Climate change in this next century suggests global temperature increases beyond anything seen since the Ice Age. These changes will be responsible for species extinctions and drastic changes in our landscapes. We are already witnessing increased wildland fire, insect outbreaks, and drought and wildlife habitat being changed.
EcoFlight works specifically to document the landscape change and the increase in the beetle kill in our pine forests throughout the Rocky Mountains as the temperature gradient increases. There are ways we can manage our national lands that could help mitigate some of the changes posed by global warming, through alternative energy development and through providing needed wildlife habitat and migration corridors to help species adapt to a changing climate.
EcoFlight also works with the Forest Service and Fire Management experts on how modern fire management can be and should be applied to allow fires to burn naturally to do their part in restoring the landscapes, when not a threat to people or property.
EcoFlight works with advocates of wind energy which provides a zero emissions energy source, important for our future, and our air and water quality. We advocate and fly the development of wind energy as a mechanism to displace emissions both locally and nationally.
