And thank you for the reference on states and cities taking action regarding light pollution! Flagstaff Arizona may be one of the first to adopt lighting regulations.
Hi Cylvia. I am very unhappy and motivated about light pollution for a number of reasons, including what you've mentioned in this excellent piece. Your post kicked my rear end to write to the Olympic National Park about my experience last fall with the glow from Port Angeles reaching deeply and substantially into the Park interior. I contacted Death Valley National Park last spring about the topic also. They are an International Dark Sky Place, yet private contractors spew their white, exceedingly bright light needlessly across the valley. Need to follow up on that one and see if I had any impact.
I proposed an ordinance to address lighting in neighborhoods here in the City of Mercer Island, WA. It was a great and simple ordinance addressing shielding, brightness, direction, numbers of fixtures, etc., prepared by staff as a result of an annual process to consider citizen request legislation. The City Council did not plan for a sufficient public process to consider the ordinance and then did not adopt it because they did not have a sufficient public process! Hope to try again.
I appreciate and support Dark Sky International for their guidance on lighting principles and their work to create preserves. They have not been helpful with my requests for help with community lighting ordinances. Still, there are many resources out there that I can use, but am too busy to go full on with it right now.
I read your comments always, and enjoy them all. However, this latest one is the best you've released so far. Concise, encouraging, and practical. I especially enjoyed the included links that tell more of your story re light-based environmental issues. I learned so much from this article. Keep up the good work as I anticipate more of the same.
And thank you for the reference on states and cities taking action regarding light pollution! Flagstaff Arizona may be one of the first to adopt lighting regulations.
Hi Cylvia. I am very unhappy and motivated about light pollution for a number of reasons, including what you've mentioned in this excellent piece. Your post kicked my rear end to write to the Olympic National Park about my experience last fall with the glow from Port Angeles reaching deeply and substantially into the Park interior. I contacted Death Valley National Park last spring about the topic also. They are an International Dark Sky Place, yet private contractors spew their white, exceedingly bright light needlessly across the valley. Need to follow up on that one and see if I had any impact.
I proposed an ordinance to address lighting in neighborhoods here in the City of Mercer Island, WA. It was a great and simple ordinance addressing shielding, brightness, direction, numbers of fixtures, etc., prepared by staff as a result of an annual process to consider citizen request legislation. The City Council did not plan for a sufficient public process to consider the ordinance and then did not adopt it because they did not have a sufficient public process! Hope to try again.
I appreciate and support Dark Sky International for their guidance on lighting principles and their work to create preserves. They have not been helpful with my requests for help with community lighting ordinances. Still, there are many resources out there that I can use, but am too busy to go full on with it right now.
Thanks Cylvia!
Hi Cylvia!
I read your comments always, and enjoy them all. However, this latest one is the best you've released so far. Concise, encouraging, and practical. I especially enjoyed the included links that tell more of your story re light-based environmental issues. I learned so much from this article. Keep up the good work as I anticipate more of the same.