BONNIE GAFNEY
Bonnie Gafney has worked as a permanent Park Ranger in Yellowstone National Park since 1986.  She has been stationed in West Yellowstone since 1990, and is also an active member of West Yellowstone Search and Rescue.  Bonnie has trained search dogs for 20 years, and is currently working her third German Shepherd, Auggie (right).  She and her dogs have been active in a wide variety of  SAR and LE  missions over the years, and have been credited with a notable number of "finds" in a variety of locations.   She started drug detection work with her second dog, Smokey, who passed away in August of 2006.  Auggie continues the legacy, and is certified in Avalanche, Cadaver, Drug Detection, Tracking/Trailing, and water recovery. She partners with Bonnie on regular park patrols, as well as their volunteer SAR work.  

 

FRANK SILVA
Frank Silva is a cabinet maker, a professional skier, a volunteer ski patroller at Big Sky Ski Resort and a member of  Gallatin County Search and Rescue.  Frank has trained search dogs for over 11 years.  Frank and K2, a red Border Collie, are certified in Avalanche.   His Border Collie, Latte, passed away in February, 2006.  Frank is also currently training, Lilly, also a red border collie, in Wilderness Tracking/Trailing.  Lilly is currently certified in Avalanche.

 

LADEAN MCKITTRICK
Ladean McKittrick is primary handler of Tucker (a yellow Labrador Retriever).   Ladean is a Adjunct Research Professor with the Civil Engineering Department at Montana State University in Bozeman.  He has been active with the Gallatin County Hasty SAR Team since 1997. Ladean is also a member of the HamSAR unit from the Gallatin Ham Radio Club.  Tucker is certified in Avalanche, Wilderness,  Cadaver, Water, and Tracking/Trailing.

LESLIE MCKITTRICK
Leslie McKittrick is employed as a nutrition counselor with the Gallatin County WIC Program. She has been active with WMSD for over 7 years and is a also a member of the HamSAR unit from the Gallatin Ham Radio Club.  Leslie has assisted her husband, Ladean, in training and working their first SAR dog Tucker. She is currently training Trace (right) who is certified in Water, Wilderness Area & Trailing.
 

COLETTE DAIGLE-BERG
Colette Daigle-Berg has been a Ranger with the National Park Service in Yellowstone since 1979 and a search dog handler since 2000. Her current dog, Sula, is a Border Collie mix from a shelter in Polson Montana. Sula is in training for Tracking/Trailing, Wilderness, Cadaver and Water and is certified in Area Searching and Avalanche.