devices for estimating foliage density and deer hiding cover. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 16:206-210.
• Youtie, B. A., B. Griffith, and J. M. Peek.  1988. Successional patterns in bitterbrush habitat types in north-central Washington. J. Range Manage. 41:122-126.

    SELECTED JOB COMPLETION REPORTS:

• Lawler, J. P., B. Griffith, D. Johnson and J. Burch. 2004. The effects of military jet overflights on Dall's sheep in Interior Alaska. Final Report to the Department of the Air Force, 11^th U.S. Air Force, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. 180 pp. http://www.nps.gov/yuch/Expanded/key_resources/sheep/sheep_2004.htm

• Griffith, B., A. Gunn, D. Russell, K. Kielland, and S. A. Wolfe. 2001. Bathurst Calving Ground Studies: influence of nutrition and human activity on calving ground location. Final Report to West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society, Yellowknife, NT. 118pp.
• Griffith, B., R. T. Bowyer, J. S. Sedinger, P. Morrow, G. Bucaria, and R. Post. Technical Peer Review of Reintroducing wood bison to the Upper Yukon Valley, Alaska: a feasibility study. Final Report to the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 3 August 1998. 13pp.

• Chilelli, M., J. Gilbert, B. Griffith, and A. F. O''Connell, Jr. 1998. Analysis of factors affecting population viability and reintroduction attempts for mammals in Acadia National Park. Technical report NPS/NESO-RNR/NRTR/98-06. 95pp.
• Chilelli, M., and B. Griffith.  1992.  Analysis of factors affecting population viability of birds. Research Work Order 20 final report to U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Research Support, Washington, DC.

• Griffith, B., M. Chilelli, and J. M. Scott.  1991. Assessing the success of translocations of wild turkeys, sharp-tailed grouse, and bighorn sheep: comparing simulation and actual translocation based models. Final report to Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise, Idaho. 15 October 1991. 35pp. + appendices.
• Griffith, B. and M. Chilelli.  1989.  Simulation of population viability and reintroduction strategy for the Puerto Rican Parrot. Final report to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Puerto Rico Field Station, Palmer, PR. 22pp.
• Griffith, B.  1983.  Standard operating procedures: mule deer population monitoring and permanent vegetation transect monitoring. Coop. Park Studies Unit Rep. B84-1. Univ. Idaho, Moscow. 41 pp.
• Griffith, B. 1982. Ecological characteristics of mule deer: Craters of the Moon National Monument. Coop. Park Studies Unit Rep. B83-2. Univ. Idaho, Moscow. 109 pp.
• Griffith, B. 1982. Mule deer of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument: a management report. Coop. Park Studies Unit Rep. 80-2. OR St. Univ., Corvallis. 29 pp.
• Griffith, D. B.  1977.  Selected biological parameters associated with a +400 kV d-c transmission line in Oregon. Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education report to the Engineering and Construction Division, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon. 94 pp.

SELECTED RECENT PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:

• Szepanski, M., and B. Griffith. 2005. Nutritional capacity of moose winter habitats in Alaska, 41st North American Moose Conference and Workshop, Whitefish, Montana, May 22-26, 2005.

