May 9, 2019 | Webinar, Wild Places
Conducting Easement Monitoring from the Air: Tips & Tricks Join LightHawk to learn more about conducting aerial monitoring flights to survey your Land Trust’s conservation easements. Saving our partners on average 75 hours of staff time for every hour of flight,...
Mar 5, 2019 | Blog, Newsletters, Oceans & Coastlines, Wild Places, Wildlife
How LightHawk’s Supporters are Saving the Earth From Slime to SavedWhen LightHawk flights lead to presidential actionsWhen 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...
Nov 15, 2018 | Blog, Newsletters, Oceans & Coastlines, Uncategorized, Wild Places, Wildlife
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...
Nov 15, 2018 | Blog, Wild Places
It’s not just elbow room — it’s a matter of survival. Arizona’s Sun Corridor will double in population by 2040. One of America’s fastest growing areas is also one of its most environmentally-sensitive, increasing pressure on a North American gem – the Sonoran Desert....
Nov 15, 2018 | Blog, Pilots, Wild Places
It was dark when I got out of bed and still before 6:00 am when I pulled onto I-25. I was headed to the airport for my first LightHawk flight on my fifth day as the organization’s Western Program Director. Sure, I had been on plenty of flights in my grandfather’s...
Nov 14, 2018 | Blog, Newsletters, Wild Places, Wildlife
When Oil Spills, We’re First on the Scene When a section of the Keystone pipeline burst spilling more than 210,000 gallons of oil onto the South Dakota prairie, LightHawk sprang into action. Working hand-in-hand with our national partner the Waterkeeper Alliance and...
