Conservation Partners

LightHawk flies more than 2,000 passenger hours annually. Below you'll find a list of our conservation partners who have received donated flights over the past three years.

Please contact us if the aerial perspective can help you reach your conservation goals.

Eastern Program Region

LightHawk and our strategic partner, International League of Conservation Photographers, worked to attain images of the rugged and remote Great Bear Rainforest. These photographs will help determine whether big oil tankers and oil pipeline should intrude into this pristine wilderness. Photo: Cristina Mittermeier/iLCP

Adirondack Council
Allegheny Defense Project
American Rivers
Assateague Coastal Trust
Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks
Blue Hills Heritage Trust
Boothbay Regional Land Trust
Catskill Mountainkeeper
Center for Biological Diversity
Choptank Riverkeeper
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
Columbia Land Conservancy
Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
Downeast Lakes Land Trust
Environmental Advocates of New York
J Henry Fair, Photographer
Forest Watch
Foundation for Deep Ecology
Galveston Baykeeper
Groton Conservation Trust
International Wow Company
Loon Preservation Council
Maine Audubon
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Marlboro Conservation Commission
Janet McMahon
Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan
Monadnock Conservancy
Mote Marine Laboratory, Center for Shark Research
Narragansett Bay Research Reserve
National Aquarium of Baltimore
National Zoological Park
Natural Resources Council of Maine
New Jersey Audubon
Northeast Wilderness Trust
Ocean Conservancy, South Atlantic Field Office
Open Space Institute
Peconic Baykeeper
Presque Isle Audubon Society
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
Restore America's Estuaries
RESTORE: The North Woods
Riverkeeper
Save The Bay, Narragansett Bay
Scot Miller, photographer
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association
Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance
Sierra Club
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire's Forests
Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna
The Adirondack Council
The Nature Conservancy
The Wilderness Society
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust
Urban Design Lab, Earth Institute at Columbia University
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Waterkeeper Alliance
Wildlife Trust, NY Bioscape Initiative

Pacific Program Region

American Lands Alliance
American Rivers
Aqua Permanente
Audubon Canyon Ranch
Rob Badger Photography
The Baum Foundation
Alan Bauer Photography
Bristlecone Media
California Native Plant Society
California Wilderness Coalition
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Cascadia Wildlands Project
Center for Biological Diversity
Colville Indian Environmental Protection Alliance
Colville Tribe
Compton Foundation
Conservation Northwest
Cook Inlet Keeper
Coyote Films
Dawn Watch
De Anza College
Ducks Unlimited
Earth Island Institute
EarthJustice
Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch
Environmental Protection Information Center
Facing Climate Change
Kip Evans Photography
Falcon Research Group
Forest Ethics
Friends for the Wetlands of Issaquah Northfork
Friends of Mount Adams
Friends of the Gualala River
Friends of the Inyo
Friends of the River
Granby Wilderness Society
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
Heal the Bay
I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition
Interfaze Educational Productions
International League of Conservation Photographers
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
Karuk Tribe
Klamath Forest Alliance
Klamath Riverkeeper
Laguna Ocean Foundation
The Lands Council
Meyer Memorial Trust
Mono Lake
NarrativeLab Communications
National Geographic
Natural Resources Defense Council
Ocean Conservancy
Oceanic Society
Orange County Coastkeeper
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Oregon Natural Resources Council
Oregon Wild
Pacific Rivers Council
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Partnership for Rural King County
PC Trask & Associates
People for Puget Sound
Pilchuck Audubon
Puget Sound Partnership
Raincoast Conservation Society
Rainforest Action Network
Resource Media
San Bruno Mountain Watch
San Diego Coastkeeper
San Juan Preservation Trust
Santa Monica Baykeeper
Save Our Wild Salmon
Save the Bay
Save the Wild Rogue
Kevin Schafer Photography
Sierra Club
Sierra People's Forest Service
Skagit Conservation Education Alliance
Skagit Land Trust
Snohomish County Surface Water Management
SnoPORCH
Snowlands Network
Stanford Law Clinic
Sustainable Northwest
Thalassa Consulting
The Nature Conservancy of Alaska
The Ocean Conservancy
The Otter Project
The Wilderness Society
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Trust for Public Land
Washington Forest Law Center
Water Watch of Oregon
Western Rivers Conservancy
WildCoast
Wings Over Watersheds
World Wildlife Fund

