CPRW Featured in New Film "Romeo November" Highlighting Conservation from the Skies

The Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed was featured in a new short film, “Romeo November: A LightHawk Story,” which highlights three climate change resiliency projects and how an aerial perspective can be an important conservation tool. Thank you to LightHawk, American Rivers and Trout Unlimited for including us in this exciting storytelling project!

One important way to address the impacts of prolonged drought is to foster natural climate resiliency and water storage. Restoring forests damaged from wildfires helps regulate snow melt and water supply, improves water quality, and benefits wildlife and fisheries. Protecting and restoring riparian areas helps with water storage, retention and aquifer recharge, and provides important wildlife and fish habitat.

CPRW Executive Director, Hally Strevey, gets a bird’s-eye view of the Poudre River Watershed from the LightHawk aircraft.

“Through the eyes of LightHawk volunteer pilot, Chuck Schroll, we begin our journey near Fort Collins, Colorado, where Hally Strevey of the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed explains how her organization and others are confronting the challenge of healing a forest ecosystem from massive wildfire. Then we head to Price, Utah, where Jordan Nielsen of Trout Unlimited and landowner Leo Hardy show how they are working on the ground to heal a degraded stream using beaver dam analogues and other nature based solutions. Lastly we visit with Cochise County’s Mark Apel, who guides us across the San Pedro River watershed, illustrating strategies to recharge the regional aquifer to support healthy river flows and incredible biodiversity in this desert landscape.”

To learn more about LightHawk conservation flying visit: https://www.lighthawk.org/