The Water Desk partners with Lighthawk to help journalists gain a new perspective and integrate aerial imagery into their work.
Lighthawk is a conservation nonprofit that specializes in using small aircraft flights to accelerate conservation in a variety of ways. For journalists, LightHawk liaisons with expert local conservation guides and matches them with flights donated by a network of 300 volunteer pilots who donate their expertise, time, aircraft and fuel. Due to the pandemic, LightHawk is currently not accepting passengers, but we are partnering with them to capture images and videos using GoPro cameras mounted on the planes.
Are you a journalist interested in a flight to support your coverage of Western water issues? Please contact us so we can explain how this program works. These flights are provided at no cost to you.
