Darkness News
Kentucky Neighborhoods Opt Out of Light at Night
October 27, 2021 - Messenger-Inquirer
Citing aesthetic reasons, two neighborhoods in Daviess County will not add street lighting.
Read MoreMaui Nui Seabird Recovery Project Preps for Fallout Season
October 26, 2021 - The Maui News
The Hawaiian conservation group is once again pushing for lights out programs to save young, endangered seabirds.
Read MoreALAN Cuts Glow-Worm Mating Signals Short
October 25, 2021 - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
A University of Helsinki study has determined that female common glow-worms will end mating displays after 15 minutes of exposure to anthropogenic light. Younger specimens even sooner.
Read MoreFraunhofer Institute Charts Moon and Weather’s Effect on Light at Night
October 22, 2021 - Nature
Jurgen Krieg has examined moon elevation, cloud cover variables and their role in the quality of darkness.
Read MoreNachtLicht Expands to Oklahoma City
October 21, 2021 - Oklahoma City Free Press
The light pollution mapping app has added support and a community advocate in the form of Joey Rodman to the OK capital.
Read MorePittsburgh Goes Dark
October 20, 2021 - Sky and Telescope
City Council has moved forward on a bylaw making all city-owned lighting dark sky-friendly.
Read MoreWest Virginia Adds Three Dark Sky Place
October 19, 2021 - LighTED Online Magazine
Watoga State Park, Calvin Price State Forest, and Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park were approved as a Dark Sky Parks by the IDA, three years after beginning the process.
Read MoreSpringdale Moves Forward on Dark Sky Plans
October 18, 2021 - 6Park News
Utah - City Council has approved ordinances to limit light pollution to bring the municipality inline with nearby Zion National Park.
Read MoreIDA Presents its 2021 Awards
October 15, 2021 - International Dark Sky Association
The International Dark Sky Association presented awards for technology, community leadership, academic work, habitat protection, advocacy in the field of night sky preservation. Among the winners was our own Jane Slade. Congrats to all.
Read MoreVirginia Park Seeks Dark Sky Recognition
October 14, 2021 - InsideNOVA
Fairfax County, VA - County Supervisors have begun the proposal process to grant Observatory Park in Great Falls the status as an Urban Night Sky Place with the help of local non-profit organizations.
Read MoreThird Town on Manitoulin Island to Create Dark Sky Bylaw
October 13, 2021 - Manitoulin Expositor
Council for Billings Township, Ontario will begin to pursue a dark sky bylaw, specifically focused on uplight concerns.
Read MoreOhio Gets First Urban Dark Sky Park
October 12, 2021 - International Dark Sky Association
Fry Family Park of Magnolia is the latest space to be recognized by the IDA as an Urban Night Sky Place.
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