Category: Focus Areas
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On The Wing News: Winter 2026
In this edition of On The Wing, we look at LightHawk’s role in the long-term recovery of the Mexican wolf, including collaboration with partners working directly on the ground. The other wildlife mission focuses on aerial monitoring, showing how a small aircraft can provide the perspective needed to understand changing conditions across landscapes and shorelines.…
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Pilot View: California Condors Return to Northern California
The reintroduction of California condors to parts of Northern California is an interesting story. It’s one that deserves to be told but would not be complete without seeing the land as a condor sees it – from the air. The Yurok Tribe (a LightHawk conservation partner) is one of many indigenous cultures that view the…
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Capturing a Condor’s Story of Survival
The return of California condors to Northern California is a story best understood from both the ground and the air. Their vast range stretches across rugged forests, mountains and coastline, connecting landscapes that are difficult to comprehend from any single vantage point. LightHawk recently flew conservation partner Natives Outdoors over Redwood National and State Parks…
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Pilot View: Flying Over a Proposed Data Center in Montana
Taking off from his home airport in Bozeman, Montana, LightHawk Northern Rockies Program Manager and Volunteer Pilot Chris Boyer pointed his plane east toward the small rural community of Broadview. With the stiff tailwind, the flight took just over an hour. Chris was flying over Broadview to collect imagery of the location of a proposed…
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Aerial Insight into a Proposed Montana Data Center
When LightHawk volunteer pilot and staff member Chris Boyer took off earlier this month, his destination was a small agricultural town in central Montana. Broadview is home to about 150 people – farmers mostly. Their small town is attracting a lot of attention these days. A proposed 5,000-acre AI data center has raised concerns among…