BONNIE GAFNEY
Bonnie Whitman (Gafney) has been a Park Ranger in Yellowstone National Park since 1986, when she started working her first German Shepherd SAR dog, Sarena. She has continued training and working SAR dogs, and is now starting her fourth GSD, Gator. 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, and continued with GSD Auggie and now Gator. Auggie is certified in Cadaver, tracking /trailing, drug detection (LE), avalanche and water recovery. She patrners with Bonnie on regular park patrols, as well as their volunteer SAR work. Gator is working hard in tracking /trailing, drug detection and avalanche, and is enthusiastic in his desire to participate whenever he can! Bonnie is also an active member of West Yellowstone Search and Rescue, and is a certifying detection official for the National Police Canine Association.  

 

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.