LightHawk Conservation Flying
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LightHawk is a 501(c)3 nonprofit flying for conservation across North America! Using the power of an aerial perspective, we partner with organizations to tackle pressing environmental challenges and protect habitats, wildlife, and natural resources.
We’re pretty lucky. We get to share the gift of flight with conservation partners across the continent. The aerial perspective brings smiles to faces & inspires people to action. We’re grateful to play a part & love seeing joy on the faces of those we fly.
📸 Pete McBride | Pilot: Will Worthington
📸 Pete McBride | Pilot: Will Worthington
December 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We’re pretty lucky. We get to share the gift of flight with conservation partners across the continent. The aerial perspective brings smiles to faces & inspires people to action. We’re grateful to play a part & love seeing joy on the faces of those we fly.
📸 Pete McBride | Pilot: Will Worthington
📸 Pete McBride | Pilot: Will Worthington
Thank you to Mountain Outlaw for highlighting the role LightHawk volunteer pilots and aviation play in conservation. Wings Above the Wild shows how flights over complex landscapes provide perspective that supports collaboration, land management, and stewardship.
🔗 https://loom.ly/8ejM1H8
🔗 https://loom.ly/8ejM1H8
Wings Above The Wild: The Volunteer Pilots Soaring To Protect Wild Lands | Mountain Outlaw Magazine
Red Rock River flows through the sediments of the unfilled Lima Reservoir, Centennial Valley, Montana. Photo by Chris Boye
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December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thank you to Mountain Outlaw for highlighting the role LightHawk volunteer pilots and aviation play in conservation. Wings Above the Wild shows how flights over complex landscapes provide perspective that supports collaboration, land management, and stewardship.
🔗 https://loom.ly/8ejM1H8
🔗 https://loom.ly/8ejM1H8
Have you finished your holiday shopping? It's not too late to make a gift to LightHawk in honor of that special someone! Your gift will put flights in the air, accelerating the pace of conservation. Help us reach our year-end goal of raising $75,000! Donate online at www.lighthawk.org/donate.
December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Have you finished your holiday shopping? It's not too late to make a gift to LightHawk in honor of that special someone! Your gift will put flights in the air, accelerating the pace of conservation. Help us reach our year-end goal of raising $75,000! Donate online at www.lighthawk.org/donate.
Wolves play an important role in many ecosystems, but recovery remains fragile in areas of the country. LightHawk supports partners working with wolf species, transporting adults for reintroduction and pups for cross-fostering. Recovery depends on careful, science-based management. #WolfRecovery
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Wolves play an important role in many ecosystems, but recovery remains fragile in areas of the country. LightHawk supports partners working with wolf species, transporting adults for reintroduction and pups for cross-fostering. Recovery depends on careful, science-based management. #WolfRecovery
#TBT A series of flights in 2021 enabled the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, in collaboration with a pair of highly skilled photographers, to gather images of the beauty and immensity of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#TBT A series of flights in 2021 enabled the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, in collaboration with a pair of highly skilled photographers, to gather images of the beauty and immensity of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Do you recognize this river?
It’s the Big Hole River in Montana — vital to wildlife & communities. From the air, a big-picture view of river systems can be seen in a single day, showing upstream pressures to protect rivers like Big Hole.
Support aerial conservation: lighthawk.org/donate
📸 CBoyer
It’s the Big Hole River in Montana — vital to wildlife & communities. From the air, a big-picture view of river systems can be seen in a single day, showing upstream pressures to protect rivers like Big Hole.
Support aerial conservation: lighthawk.org/donate
📸 CBoyer
December 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Do you recognize this river?
It’s the Big Hole River in Montana — vital to wildlife & communities. From the air, a big-picture view of river systems can be seen in a single day, showing upstream pressures to protect rivers like Big Hole.
Support aerial conservation: lighthawk.org/donate
📸 CBoyer
It’s the Big Hole River in Montana — vital to wildlife & communities. From the air, a big-picture view of river systems can be seen in a single day, showing upstream pressures to protect rivers like Big Hole.
Support aerial conservation: lighthawk.org/donate
📸 CBoyer
Last week, LightHawk pilots transported cold-stunned sea turtles to warmer climates for rehabilitation.
