Happy Halloween from LightHawk!
Wishing you a spooktacular Halloween — may all your encounters with wolves, bats, and owls be strictly conservation-related!
No tricks, just flights!
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Mission of the Month: Partners Take Flight to Protect Lands In Northwestern Maine
A group of LightHawk partners have come together to pursue protection for 62,500 acres of lands in Northwestern Maine known as the Magalloway region. Photo by Jake Metzler.
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 generations.
In addition to their beauty, the lands offer countless recreational opportunities while providing critical forested buffers around rivers, lakes and streams. To help advance their conservation, LightHawk partnered with The Forestry Society of Maine, The Nature Conservancy – Maine, Northeast Wilderness Trust and the The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust to fly members over the Magalloway region.
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Photo of the Month
Photo by Brynne Lazarus
This month’s Photo of the Month was captured by Brynne Lazarus on a flight in Oregon provided by volunteer pilot Rick Utermoehlen. The mission took donors from the Satterberg Foundation and representatives from the Nez Perce Tribe over the Snake River to view dams along the river. From above, they could see the striking contrast of the current state of the river to the healthy tributaries and habitat that support salmon when they can reach those places. This mission involved multiple volunteer pilots to accommodate the number of passengers. Thank you to Judith Parrish, Douglass Sisk, and Lane Gormley for also lending their wings to this important effort.
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