2025 LightHawk In the News
December 2025
- Land values hold steady in Iowa after a year of uncertainty for farmers
- Development pressures have shrunk the Colorado River Delta
- Photos: 25 cold-stunned turtles rescued from Cape Cod Bay during bitter arctic blast
- 24 endangered sea turtles recovering in Florida after cold stunning off Cape Cod
November 2025
- WATER DESK: Rainfall brings Colorado River drought relief, but concerns for next year’s water supply remain
- Amid ‘a transparency desert,’ states look likely to blow past Colorado River deadline. What’s next?
- Plans to reopen a nuclear power plant draw mixed reactions from eastern Iowans
- Congress extends critical Farm Bill for a third time. It’s a relief for farmers, but raises concerns
- The #ColoradoRiver is Not Going to Wait for Politics — John Berggren (WesternResourceAdvocates.org) #COriver #aridification
- https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-12/the-wealthy-profit-from-public-lands-and-taxpayers-pick-up-the-tab/a
- Wealthy Ranchers Profit from Public Lands.
- Pilots, Wildlife, and A View for Good
October 2025
- ‘Dead, dry rivers’: Lawsuit says state isn’t managing rivers for the benefit of all
- Mississippi River mayors want FEMA reform to include wetlands to fight floods
- Pueblo governors head to D.C. to advocate for keeping Chaco Canyon buffer zone oil ban
- New infrastructure could help wildlife traverse a corridor that spans from Ontario to the ADKs
- Iowa’s most populous county invests in statewide water quality sensors as current funding dries up
- ‘10m people are looking out my airplane’s door’
September 2025
- More public comments accepted on South32 Hermosa Mine permit: New minerals added to ‘critical’ list
- Ameren plans largest solar facility yet next to Callaway nuclear plant, in part for data centers
- Colorado River deal is ‘tenuous’ just two months before federal deadline, negotiator says
- Here’s to LightHawk!
- St. Louis considers data center ban, following St. Charles’ lead
- **Florida takes over major Everglades restoration project from Army Corps**
- Pueblo governors head to D.C. to advocate for keeping Chaco Canyon buffer zone banning oil drilling
- Native leaders in New Mexico campaign to protect Chaco Canyon from oil and gas drilling
- Mississippi River mayors want FEMA reform to include wetlands to fight floods
August 2025
- Will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ help farmers in the Midwest and Great Plains? It depends
- Tracey Weiss, Our Ocean Backyard | Coming soon: Opening the gates to Cotoni-Coast Dairies
- Fort Collins pilot volunteers his own plane, time and money to fly conservation missions
- Environmental groups sue Arizona water agency over Benson mega-development
- LightHawk Flight to Cape May
- The Calm Before the Migration
- LightHawk Conservation Flying – Arizona Project Update
July 2025
- What the end of the ‘roadless rule’ could mean for Utah’s national forests
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases 2024-25 Gray Wolf Annual Report
- The Colorado River used to be predictable as a water supply. What happens when it’s not?
- Missouri looks to build nuclear plants for the first time in decades
June 2025
- Appeals court revives Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project
- Endangered Wolf Pups Born in New York Fostered into Wild Dens in New Mexico
- Wolf Conservation Center – Trumpet & Lighthawk’s new pups playing 05/29/25
- Back to the drawing board: Hermosa Mine air quality permit rejected by EPA
- Grand Junction pilot contributes to nationwide challenge
- Northern Colorado Pilot Uses the Sky to Shine a Light on Water and Wildfire Challenges
- Enviros challenge Forest Service’s environmental review of South 32 Hermosa mine
May 2025
- Ameren’s rates are going up. Here’s how that will affect you
- Flying with LightHawk | 360 VR Video | Documenting Forest Practices with LFDC
- Palm Beach County votes ‘yes’ to advance controversial rock mine plan
- LightHawk’s 50 in 50 Challenge returns – General Aviation News
April 2025
- Multi-state research project aims to help Gulf Coast communities prepare for, respond to flood
- Fostering Forest Resilience
- Housing rezones expected in Live Oak, Soquel, Aptos, South County
March 2025
- A big utility bill is moving through the Missouri legislature that critics say will raise rates
- Despite near-normal snowpack, key Colorado River reservoir is expected to see lower spring flows
February 2025
January 2025
- https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/colorados-next-15-wolves-will-be-coming-to-eagle-pitkin-and-garfield-counties-in-the-next-2-weeks/
- https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/01/09/desantis-to-ask-trump-to-let-florida-to-control-federal-money-for-everglades-restoration/
- https://coloradosun.com/2025/01/14/second-batch-of-wolves-lands-in-colorado/‘
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/pets-and-animals/wildlife/endangered-mexican-wolf-pups-born-at-brookfield-zoo-chicago-begin-journey-back-to-the-wild/ar-BB1rmXvr
- https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/01/more-wolves-welcomed-to-colorado/
- https://www.yoursun.com/arcadia/news/the-everglades-race-is-on-to-save-florida-treasure-protect-a-key-source-of-drinking/article_a7e361f0-c237-11ef-88e3-eb2ef219ffec.html
- https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/poll-shows-utahns-desire-protection-of-national-monuments-with-nations-transition-of-power/article_cdd7de92-d450-11ef-94e1-e3613c7724d1.html