Cold-stunning occurs when rapid temperature drops leave turtles unable to swim. Quick flights to rehab centers give them a chance to recover & return to the ocean.
🔗 https://loom.ly/YizQnJ0
Cold-stunning occurs when rapid temperature drops leave turtles unable to swim. Quick flights to rehab centers give them a chance to recover & return to the ocean.
🔗 https://loom.ly/YizQnJ0
Photos: 25 cold-stunned turtles rescued from Cape Cod Bay during bitter arctic blast
Twenty-five critically endangered turtles were rescued from Cape Cod Bay due to exposure of extreme cold temperatures, and they're being treated in the Florida Keys.
www.foxweather.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Last week, LightHawk pilots transported cold-stunned sea turtles to warmer climates for rehabilitation.
Cold-stunning occurs when rapid temperature drops leave turtles unable to swim. Quick flights to rehab centers give them a chance to recover & return to the ocean.
🔗 https://loom.ly/YizQnJ0
Cold-stunning occurs when rapid temperature drops leave turtles unable to swim. Quick flights to rehab centers give them a chance to recover & return to the ocean.
🔗 https://loom.ly/YizQnJ0
#PilotViewFriday This week's featured volunteer pilot is James Dingess! James is based in Nevada and started flying for LightHawk last year! Thanks for being part of the team James and we look forward to your next flight with us! Like this post to share your thanks with James!
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
#PilotViewFriday This week's featured volunteer pilot is James Dingess! James is based in Nevada and started flying for LightHawk last year! Thanks for being part of the team James and we look forward to your next flight with us! Like this post to share your thanks with James!
#TBT: 10 years ago, we partnered with Instituto de Ecología Regional to see how habitat loss was driving Mexican pronghorn decline. Today, drought & human pressures still threaten pronghorn in the Southwest & Sonora. An aerial view remains a vital tool, giving imperiled species a chance at recovery.
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#TBT: 10 years ago, we partnered with Instituto de Ecología Regional to see how habitat loss was driving Mexican pronghorn decline. Today, drought & human pressures still threaten pronghorn in the Southwest & Sonora. An aerial view remains a vital tool, giving imperiled species a chance at recovery.
How about some #WingsforWednesday? Wings lift us into the sky, revealing how landscapes connect & how fragile these places truly are.
Today, we’re especially grateful for your #ColoradoGivesDay support. Thanks for fueling conservation flying!
📸 Hoffman, Powers, Monkman, Manzitto-Tripp
Today, we’re especially grateful for your #ColoradoGivesDay support. Thanks for fueling conservation flying!
📸 Hoffman, Powers, Monkman, Manzitto-Tripp
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
How about some #WingsforWednesday? Wings lift us into the sky, revealing how landscapes connect & how fragile these places truly are.
Today, we’re especially grateful for your #ColoradoGivesDay support. Thanks for fueling conservation flying!
📸 Hoffman, Powers, Monkman, Manzitto-Tripp
Today, we’re especially grateful for your #ColoradoGivesDay support. Thanks for fueling conservation flying!
📸 Hoffman, Powers, Monkman, Manzitto-Tripp
Colorado, we’re in the final approach of Colorado Gives Day… and there’s still room on this flight.
If you haven’t given yet, now’s a great time to grab your seat and help us land the day strong.
Give before midnight.
➡️🔗https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8.
#ColoradoGivesDay #LightHawk #GiveWhereYouLive
If you haven’t given yet, now’s a great time to grab your seat and help us land the day strong.
Give before midnight.
➡️🔗https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8.
#ColoradoGivesDay #LightHawk #GiveWhereYouLive
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Colorado, we’re in the final approach of Colorado Gives Day… and there’s still room on this flight.
If you haven’t given yet, now’s a great time to grab your seat and help us land the day strong.
Give before midnight.
➡️🔗https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8.
#ColoradoGivesDay #LightHawk #GiveWhereYouLive
If you haven’t given yet, now’s a great time to grab your seat and help us land the day strong.
Give before midnight.
➡️🔗https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8.
#ColoradoGivesDay #LightHawk #GiveWhereYouLive
What does the end of the Colorado River look like?
