LightHawk

LightHawk: Taking Conservation to New Heights

LightHawk is all about taking conservation to new heights! For over 45 years, our passionate team of staff and volunteer pilots has harnessed the power of aviation to protect our planet’s incredible wildlife and natural habitats. We provide a unique aerial perspective that brings the big picture into focus, enabling faster and smarter conservation decisions. Every mission we fly shapes the conservation narrative and underscores our shared responsibility to to heal and protect our planet. Working alongside local conservation groups, we conduct custom flights to monitor ecosystems, collect scientific data, support endangered species recovery, and promote informed decision-making.

The Power of an Aerial View

There’s something truly magical aboutseeing our planet from above. An aerial view offers a powerful lens through which we can see the true story of our planet unfold. From high above, we witness breathtaking landscapes, intricate waterways, hidden habitats, and ever-changing climate patterns in ways not always possible from the ground. An aerial perspective provides a broad understanding of ecosystems, bridging gaps and revealing connections that may otherwise remain hidden. Each flight highlights the urgent need to protect our natural world, not just for ourselves today, but as caring stewards for the future. 

Empowering Conservation

Transforming aviation into aLightHawk supports recovery efforts for endangered species, like the black-footed ferret, providing safe transport for captive breeding and release into the wild. powerful tool for conservation. Every dollar donated fuels LightHawk's mission to use the power of flight as an unmatched resource for protecting our planet's lands, waters and wildlife. Your support allows us to provide a bird’s-eye view, enabling conservation partners to gather data more efficiently, monitor ecosystems more effectively, and make informed decisions to protect wildlife and habitats. By eliminating the financial hurdles associated with aviation, you make our aerial resources accessible to conservation groups that would otherwise lack this critical perspective.

Your Impact

When you support LightHawk, you’re not just helping us take to the skies—you’re joining a movement to safeguard the natural world from above!

•    Protect Wildlife: Your contribution funds our efforts to protect endangered species. Through safe transport and aerial monitoring flights, we enable conservation teams to respond faster, support breeding programs, and keep these incredible animals in their natural habitats.

•    Preserve Habitats: Together, we can protect vital ecosystems by capturing the big picture from the sky. Each flight gathers essential data to guide conservation strategies, strengthening our collective ability to keep these critical habitats thriving and resilient.

•    Engage Communities: Your donations facilitate partnerships with local conservation organizations, scientists, photographers, and journalists, ensuring that nature's story is told and inspires positive action.

Your Role in Inspiring Change

Each LightHawk flight is about more than soaring above the Earth, it's about empowering those who can effect change and soaring towards a sustainable future. Your support fuels our flight, enabling us to take to the skies and create meaningful change for our natural world. We need you as our co-pilot in protecting our planet from above! Join us in our flight for nature!