Light Pollution Does Not Respect County Boundaries (Oct 2022)

Light Pollution Does Not Respect County Boundaries (Oct 2022)

Laura Greenleaf 8:36 PM

Hundreds of acres in Culpeper County have fallen to bulldozers to make way for hundreds of big unaffordable houses plus comm…

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Fairfax County to Improve Lighting Regs for Proposed DSP (Oct 2022)

Fairfax County to Improve Lighting Regs for Proposed DSP (Oct 2022)

Laura Greenleaf 8:27 PM

Fairfax County zoning staff are drafting a new ordinance to create a lighting overlay district for a county park that has …

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Virginia Honors International Dark Sky Week with Proclamations (May 2022)

Virginia Honors International Dark Sky Week with Proclamations (May 2022)

Laura Greenleaf 7:13 PM

Several Virginia localities and the office of the governor issued proclamations recognizing International Dark Sky Week 2022…

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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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