Volunteer pilots transported captive-bred masked bobwhite quail chicks to a wildlife refuge in Arizona in hopes that the endangered species can thrive once again.
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GA to the rescue for endangered wolf puppies
Volunteer pilots have transported a record number of endangered wolf pups from zoos and other facilities to wild dens.
Three pilots, 12,000 passengers
Volunteer pilots flew close to 12,000 endangered white abalone to their new home in Southern California. The abalone will eventually be released in the waters off Southern California.
Flying Mexican wolf pups just one of award-winning pilot’s missions
Mike Schroeder won the Lighthawk award for his willingness to go the extra mile.
Lighthawk names new CEO
Rutledge has more than two decades of leadership experience, including Wings of Hope.
Volunteer pilot organization Lighthawk featured in PBS documentary
Lighthawk, which uses volunteer pilots and their airplanes to help save the environment, is the subject of a new documentary on PBS.
California Condors take flight, with a little help from GA pilots
Thanks to volunteer general aviation pilots, nine California Condors have found new homes in the wild.
Picture of the day: Volunteering to save the environment
Jonathan Milne sent in this photograph for Picture of the Day with a short note: “Photo I took of a volunteer pilot’s Cessna 182 being outfitted for a Lighthawk flight to capture imagery of sea-level impacts for New Hamphsire Public Television. Imagery from the flight will be used for a documentary on Lighthawk partners and […]
Lighthawk names new executive director
Terri Watson has been named as executive director of LightHawk, a non-profit that uses volunteer general aviation pilots to help conservation organizations. Watson has a long history with LightHawk beginning as a volunteer pilot in 1997, and later becoming a board member. She served a previous term as executive director from 2000-2003, flight services director from […]