POWER THE WORK
Make more possible
Your gift brings skilled pilots and conservation expertise to the places, species, and challenges where aviation can make a difference.
your impact
Moving Conservation Forward
Your gift creates lift. It puts aviation to work for conservation, turning urgency into action and insight into results for the wildlife, waters, and wild places that can’t wait.
Here’s the impact that you make possible.
Seeing What Others Can’t
From the air, fragmented forests, changing waterways, and shifting coastlines come into focus at a scale the ground can’t provide. Your donation helps LightHawk turn that broader view into stronger conservation decisions and better outcomes on the ground.
Giving Wildlife Another Chance
Endangered species like red wolves and California condors are running out of time. Your donation helps LightHawk use aviation to move endangered wildlife quickly and safely, strengthening recovery efforts when timing, distance, and coordination can shape the outcome.
Understanding a Changing Climate
Rising seas and stronger storms are reshaping coastlines every year. Your donation helps LightHawk document environmental change from above, building the understanding needed to plan, adapt, and act in time.
Changing Minds through Storytelling
Some conservation challenges only come fully into view from the air. Your donation helps LightHawk reveal the scale, connections, and impacts unfolding across landscapes, turning aerial perspective into imagery and stories that inform decisions, influence action, and strengthen conservation outcomes.
Why your gift matters
The Stakes Are Real
Landscapes are changing. Species are under pressure. Water systems are being pushed to their limits. Your gift helps LightHawk respond with the perspective, access, and speed conservation sometimes requires.
See where your support flies
Every Flight Tells a Story
A wolf flown cross-country for recovery. Algal blooms tracked in Florida Bay. The Colorado River crisis documented for policymakers fighting to save it. Every mission has a story. Explore our interactive Flight Map to see LightHawk’s conservation impact across the country.
Image: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah by Jon Waterman