Jessica Hadley

Jessica Hadley

Jessica Hadley is a freelance conservation photographer and bear specialist working in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE).  As a storyteller, her work focuses on human-wildlife interactions, mainly in National Parks. She started working with bears as a wildlife technician for the Yosemite Bear Management program in 2014 and has spent the last ten years working with wildlife in California and the GYE.  Working in National Parks inspired her to turn her lens towards the challenges park biologists face managing wildlife as park visitation increases. Her goal is to document how our actions, while visiting wild places, affect the lives of the animals we encounter . A majority of her work as a wildlife professional for the federal government has been focused on bears.  You can download Jessica's resume here.

Awards & Publications

In 2017 Jessica was one of 12 students to receive the North American Nature Photography Association College Scholarship. From this she received a NANPA membership and was given the opportunity to work on a multimedia project with fellow scholarship winners under the guidance of talented mentors. They presented the work at the NANPA Summit in Jacksonville Florida on March 4, 2017.

Jessica is a 2023 - 2024 & 2024 - 2025  Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Mentorship recipient and a 2024 Girls Who Click Ambassador.

Jessica has published images in High Country News, National Wildlife Magazine, the Yellowstone Bear Project Annual Report, Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Investigations Annual Report of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team Research and Monitoring Summary, and the International Bear News.