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See where LightHawk has flown for conservation on our mission map

Congratulations to our friends Marine Ventures Foundation who will premiere their movie "A Changing Delta" at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival January 10-13 in Nevada City, CA.

See the trailer here, and look for the Festival to visit your town to see LightHawk aerials in the full-length feature.

Nothing could prepare Rudy Engholm for what he saw on his visit to the largest industrial site in the world: Alberta Canada's Tar Sands.

Are all "green" energy projects actually good for the environment? Find out how a recent flight helped answer this question in our August flight story.

A strategic partnership with big cat conservation group Panthera helps jaguars roam free and out of harm's way. Find out how in this story.

Father and daughter team up with flight to help endangered black-footed ferrets in the June WayPoint Flight Story.

"Helicopter Parenting," helps endangered whooping cranes overcome an unlikely foe: blackflies in the May WayPoint Flight Story.

Check out the LightHawk newsletter and read more about David Cole's incredible flamingo flight here.

If they could, orphaned, injured mountain lion cubs Cypress and Ash would thank Joy Covey, a LightHawk volunteer pilot from California who used her Pilatus PC-12 to give their heartbreaking story a happy ending. The April WayPoint flight story has their tale (tail?).

Join us as we rediscover lost Mayan highways while cruising with scarlet macaws in the March WayPoint flight story.

Discover how a volunteer pilot and photographer teamed up to help Gunnison, Colorado save their namesake grouse in the latest Tripods in the Sky.

Connecting the dots for wildlife, and for pilots. Follow the connections in our February WayPoint story.

The Tortoise and the Air. Check out our January WayPoint story.

1000 miles in 100 days? Check out the latest Tripods in the Sky elevating the Florida Wildlife Corridor.

Volunteer pilot David Miller shares his experience transporting Aplomado falcon chicks on a LightHawk flight in this month's issue of Twin & Turbine. His article begins on page 21.

Go along as volunteer pilots navigate the busy airspace around Chesapeake Bay and the Delmarva peninsula in this month's WayPoint.

Flying wolf season has begun! Watch a report from the first flight from Oklahoma to Arizona.

A LightHawk donated flight for iLCP photographer Paul Nicklen enabled aerial images to bolster two articles in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic. See more photos in Paul's online gallery.

A guardian of the mangroves takes to the air.

What do small planes have to do with sea turtle conservation in Costa Rica?

North Country Public Radio flies over the Adirondacks with volunteer pilot Bob Keller.
Fly along on their adventure.

Arizona Public Media explores how biologists are taking to the skies with LightHawk over the Colorado River Delta.

Calling LightHawk the "Watcher in the Clouds", check out Portland Monthly magazine's excellent article.

Question: How do dedicated volunteer pilots and world-class conservation photographers use aviation to move conservation forward?

Answer: Tripods in the Sky.

Read what made "Conservation Flyer" Chris Boyer sign up as a LightHawk pilot the minute he reached the required 1,000 hour of PIC time.

Acclaimed photographer and conservationist Dave Showalter profiles Montana's Chris Boyer in his Western Wild online journal.

ABC News covered how conservation "called in the cavalry" to bring attention to the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. LightHawk provided the aerial perspective for International League of Conservation Photographers to bring attention to plans to transport oil through the Great Bear Rainforest.

Volunteer Pilot Jo Duffy talks about flying for California Marine Protected Areas in a radio spot from Public News Service, "Protecting What’s Under the Waves Gets a Look From Above"