Category: Focus Areas
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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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Giving Journalists a New View of Wyoming’s Red Desert
The Northern Red Desert and Big Sandy Foothills of the Wind River Range in Wyoming are considered some of the most ecologically significant lands in the lower 48 states. They provide habitat for the world’s highest density of sage grouse as well as home to pronghorn, mule deer and other species. These lands also hold…
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Pilot View: Reconnecting Habitat with Wildlife Overpasses
Flying over a section of Highway 401 in southern Ontario where the Algonquin to Adirondacks Collaborative is working to create wildlife overpasses that reconnect habitat and help animals move safely across the landscape. Video by Jess Lax. Flying north of the border, Ontario-based pilot Adam Goldstein recently completed his very first LightHawk flight. Flying over…