Dec 17, 2025 | Featured Missions
Capturing Imagery of Critical Sandhill Crane Habitat The area surrounding the Sacramento Delta wetlands are primarily used for agriculture. The land serves as daytime feeding and loafing ground for Sandhill Cranes during their migration journey. Photo: Robert...
Dec 2, 2025 | Featured Missions
Helping an Endangered Quail Take Flight Again Jack Long’s Pilatus PC-12 takes off loaded with endangered masked bobwhite quail juveniles headed for their new home in Arizona where they will be released to the wild. Photo: Don Wolfe | Pilot: Jack Long. There has...
Oct 30, 2025 | Featured Missions
Partners Take Flight to Protect Lands In Northwestern Maine A group of LightHawk partners have come together to pursue protection for 78,000 acres of lands in Northwestern Maine known as the Magalloway region. Photo by Jake Metzler. Flying above the forests of...
Oct 13, 2025 | Featured Missions, NOTAM
Flying Journalists Over Wyoming’s Iconic Landscapes – Pilot’s Perspective The Boars Tusk – Used as a landmark for indigenous peoples, pioneers, hikers, railroad travelers, and countless other groups, this distinct feature is the core of a long dormant volcanic...
Sep 23, 2025 | Featured Missions
Flying Journalists Over Wyoming’s Iconic Landscapes Flying over Wyoming’s Northern Red Desert region in the Wind River Range. Photo by Vincent Tropéa. The Northern Red Desert and Big Sandy Foothills of the Wind River Range in Wyoming are considered some of the...
Aug 29, 2025 | Featured Missions
An Aerial Perspective on Landscape Connectivity The Algonquin to Adirondacks Collaborative is working to create wildlife overpasses to restore connectivity to the area’s wild places. Photo by Catherine Wheeler. From highways to property boundaries, humans are...
