EcoFlight uses small aircraft to provide the aerial perspective to educate and advocate for our remaining wildlands, watersheds, and culturally important landscapes. From the air, we connect stakeholders with differing viewpoints to advance our goals of conservation and environmental justice.
All of EcoFlight’s work embodies the goals of the 30×30 campaign, inspired and funded by The Wyss Campaign for Nature, to secure 30% marine and terrestrial protection by the year 2030. This target is the minimum percentage of land and water that the US needs to place into conservation status in order to protect critical ecosystems.
There is not just one path to this conservation. Finding diverse and innovative ways to protect landscapes that will support local communities and preserve the land’s specific values will be critical in achieving this 30×30 goal, while upholding the sovereignty of tribal nations. EcoFlight will use the aerial perspective as a critical tool in this campaign and to highlight the incremental steps towards achieving it.