Rocky Mountain Program Region

American Lands Alliance
American Wildlands
Amigos Bravos
Arizona Open Land Trust
Arizona Wilderness Coalition
BBC Radio
Big Hole Watershed Coalition
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
Bitterroot River Protection Association
Bitterrooters for Planning
Boulder-White Clouds Council
Buffalo Field Campaign
Cabinet Resource Group
Carbonfund
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Native Ecosystems
Center for Sonoran Desert Protection
City of Golden
Clark Fork Coalition
Clearwater Collaborative
Coalition for the Valle Vidal
Coldstream Creative
Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust
Colorado Conservation Trust
Colorado Environmental Coalition
Colorado Open Lands
Colorado Trout Unlimited
Colorado Wild
Colorado Wilderness Network
Crowsnest Conservation Society
Dolores River Coalition
Jack Dykinga Photography
Eagle County Government
Eagle River Watershed Council
Earthjustice
Felt Soul Media
Fine Cut Productions
Flathead Land Trust
Jeff Foott
Foundation for Deep Ecology
Four Corners Media
Friends of Lolo Peak
Friends of Sonoran Desert National Monument
Friends of the Bitterroot
Friends of the Clearwater
Friends of the Great Salt Lake
Friends of the Red Desert
Friends of the Santa Cruz River
Gallatin Valley Land Trust
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
Great Basin Mine Watch
Great Burn Study Group
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Legacy
Headwaters Economics
Henry's Fork Foundation
High Country Citizens' Alliance
High Country News
Hooked on the Fly
Idaho Conservation League
International League of Conservation Photographers
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance
Josh King
Lava Lake Institute for Science and Conservation
Lazar Foundation
Marine Ventures Foundation
Pete McBride
Metamorph Films
Michael Forsberg Photography
Montana Audubon
Montana Environmental Information Center
Montana Land Reliance
Montana Trout Inc.
Montana Wilderness Association
National Conservation System Foundation
National Geographic
National Geographic Wild Chronicles
National Parks Conservation Association
National Wildlife Federation, Northern Rockies Office
Native Forest Network
New Mexico Environmental Law Center
New Mexico Friends of the River Otter
New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
New Mexico Wildlife Federation
Newsweek Magazine
New West Communications
Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Powder River Basin Resource Council
Red Rock Forests
Joe Riis Photography
Rock Creek Alliance
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Bob Rozinski, Photographer
San Juan Citizens Alliance
Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance
Santa Fe Conservation Trust
Santa Fe Garden Club Conservation Committee
Save the Poudre Coalition
Secesh Wildlands Coalition
Selkirk Conservation Alliance
Sierra Club
Sky Island Alliance
Sonoran Institute
Southern Rockies Conservation Alliance
Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Southwest Environmental Center
Southwest Land Alliance
Spirit Riders Foundation
Sun Ranch Institute
Sweetwater County, Wyoming
The Nature Conservancy
The Peregrine Fund
The Story Group
The Wilderness Society
Trout Unlimited Alaska
Tucson Audubon Society
Turtle Island Media
Upper Green River Valley Coalition
Utah Open Lands
Valley Advocates for Responsible Development
Brett Van Ort
Jonathan Waterman
Western Colorado Congress
Western Energy Project
Western Environmental Law Center
Western Resource Advocates
Western Slope Environmental Resource Center
Western Watersheds Project
West Slope Water Network
Robin and Marian White
Wilderness Watch, Cloud Peak Chapter
Wilderness Workshop
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildsight
Winter Wildlands Alliance
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund
Wyoming Environmental Quality Council
Wyoming Outdoor Council
Wyoming Wilderness Association
Wyoming Wilderness Coalition
Wyoming Wildlife Federation
Yaak Valley Forest Council

