Chris Boyer

Chris is a unique member of the LightHawk team, serving as both a program manager and a volunteer pilot who has been flying conservation missions for more than 20 years. Raised a conservationist, he returned to graduate school at Oregon State University for fluvial geomorphology, where he also discovered he could learn to fly. He now owns Kestrel Aerial Services, an award-winning aerial photography and survey mapping company based in Bozeman, Montana, flying a modified vintage 1957 Cessna 172 he calls “the little Red Plane.” Chris brings that same skill set to LightHawk, applying his background in aerial documentation to conservation missions across the Northern Rockies.