We took The Mirage Podcast producers over the CO River Delta to see the story from above. This perspective shows where the river’s flow ends & where the work begins.
Today on #ColoradoGivesDay, please help keep conservation flying!
📸 Kim Prodan
We took The Mirage Podcast producers over the CO River Delta to see the story from above. This perspective shows where the river’s flow ends & where the work begins.
Today on #ColoradoGivesDay, please help keep conservation flying!
📸 Kim Prodan
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What does the end of the Colorado River look like?
We took The Mirage Podcast producers over the CO River Delta to see the story from above. This perspective shows where the river’s flow ends & where the work begins.
Today on #ColoradoGivesDay, please help keep conservation flying!
📸 Kim Prodan
We took The Mirage Podcast producers over the CO River Delta to see the story from above. This perspective shows where the river’s flow ends & where the work begins.
Today on #ColoradoGivesDay, please help keep conservation flying!
📸 Kim Prodan
Colorado, rise and shine — it’s #ColoradoGivesDay.
Help us fly to protect the headwaters, rivers, wildlife habitat, & lands we depend on using an aerial view.
Give during Power Hour 7–8 am for bonus funds!
Your move, Colorado.
Let’s lift conservation together.
Donate: https://loom.ly/-l-jZbs
Help us fly to protect the headwaters, rivers, wildlife habitat, & lands we depend on using an aerial view.
Give during Power Hour 7–8 am for bonus funds!
Your move, Colorado.
Let’s lift conservation together.
Donate: https://loom.ly/-l-jZbs
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Colorado, rise and shine — it’s #ColoradoGivesDay.
Help us fly to protect the headwaters, rivers, wildlife habitat, & lands we depend on using an aerial view.
Give during Power Hour 7–8 am for bonus funds!
Your move, Colorado.
Let’s lift conservation together.
Donate: https://loom.ly/-l-jZbs
Help us fly to protect the headwaters, rivers, wildlife habitat, & lands we depend on using an aerial view.
Give during Power Hour 7–8 am for bonus funds!
Your move, Colorado.
Let’s lift conservation together.
Donate: https://loom.ly/-l-jZbs
#ColoradoGivesDay is TOMORROW & a perfect time to give is during our Power Hour from 7–8 a.m.
A gift then helps us compete for an extra $2,000 to support conservation flying across CO!
If your AM is wheels-up in another direction, jump on board early.
🔗 https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8
📸 Mitch Tobin
A gift then helps us compete for an extra $2,000 to support conservation flying across CO!
If your AM is wheels-up in another direction, jump on board early.
🔗 https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8
📸 Mitch Tobin
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#ColoradoGivesDay is TOMORROW & a perfect time to give is during our Power Hour from 7–8 a.m.
A gift then helps us compete for an extra $2,000 to support conservation flying across CO!
If your AM is wheels-up in another direction, jump on board early.
🔗 https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8
📸 Mitch Tobin
A gift then helps us compete for an extra $2,000 to support conservation flying across CO!
If your AM is wheels-up in another direction, jump on board early.
🔗 https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8
📸 Mitch Tobin
The new Conservation FLYer is out!
Inside is a remarkable story about a LightHawk flight moving 300 endangered birds from Oklahoma to Arizona for release into the wild — plus a stunning Grand Canyon photo taken by one of our own volunteer pilots.
Read the issue here: 🔗https://loom.ly/sdaM2_I
Inside is a remarkable story about a LightHawk flight moving 300 endangered birds from Oklahoma to Arizona for release into the wild — plus a stunning Grand Canyon photo taken by one of our own volunteer pilots.
Read the issue here: 🔗https://loom.ly/sdaM2_I
Conservation FLYer – LightHawk
November 2025
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December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The new Conservation FLYer is out!
Inside is a remarkable story about a LightHawk flight moving 300 endangered birds from Oklahoma to Arizona for release into the wild — plus a stunning Grand Canyon photo taken by one of our own volunteer pilots.
Read the issue here: 🔗https://loom.ly/sdaM2_I
Inside is a remarkable story about a LightHawk flight moving 300 endangered birds from Oklahoma to Arizona for release into the wild — plus a stunning Grand Canyon photo taken by one of our own volunteer pilots.
