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From wildlife transports to watershed restoration campaigns, these are the missions where the aerial perspective is changing what is possible on the ground.
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Inside This Month’s Featured Mission
Each month, we take a closer look at one LightHawk mission and what aviation made possible for conservation.
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Twelve Glaciers. Two and a Half Hours.
Colorado’s glaciers and perennial snowfields are shrinking. Documenting those changes means reaching remote mountain sites and gathering photographs from many angles, work that once required long hikes across difficult terrain. LightHawk and Colorado State University researchers are using flight to…
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Stories, updates, and news from across LightHawk
From wildlife transports to watershed restoration campaigns, these are the missions where aerial perspective is changing what’s possible on the ground. Read the latest LightHawk stories and news, or search by topic.
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Pilot View
Pilot View : Flying the Nooksack Watershed
Following the Nooksack River through rugged mountain terrain takes an experienced pilot familiar with the area. Bellingham, Washington–based LightHawk volunteer pilot Don Goodman brought…
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Featured Mission
Documenting the Nooksack from Source to Sea
Understanding a river means looking beyond individual stretches of water. For William Henkel, a graduate student in Cultural Anthropology at Western Washington University, documenting…
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Blog
Connecting with Our Pilots in Seattle
A message from LightHawk CEO Elliott Wright. Evan Anderman and our team put a lot of thought into planning a LightHawk fly-in in Seattle…
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Media
LightHawk Announces 2026 Volunteer Pilot Award Honorees
LightHawk has announced its 2026 Volunteer Pilot Award honorees, recognizing five volunteers whose dedication and generosity help put conservation missions within reach across the…
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Focus: Climate
Pilot’s View: Above Colorado’s Changing Glaciers
Following a year of record-low snowfall, Colorado State University researchers are documenting how the state’s glaciers are changing. To capture the images they need,…
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Featured Mission
Twelve Glaciers. Two and a Half Hours.
Colorado’s glaciers and perennial snowfields are shrinking. Documenting those changes means reaching remote mountain sites and gathering photographs from many angles, work that once…
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