• Griffith, B. 2005. Remote sensing tools for assessing large scale habitat quality for ungulates. National Park Service, Arctic Network, Alaska, Terrestrial Scoping Workshop, Fairbanks, Alaska. 27 March 2005.
• Griffith, B. 2005. Inconvenient answers: experiences at the interface between biological research and public policy. All Hands Meeting, USGS, Cooperative Research Units, Jacksonville, Florida. 3 March 2005.
• Griffith, B. 2005. Application of remote sensing data to the assessment of circumpolar Rangifer habitats and populations. Circum-Arctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment Network, Charter Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 21 January 2005.
• Griffith, B., D. C. Douglas, R. G. White, D. E. Russell and P. A. McNeil. 2004. Differential effects of summer and winter warming on caribou habitats: population implications. 11^th Annual Conference, The Wildlife Society, Calgary, Alberta 18-22 September 2004.
• Griffith, B., D. C. Douglas, R. G. White, D. E. Russell and P. A. McNeil. 2004. Climate, Fall Forage Availability, and Parturition in Barren -Ground Caribou. 10^th North American Caribou Workshop, Girdwood, Alaska, 4-6 May 2004.
• Griffith, B. 2003. Experiences at the interface between biological research and public policy in the 21^st century. Stanford Policy Forum, Stanford University, Sacramento, California, 4 December 2003.
• Griffith, B., D. C. Douglas, R. G. White, and D. E. Russell. 2003. Climate, Fall Forage Availability, and Parturition in Barren -Ground Caribou. AAAS, 54^th Arctic Science Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, 24 September 2003.
• Griffith, B., and D. C. Douglas. 2003. Influence of fall habitat conditions on parturition in caribou. NSF Sustainability of Arctic Communities II, Annual Project Meeting, Jackson, Wyoming, 16 September 2003.
• Douglas, D. C., and B. Griffith. 2003. Caribou research priorities for Alaska''s North Slope. USGS, Alaska Science Center Symposium, Anchorage Alaska, 4 April 2003.
• Griffith, B., and S. Murphy. 2003. Partnerships in Natural Sciences, Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF. UA Academy, 27 February 2003, Anchorage, Alaska.
• Griffith, B. 2003. The Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit program in the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. USFWS, Region 7 Annual Directorate meeting, Chena Hot Springs Resort, 29 January 2003.
• Russell, D. E., B. Griffith and G. Kofinas. 2003. Caribou in a changing tundra environment. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Special Theme - Biology in the Arctic. Toronto Jan 2003.
• Griffith, B. 2002. Climate, development and the Porcupine caribou herd. 5^th Gwich''in Gathering, Old Crow, Yukon Territory, Canada, 7 July 2002.
• Griffith, B. 2002. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: 1002 Report, Porcupine caribou herd. U.S. Department of State Representative Meeting, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2 July 2002.
• Griffith, B. 2002. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: 1002 Report, Porcupine caribou herd. Resource Management Society, School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1 July 2002.
• Griffith, B. 2002. Potential effects of petroleum development on the Porcupine caribou herd. US Senate open meeting, Dirksen Building, Washington, DC, 8 April, 2002.
• Griffith, B. 2002. Tracking caribou by satellite. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks and Alaska Science and Technology Foundation, Science for Alaska Series, Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, 4 and 11 March 2002.
• Griffith, B., D. E. Russell, and G. P. Kofinas. 2002. A continental system for barren-ground caribou habitat assessment. Alaska Oil and Gas Association North Slope Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, 12 February 2002.
• Griffith, B. 2001. Calving ground delineation. Barren-ground caribou calving ground workshop. Pacific and Yukon Region, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environmental Conservation Branch, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 19 November 2001.
• Griffith, B. 2001. Calving ground location in relation to available forage resources. Barren-ground caribou calving ground workshop. Pacific and Yukon Region, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environmental Conservation Branch, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 19 November 2001.
• Wolfe, S. A., B. Griffith, R. D. Cameron, and R. G. White. 2001. Habitat selection by caribou of the Central Arctic herd: shifts in distribution and habitat quality. 8^th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Reno/Tahoe, Nevada, 25-29 September 2001.
• Kelleyhouse, R. A., B. Griffith, D. C. Douglas, J. Dau, and G. Carroll. 2001. Calving ground habitat selection: Teshekpuk Lake and Western Arctic caribou herds. Annual Conference of the American Society of Mammalogists, Missoula, Montana, June 2001.
• Griffith, B. 2001. Climate induced trends on North American barren-ground habitats. National Science Foundation, Studies of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Program planning meeting, Seattle, Washington, 21 June 2001.
• Griffith, B., D. E. Russell, and G. Kofinas. 2001. A continental system for barren-ground caribou habitat assessment. 9^th North American Caribou Workshop, Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada, 23-27 April 2001.
• Sousa, P., A. Morkill, and B. Griffith. 2001. Potential cumulative effects of oil development on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Committee on Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2 April 2001.
• Griffith, B. 2001. Potential effects of oil development on wildlife resources of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Inuvialuit Game Council, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada. 6 March 2001.
• White, R.G., D.E. Russell, ØØ. Holand, B. Griffith, R.D. Cameron, G. Kofinas, E.D. Nobmann and J. Kruse. 2001. Nutritional ecology of reindeer/caribou and their interactions with humans. In; Symposium: Nutrition at the Edge of the Earth, Proc. 25^th Meeting Nutr. Soc. Austr. Canberra. 3-5 December. Asia Pacific J. Clin. Nutr. 10: S3-S4.