Category: Content
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Reflections from a Retiring LightHawk Volunteer Pilot – Jane Nicolai
At LightHawk, we have the privilege of working with volunteer pilots whose dedication, skill, and generosity make conservation possible from the air. Few embody that spirit more deeply than Jane Nicolai, who has flown missions with us for decades. This fall, we asked writer and fellow pilot Kristin Smith to sit down with Jane to…
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On The Wing News – Fall 2025
Protecting Waterways With the Aerial Perspective Fresh water. Most of the time, we take it for granted. We turn on the tap, and what is really a precious resource just flows out. We shower, wash the dishes, and water the lawn without thinking much about the shrinking availability of this life-sustaining liquid. But that is…
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Flying to Protect 78,000 Acres in Northwestern Maine
Flying above the forests of northwestern Maine in the fall provides a glorious view of the landscape, painted in the reds, yellows and oranges of Autumn. From the air, the aerial perspective captures not just the beauty and majesty of these lands, but why they matter – illustrating the importance of preserving them for future…
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Pilot View: Flying Journalists Over Wyoming’s Iconic Landscapes
Flying her very first mission for LightHawk, Volunteer Pilot Bronson Daughtry teamed up with fellow pilots Ray Lee and Matthew Machen to give partners from the Wyoming Outdoor Council an aerial tour over Wyoming’s Red Desert landscapes. Before Bronson and the other pilots worked with Northern Rockies Program Manager Chris Boyer to discuss the partner’s…
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Wilderness, Wings, and Words
A Journey into Conservation, Aviation, and Storytelling I fell in love with wilderness before I could spell my own name. From a toddler-carrying backpack on my parents’ shoulders in the North Cascade Mountains to slicing across Bellingham Bay in my own sailboat, my childhood was shaped by the outdoors; it was where I went for…