Emerging Program Regions

Bahamas National Trust
Bowling Green State University
Dogwood Alliance
Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan
Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water
Joe Coleman
Natural Resources Defense Council
Northern Illinois University
Sierra Club
The Peregrine Fund
Western Organization of Resource Councils
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wood County Ohio Health Department

MESOAMERICA

Belize

ACES - American Crocodile Education Sanctuary
Aguacaliente National Park
Ambergris Caye Citizens for Sustainable Development
Banana Growers Association
Belize Audubon Society
Belize Department of Environment
Belize Forest Department
Belize Foundation for Research & Environmental Education
Belize Ministry of Natural Resources
Belize Sugar Industry
The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center
Birds Without Borders
Bladen Management Consortium
Boston University
Caribbean Conservation Corporation
Christian Environmental Association
Citrus Growers Association
Community Baboon Sanctuary
Coastal Zone Management Authority & Institute
Ducks Unlimited
Forest And Marine Reserves Association of Caye Caulker
Carol and Richard Foster, Filmmakers
Friends for Conservation and Development
Friends of Nature
Golden Stream Corridor Preserve
Green Reef
Hol Chan Marine Reserve
Interamerican Development Bank
International Tropical Conservation Foundation
Itzamna Society
Jaguar Creek Christian Association
Kek'chi Council of Belize
Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Project
Monkey Bay Wildlife
National Geographic
Naturalight Productions
New River Farmers Cooperative
Oceanic Society
The Peregrine Fund
Programme for Belize
Protected Areas Conservation Trust
Red Creek Biological Reserve
Rio Blanco Mayan Association
Sarstoon Temash Institute of Indigenous Management
Shipstern Nature Reserve
Sibun Watershed Association
Siwa-ban Foundation
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Smithsonian Institution
The Nature Conservancy, Belize
The Peregrine Fund
Toledo Association for Sustainable Tourism & Environment
Toledo Cacao Growers Association
Toledo Ecotourism Association
Toledo Healthy Forest Initiative
Toledo Institute for Development & the Environment
Toledo Maya Cultural Council
Trekforce
University of Arizona
University of Belize
University of Calgary
University of Central Florida
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
US Embassy, Belize City
Wildlife Care Center of Belize
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Trust
Wolfsun Productions
World Wildlife Fund
Ya'axche Conservation Trust

Costa Rica Association for the Preservation of Wild Flora and Fauna (APREFLOFAS)
Asociaci�n de Comunidades Ecologistas Usuarias del Golfo de Nicoya (CEUS del Golfo) Asociaci�n para la Conservaci�n y desarrollo de los Cerros de Escaz� (CODECE)
Asociaci�n para la Protecci�n de los Recursos Naturales de Ca�o Negro
Asociaci�n Pro Conservaci�n de los Recursos Naturales, (ASOPROCOSARENA)
Asociaci�n Proyecto Campanario
Autoriono Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM)
Asociacion Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (ANCON)
C�cyra Wildlife Reserve
Campanario Conservation Project
Canal 15 Era Verde
Caribbean Conservation Corporation
Cecropia Foundation
CEDERANA Land Trust
Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza
Centro Cient�fico Tropical
Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales (CEDARENA)
Comit� Ambiental de Gu�cimo (Gu�cimo Environmental Committee)
Comit� Bi-cantonal Aserr�-Desamparados, La Asociaci�n Ecol�gica de Guatuso de Patarr� (AECOGUAPA)
Comit� de Vigilancia de Recursos Naturales (COVIRENA)
Conservation International
Corcovado Foundation
Costa Rica National Institute of Biodiversity
Costa Rica Ministry of Energy and Environment
Direcci�n de Gesti�n de la Calidad Ambiental
Distance Learning University of Costa Rica (UNED)
Ducks Unlimited
Earth University
Federation of Costa Rican Environmental Organizations (FECON)
The Fund for Costa Rica
Fundacion Ecologica del Cornelio de Acosta (FUNDECOA)
Fundaci�n Instituto de Pol�ticas para la Sostenibilidad
Institute for Innovation and Transfer in Agricultural Technology
Intituto Nectandra
Justicia para la Naturaleza (Justice for Nature)
La Asociaci�n Ecol�gica de Montes de Oro
Marine Coastal Program of National University of Heredia
Ministerio de Ambiente, Energ�a y Telecomunicaciones
New Mexico State University
Panthera
Pococi
Program for the Improvement of Quality of Life (Fundalici)
Rainforest Alliance
Selva Tica
Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservaci�n
Sistema Nacional de Riego y Avenamiento National (SENARA)
Smithsonian Institution
TUVA Foundation
Unidad de Control y Proteccion de Costa Rica
Universidad de Costa Rica
Universidad Nacional
University for International Cooperation
University of Peace
University of Vermont
Venado Island Development Program of Nicoya Gulf
World Wildlife Fund

