LightHawk Partners

Across North America, from the Pacific to the Atlantic and throughout Mesoamerica from Mexico to Panama, LightHawk has leveraged flight for partners demonstrating a wide and comprehensive breadth of environmental issues. Below you'll find groups who have received LightHawk donated flights over the past three years.

Please contact us if LightHawk can help accelerate your conservation efforts.

Merry Schroeder and Steve Parker

Regions where LightHawk Works

North America

Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming.

Latin America

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.

Emerging Regions

Flight requests considered on a case by case basis.

NORTH AMERICA

Eastern Program Region
Pacific Program Region
Rocky Mountain Program Region

MESOAMERICA

Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama

Eastern Program Region

Allegheny Defense Project
American Rivers
Assateague Coastal Trust
Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks
Blue Hills Heritage Trust
Boothbay Regional Land Trust
Columbia Land Conservancy
Downeast Lakes Land Trust
Forest Watch
Groton Conservation Trust
Loon Preservation Council
Maine Audubon
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Marlboro Conservation Commission
Janet McMahon
Mote Marine Laboratory, Center for Shark Research
Natural Resources Council of Maine
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
Save The Bay, Narragansett Bay
Scot Miller, photographer
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association
Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance
Sierra Club Adirondack Committee
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire's Forests
The Adirondack Council
The Nature Conservancy, Central and Western New York Chapter
The Nature Conservancy, Maine
The Nature Conservancy, Northern New Hampshire Project Office
The Wilderness Society
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Wildlife Trust, NY Bioscape Initiative

Pacific Program Region

American Lands Alliance
American Rivers
Aqua Permanente
Audubon Canyon Ranch
Rob Badger Photography
Alan Bauer Photography
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
Conservation Northwest
Cook Inlet Keeper
Dawn Watch
Earth Island Institute
EarthJustice
Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch
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 River
Granby Wilderness Society
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
Meyer Memorial Trust
National Geographic
Natural Resources Defense Council
Oceanic Society
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Oregon Natural Resources Council
Oregon Wild
Pacific Rivers Council
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Partnership for Rural King County
Pilchuck Audubon
Raincoast Conservation Society
Rainforest Action Network
Resource Media
San Bruno Mountain Watch
Save Our Wild Salmon
Save the Bay
Save the Wild Rogue
Sierra Club, Cascade Chapter
Sierra Club, Northwest Office
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
Washington Forest Law Center
Water Watch of Oregon
WildCoast
World Wildlife Fund

Rocky Mountain Program Region

American Lands Alliance
American Wildlands
Amigos Bravos
Arizona Open Land Trust
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
Bitterroot River Protection Association
Bitterrooters for Planning
Buffalo Field Campaign
Cabinet Resource Group
Carbonfund
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Native Ecosystems
Clark Fork Coalition
Coalition for the Valle Vidal
Coldstream Creative
Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land 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
Foundation for Deep Ecology
Four Corners Media
Friends of Lolo Peak
Friends of the Bitterroot
Friends of the Clearwater
Friends of the Red Desert
Friends of the Santa Cruz River
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
Great Basin Mine Watch
Great Burn Study Group
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Headwaters Economics
High Country Citizens' Alliance
Idaho Conservation League
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance
Metamorph Films
Montana Environmental Information Center
Montana Trout Inc.
Montana Wilderness Association
National Geographic Magazine
National Parks Conservation Association
National Wildlife Federation, Northern Rockies Office
Native Forest Network
New Mexico Environmental Law Center
New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Powder River Basin Resource Council
Joe Riis Photography
Rock Creek Alliance
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Bob Rozinski, Photographer
San Juan Citizens Alliance
Santa Fe Garden Club Conservation Committee
Selkirk Conservation Alliance
Sierra Club, Bitterroot Mission Group
Sierra Club, Northern Rockies Chapter
Sierra Club, Wyoming Chapter
Sonoran Institute
Southern Rockies Conservation Alliance
Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Southwest Environmental Center
The Nature Conservancy, Phoenix Conservation Center
The Nature Conservancy, Verde River Program
The Nature Conservancy of Colorado
The Wilderness Society, Central Rockies Office
The Wilderness Society, Four Corners Regional Office
The Wilderness Society, Idaho Office
Trout Unlimited Alaska
Tucson Audubon Society
Turtle Island Media
Upper Green River Valley Coalition
Western Colorado Congress
Western Environmental Law Center
Western Slope Environmental Resource Center
Western Watersheds Project
West Slope Water Network
Robin and Marian White
Wilderness Watch, Cloud Peak Chapter
Wilderness Workshop
Wildsight
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

