Category: Content
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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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Rowene’s Father Predicted the Colorado River Would Dry Up. He was Right.
Written by Terri Watson, LightHawk CEO The earth can’t tell its own stories. LightHawk does. We have stories because of our supporters, and we are deeply grateful for their support. Water Scarcity & Quality Rowene Aguirre-Medina grew up in both Mexico’s Mexicali Valley and the Imperial Valley of California, where her grandfathers pioneered and settled…
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Merry Schroeder Awarded NAA Distinguished Volunteer Pilot Award
LightHawk is proud to share that Merry Schroeder, a steadfast Volunteer Pilot, Board Member, Donor and all around LightHawk champion was recently selected as the 2018 National Aeronautic Association Distinguished Volunteer Pilot. Merry will be presented this award on 27 November at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia at a formal dinner. Merry’s friends and family will…
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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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Restoring Clean Water to One of America’s Most Burdened Rivers
The Delaware River carries a heavy load. Each drop of this river is reused 20 times. And while its footprint is less than one percent of the nation’s land, it provides drinking water to five percent of the nation’s population — more than 15 million people. The burden, however, was once much heavier — the…