[2] She was the national keeper of records for the Pi Lambda Theta honor society[3] and historian for The Mountaineers club.
They lived at the Humes Ranch Cabin in the Olympic Mountains at Hurricane Hill where they served as lookouts during World War II.
[5] Crisler worked as a columnist for the Port Angeles Evening News, writing the "Olympic Trail Talk" column from June 1949 until the spring of 1951.
Crisler kept journals of her observations and since 1948 the pair travelled the United States, showing their nature films and giving lectures.
The Crislers wanted to film wolves for the documentary they were making for Disney, and procured two Arctic wolf pups[5] from Inuit hunters.
Still not having the documentary footage, her husband raided another wolf den, taking five pups, as "two wolves, the parents no doubt, bounded around crying."
[7] The Crislers moved to a property in the Tarryall Mountains near Lake George, Colorado,[1] bringing the litter of wolf pups with them.
[1] Crisler wanted to change the public perception of wolves and wrote the 1968 book Captive Wild, detailing her experiences raising wolf pups,[1] portraying them as both intelligent and complex.
[7] Conservationist A. Starker Leopold described her observations of wolves as "the most meticulous and complete description of wolf mannerisms and behaviour that has been written.