Dogwood Alliance
Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan
Natural Resources Defense Council
Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter
The Peregrine Fund

LATIN AMERICA

Belize

Aguacaliente National Park
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
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 Institution
The Nature Conservancy, Belize
Toledo Association for Sustainable Tourism & Environment
Toledo Cacao Growers Association
Toledo Ecotourism Association
Toledo Institute for Development & the Environment
Toledo Maya Cultural Council
Trekforce
University of Arizona
University of Belize
University of Calgary
US Embassy, Belize City
Wildlife Care Center of Belize
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Trust
Wolfsun Productions
Yaax'che Conservation Trust

Costa Rica Association for the Preservation of Wild Flora and Fauna (APREFLOFAS)
Asociación de Comunidades Ecologistas Usuarias del Golfo de Nicoya (CEUS del Golfo) Asociación para la Conservación y desarrollo de los Cerros de Escazú (CODECE)
Asociación para la Protección de los Recursos Naturales de Caño Negro
Asociación Pro Conservación de los Recursos Naturales, (ASOPROCOSARENA)
Asociación Proyecto Campanario
Autoriono Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM)
Asociacion Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (ANCON)
Cácyra Wildlife Reserve
Campanario Conservation Project
Canal 15 Era Verde
Caribbean Conservation Corporation
Cecropia Foundation
CEDERANA Land Trust
Centro Científico Tropical
Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales (CEDARENA)
Comité Ambiental de Guácimo (Guácimo Environmental Committee)
Comité Bi-cantonal Aserrí-Desamparados, La Asociación Ecológica de Guatuso de Patarrá (AECOGUAPA)
Comité de Vigilancia de Recursos Naturales (COVIRENA)
Conservation International
Corcovado Foundation
Costa Rica National Institute of Biodiversity
Costa Rica Ministry of Energy and Environment
Dirección de Gestión 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)
Fundación Instituto de Políticas para la Sostenibilidad
Institute for Innovation and Transfer in Agricultural Technology
Justicia para la Naturaleza (Justice for Nature)
La Asociación Ecológica de Montes de Oro
Marine Coastal Program of National University of Heredia
Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MINAE)
Pococi
Program for the Improvement of Quality of Life (Fundalici)
Rainforest Alliance
Selva Tica
Sistema de Areas de Conservación Nacional (SINAC)
Sistema Nacional de Riego y Avenamiento National (SENARA)
Smithsonian Institution
TUVA Foundation
Universidad de Costa Rica
Universidad Nacional
University of Peace
Venado Island Development Program of Nicoya Gulf

El Salvador

Ducks Unlimited

Guatemala

Aldea Paso Caballos San Adreas Peten
Asociacion Balam
Center for Conservation Studies (CECON)
Centro de Accion Legal Ambiental y Social (CALAS)
Centro de Monitoreo y Evaluación del CONAP (CEMEC)
Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (CONAP)
Control y Vigilancia de Uaxactun
Defensores de la Naturaleza
Ducks Unlimited
Gobernacion Departamental Peten
Guatemala National Council for Protected Areas (CONAP)
Greenpeace, Belgium
Inspectoria Monumentos Nacionales Coloniales
Instituto de Antropología e Historia
Instituto Nacional de Bosques
Madre Selva
Mayavision
Ministerio Defensa Nacional
Ministerio Publico
Nightfire Films
Organismo Jucicial
Parque Nacional Tikal
Prensa Libre
ProPeten
Proyecto de desarrollo Sosineble de Peten
Reuters News Service
Sistema Integral de Prevención y Control de Incendios Forestales (SIPECIF)
The Nature Conservancy
Trópico Verde
Unidos Para La Conservacion
University of Florida
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Wildlife Conservation Society, Guatemala
Yale University

Honduras

Ducks Unlimited
Fundación Parque Nacional Pico Bonito
Loma Linda University
USAID/MIRA

Mexico, Gulf & Yucatan

Amigos de Sian Ka'an
Eco-Life Foundation
Ecosur
Greenpeace Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Ecología
Pronatura
Sweetbriar College, Dr. Lincoln Brower
Terra Peninsula S.A.
Universidad Veracruzana

Nicaragua

Ducks Unlimited
Fundacion del Rio
Humbolt Center
Ministerio del Ambiente
The Nature Conservancy
Procuraduria General del la Republica

Panama

Fundacion Panama
Fundacion Quebro para El desarrollo