| Celebrating
30 Years of Flying for the Environment
Soaring
in an airplane, the interconnectedness
of the landscape unfolds. From the air you can see the
way landslides from a logging road carry mud downslope
to the once-shaded river, choking it with silt so that
it warms and slows and cannot support the wild salmon
that used to swim up it to spawn. The view from a small plane
reveals misuse of protected land, like off-road vehicle
damage in a designated wilderness area or illegal mining
operations in a Mesoamerican forest. From above,
in fact, there’s not much you can’t see.
 It’s
this clarity that LightHawk has been providing for partner
organizations, the media, decision-makers, community
members and researchers since 1979, making us the largest
and oldest
volunteer-based environmental aviation organization in
North America. We have completed thousands of flight
missions involving more than 700 flights each year for
hundreds
of partners throughout ten countries in North and Central
America.
Our missions have addressed a broad range of issues,
strengthening our partners’ efforts by offering
the aerial perspective on the issues they consider critical
and enabling them to
gather data and documentation for their campaigns. But
most of all, the view from above speaks for itself, providing
breathtaking clarity of understanding.
Latest News from LightHawk
Celebrate 30 Years of LightHawk at the annual Fly-In.
October 9-11, 2009 where it all began, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
 National Geographic's Wild Chronicles highlights the pronghorn migration project supported by LightHawk flights. Watch it here.
 WayPoint - Fast Flight Response in Pacific Northwest Nets Flood of Images read more
LightHawk's Summer newsletter is here
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