El Salvador

Ducks Unlimited

Guatemala

Aldea Paso Caballos San Adreas Peten
Asociacion Balam
Asociacion de Comunidades Forestales de Peten
Center for Conservation Studies (CECON)
Centro de Accion Legal Ambiental y Social�(CALAS)
Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Centro de Monitoreo y Evaluaci�n del CONAP (CEMEC)
Concesionarios Este Reserva Biosfera Maya
Consejo Nacional de �reas Protegidas de Guatemala (CONAP)
Control y Vigilancia de Uaxactun
Cooperativa Carmelita
Defensores de la Naturaleza
Ducks Unlimited
Fundacion Defensores de la Naturaleza
Gobernacion Departamental Peten
Guatemala National Council for Protected Areas (CONAP)
Greenpeace, Belgium
Inspectoria Monumentos Nacionales Coloniales
Instituto de Antropolog�a e Historia
Instituto Nacional de Bosques
Madre Selva
Mayavision
Ministerio Defensa Nacional
Ministerio Publico
Nightfire Films
Organismo Jucicial
Parque Nacional Tikal
Parque Nacional Yaxha
Policia Nacional de Guatemala
Prensa Libre
ProPeten
Proyecto de desarrollo Sosineble de Peten
Reuters News Service
Sistema Integral de Prevenci�n y Control de Incendios Forestales (SIPECIF) Sitio de Conservacion la Amistad
The Nature Conservancy
Tr�pico Verde
Unidos Para La Conservacion
University of Florida
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Wildlife Conservation Society
Yale University

Honduras

Bay Islands Conservation Association
Bay Islands Foundation
Ducks Unlimited
Fundaci�n Parque Nacional Pico Bonito
Iguana Station
Loma Linda University
Projecto Corazon - SERNA
The Nature Conservancy
USAID/MIRA
Wildlife Conservation Society

Mexico
Amigos de Sian Ka'an
Centros de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste
Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas
Duke University
Eco-Life Foundation
Ecosur
Greenpeace Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Ecolog�a
International League of Conservation Photographers
Ninos y Crias
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust
Pronatura
Sweetbriar College, Dr. Lincoln Brower
Terra Peninsula S.A.
Tierra Nativa A.C.
Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco
Universidad Veracruzana
World Wildlife Fund

Nicaragua

Ducks Unlimited
Fondo Natura
Fundacion Amigos del Rio San Juan
Humbolt Center
Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales
Procuraduria General del la Republica
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
The Nature Conservancy

Panama

Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente
Fundacion Panama
Fundacion Quebro para El desarrollo
Sitio de Conservacion la Amistad
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The Nature Conservancy
Universidad de Puerto Rico
University of Florida
University of Nottingham
US Agency for International Development (USAID)