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Amber LEDs in Nags Head to benefit nesting sea turtles (Dec 2021)

Amber LEDs in Nags Head to benefit nesting sea turtles (Dec 2021)

Laura Greenleaf 8:41 PM

The Virginia Pilot recently ran the following article on a pilot streetlighting project in Nags Head, North Carolina. Withou…

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New IDA - IES Outdoor Lighting Policy Guidance: Comprehensive Decision Making = Better Outcomes (May 2021)

New IDA - IES Outdoor Lighting Policy Guidance: Comprehensive Decision Making = Better Outcomes (May 2021)

Laura Greenleaf 4:14 PM

The International Dark-Sky Association's Board of Directors recently passed a resolution aimed at a chronic problem: lig…

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Virginia Adds Two More Dark Sky Parks (May 2021)

Virginia Adds Two More Dark Sky Parks (May 2021)

Laura Greenleaf 3:44 PM

Two Virginia state parks---Sky Meadows in the northern Piedmont and Natural Bridge in the central Shenandoah Valley--recent…

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Rappahannock County's Night Sky Conservation Initiative Steady and Strong (Jan 2021)

Rappahannock County's Night Sky Conservation Initiative Steady and Strong (Jan 2021)

Laura Greenleaf 9:43 AM

Rappahannock County is home to one of Virginia's three IDA-designated Dark-Sky Parks (believed to be the smallest by siz…

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Comprehensive Plans for Two Virginia Localities Now Include Night Sky Conservation (Jan 2021)

Comprehensive Plans for Two Virginia Localities Now Include Night Sky Conservation (Jan 2021)

Laura Greenleaf 9:27 AM

In the past year and a half, the City of Staunton in the central Shenandoah Valley and Rappahannock County in the northern B…

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