Read the issue here: 🔗https://loom.ly/sdaM2_I
#PartnersAreSaying
From several days on foot to one morning in the air—that’s the power of an aerial perspective.
“The flight was very useful... We viewed more than 2,000 acres of woodlot, which on foot would have taken several days.”
– Hannah Chamberlain, Maine Farmland Trust
✈️ Jonathon Hinson
From several days on foot to one morning in the air—that’s the power of an aerial perspective.
“The flight was very useful... We viewed more than 2,000 acres of woodlot, which on foot would have taken several days.”
– Hannah Chamberlain, Maine Farmland Trust
✈️ Jonathon Hinson
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#PartnersAreSaying
From several days on foot to one morning in the air—that’s the power of an aerial perspective.
“The flight was very useful... We viewed more than 2,000 acres of woodlot, which on foot would have taken several days.”
– Hannah Chamberlain, Maine Farmland Trust
✈️ Jonathon Hinson
From several days on foot to one morning in the air—that’s the power of an aerial perspective.
“The flight was very useful... We viewed more than 2,000 acres of woodlot, which on foot would have taken several days.”
– Hannah Chamberlain, Maine Farmland Trust
✈️ Jonathon Hinson
Congratulations to new volunteer pilot Trevor Moody on completing his first flight with LightHawk!
Trevor flew photographer J. Henry Fair to capture images of the Puget Sound for partner Puget Soundkeeper
Thank you, Trevor, for sharing your skills & passion to help conservation take flight.
Trevor flew photographer J. Henry Fair to capture images of the Puget Sound for partner Puget Soundkeeper
Thank you, Trevor, for sharing your skills & passion to help conservation take flight.
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Congratulations to new volunteer pilot Trevor Moody on completing his first flight with LightHawk!
Trevor flew photographer J. Henry Fair to capture images of the Puget Sound for partner Puget Soundkeeper
Thank you, Trevor, for sharing your skills & passion to help conservation take flight.
Trevor flew photographer J. Henry Fair to capture images of the Puget Sound for partner Puget Soundkeeper
Thank you, Trevor, for sharing your skills & passion to help conservation take flight.
#ColoradoGivesDay is coming fast. When you give on Tuesday, Dec. 9, your gift goes farther through statewide matches and our 7–8 a.m. Power Hour, helping us compete for an extra $2,000. You help keep conservation flying across Colorado.
Give early: https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8
Photo: Jon Waterman
Give early: https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8
Photo: Jon Waterman
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#ColoradoGivesDay is coming fast. When you give on Tuesday, Dec. 9, your gift goes farther through statewide matches and our 7–8 a.m. Power Hour, helping us compete for an extra $2,000. You help keep conservation flying across Colorado.
Give early: https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8
Photo: Jon Waterman
Give early: https://loom.ly/VjsWxA8
Photo: Jon Waterman
#TBT | 2015 in Belize.
LightHawk flew over the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & Victoria Peak Natural Monument to help conservation managers document landscape changes, identify illegal activity hotspots, & strengthen long-term security planning. Today, that same perspective drives conservation.
LightHawk flew over the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & Victoria Peak Natural Monument to help conservation managers document landscape changes, identify illegal activity hotspots, & strengthen long-term security planning. Today, that same perspective drives conservation.
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#TBT | 2015 in Belize.
LightHawk flew over the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & Victoria Peak Natural Monument to help conservation managers document landscape changes, identify illegal activity hotspots, & strengthen long-term security planning. Today, that same perspective drives conservation.
LightHawk flew over the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & Victoria Peak Natural Monument to help conservation managers document landscape changes, identify illegal activity hotspots, & strengthen long-term security planning. Today, that same perspective drives conservation.
THANK YOU for helping us cross the halfway mark to our goal this Giving Tuesday!
Your generosity powers flights that protect 🌿 landscapes, 🌊 watersheds, 🌍 oceans & coastlines, and 🐾 wildlife — giving partners the perspective they need to act where it matters. 💙
#GivingTuesday #ViewFromAbove
Your generosity powers flights that protect 🌿 landscapes, 🌊 watersheds, 🌍 oceans & coastlines, and 🐾 wildlife — giving partners the perspective they need to act where it matters. 💙
#GivingTuesday #ViewFromAbove
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
THANK YOU for helping us cross the halfway mark to our goal this Giving Tuesday!
