Category: The Archives
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Soaring Higher: Whales, Lynx, Land Trusts and Toxic Algae
How LightHawk’s Supporters are Saving the Earth From Slime to SavedWhen LightHawk flights lead to presidential actions When you think of Florida’s beaches, you probably don’timagine them abandoned, full of dead fish, and giving off toxic gas. That’s exactly what happened in 2018 as Florida experienced the worst red tide algae bloom since 2006. Not…
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Soaring Higher: Flying otters, preventing fires, expanding refuges and Fractracker finds
LightHawk flew for conservation in so many ways this summer! An orchard under an agricultural conservation easement is hugged by Colorado’s Gunnison River. In a drought year riddled with wildfires, aerial monitoring of conservation lands reduces the risk of sparking a fire and the dangers that follow. Jeremy Puckett/CWLT Smokey Bear is Proud of Us!…
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Soaring Higher: Oil spills, endangered wolves, the power of awe
When Oil Spills, We’re First on the Scene When a section of the Keystone pipeline burst spilling more than 210,000 gallons of oil onto the South Dakota prairie, LightHawk sprang into action. Working hand-in-hand with our national partner the Waterkeeper Alliance and tribal leaders from Dakotas for America, we assembled flights over the spill, allowing…