Category: Focus Areas
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Pilot View: Flying Utah’s Red Rock Country for Conservation
LightHawk partnered with Rig to Flip, a group that produces amazing videos about Western rivers, to fly 7 people to see the potential impact from mine drilling operations next to the Green River near Moab and Arches National Park. The passengers included photographers, Trisha Hedin from the County Commission, and a social media influencer, Western…
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On The Wing News – Winter 2025
Conservation Is About Connection Have you ever watched a flock of birds shift and turn in perfect unison, as if they share one mind? Or stood by a river, knowing that the water at your feet has traveled for miles through forests, grasslands, and wetlands before reaching you? Nature is all about connection. Every species,…
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Water, Lithium and the Future of Utah’s Red Rock Country
Evaporation ponds from potash mining stand in stark contrast to Utah’s red rock landscape, with the La Sal Mountains in the distance. Photo by Cody Perry Technology is a double-edged sword. While it enhances our daily lives and increases productivity, the process of extracting the metals needed for batteries to power our electronics can be…
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Pilot View: Flying Gray Wolves to Colorado for a Historic Reintroduction
LightHawk CEO Jim Becker helps Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff unload a gray wolf following its flight to Colorado, part of the state’s historic effort to return the species to the wild. Photo by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. A Wolf Transport Mission – The Pilot’s Perspective Mission Planning The mission was to transport 15 gray…
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15 Wolves. Three Flights. One Historic Return to Colorado.
An endangered gray wolf looks back after being released into the Colorado backcountry. Photo by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. In early January, LightHawk volunteer pilots once again took to the skies in support of a historic conservation effort, transporting gray wolves to Colorado as part of the state’s voter-mandated reintroduction program. For the second time,…