Your generosity powers flights that protect 🌿 landscapes, 🌊 watersheds, 🌍 oceans & coastlines, and 🐾 wildlife — giving partners the perspective they need to act where it matters. 💙
#GivingTuesday #ViewFromAbove
Your generosity powers flights that protect 🌿 landscapes, 🌊 watersheds, 🌍 oceans & coastlines, and 🐾 wildlife — giving partners the perspective they need to act where it matters. 💙
#GivingTuesday #ViewFromAbove
LightHawk is in the news! Aviation International News features how our volunteer pilots fly for wildlife, watersheds, & places that need a view from above. This #GivingTuesday, help keep these flights protecting what’s at risk below. Give today: lighthawk.org/donate 🔗
Story: https://loom.ly/fSwy_bA
Story: https://loom.ly/fSwy_bA
Pilots, Wildlife, and A View for Good | AIN
LightHawk shows how aviation transforms conservation
www.ainonline.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
LightHawk is in the news! Aviation International News features how our volunteer pilots fly for wildlife, watersheds, & places that need a view from above. This #GivingTuesday, help keep these flights protecting what’s at risk below. Give today: lighthawk.org/donate 🔗
Story: https://loom.ly/fSwy_bA
Story: https://loom.ly/fSwy_bA
Today, join a global wave of generosity. Your Giving Tuesday gift to LightHawk helps protect wildlife and habitats on the ground by putting conservation in the air. Every donation is matched!
Be part of something bigger: https://www.lighthawk.org/donate
#GivingTuesday #KeepConservationFlying
Be part of something bigger: https://www.lighthawk.org/donate
#GivingTuesday #KeepConservationFlying
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today, join a global wave of generosity. Your Giving Tuesday gift to LightHawk helps protect wildlife and habitats on the ground by putting conservation in the air. Every donation is matched!
Be part of something bigger: https://www.lighthawk.org/donate
#GivingTuesday #KeepConservationFlying
Be part of something bigger: https://www.lighthawk.org/donate
#GivingTuesday #KeepConservationFlying
Recently, one 2-hour flight covered 100 sites for Agricultural Stewardship Assoc. in NY, work that would have taken weeks on the ground. That’s the power of aerial perspective! Give to strengthen the view that informs conservation on #GivingTuesday.
🔗 www.lighthawk.org/donate
📸 Drake McDonough
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📸 Drake McDonough
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Recently, one 2-hour flight covered 100 sites for Agricultural Stewardship Assoc. in NY, work that would have taken weeks on the ground. That’s the power of aerial perspective! Give to strengthen the view that informs conservation on #GivingTuesday.
🔗 www.lighthawk.org/donate
📸 Drake McDonough
🔗 www.lighthawk.org/donate
📸 Drake McDonough
LightHawk flew with the native-led nonprofit Native Land Institute over Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. Volunteer pilot Evan Anderman flew Tribal leaders and media members to capture imagery as federal policy conversations could impact current canyon protections.
📸 Evan Anderman
📸 Evan Anderman
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
LightHawk flew with the native-led nonprofit Native Land Institute over Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. Volunteer pilot Evan Anderman flew Tribal leaders and media members to capture imagery as federal policy conversations could impact current canyon protections.
📸 Evan Anderman
📸 Evan Anderman
LightHawk pilots are our biggest supporters, donating their time, aircraft, & resources to support conservation. They keep aerial insights accessible to nonprofits, tribes & research teams working on the ground.
Give in honor of a pilot who lifts conservation into view. 🔗 www.lighthawk.org/donate
Give in honor of a pilot who lifts conservation into view. 🔗 www.lighthawk.org/donate
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
LightHawk pilots are our biggest supporters, donating their time, aircraft, & resources to support conservation. They keep aerial insights accessible to nonprofits, tribes & research teams working on the ground.
Give in honor of a pilot who lifts conservation into view. 🔗 www.lighthawk.org/donate
Give in honor of a pilot who lifts conservation into view. 🔗 www.lighthawk.org/donate