Author: Amber Harrison

The Historic Keweenaw Mountain Lodge Designated as Michigan’s Third International Dark Sky Park

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Keweenaw Dark Sky Park provides stargazing, dark-sky education, and inspiration as the newest IDA-certified International Dark Sky Park.

June 21, 2022

International Dark Sky Places program advocacy — A review of 2020–2021 Annual Reports

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International Dark Sky Place advocates showcase a diversity of creative and engaging ways to promote the dark-sky movement in …

June 3, 2022

City of Blanco, Texas (U.S.) Becomes Sixth International Dark Sky Community in Texas

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Culminating a grassroots effort that began in 2007, the certification validated the work of the City of Blanco, the …

April 26, 2022

World’s Newest International Dark Sky Reserve Spans U.S./Mexico International Border

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International Dark-Sky Association marks a historic milestone with the first bi-national International Dark Sky Reserve.

April 7, 2022

How to conduct a night sky quality survey

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Read this page to learn how to take quantitative and quantitative assessments of night sky quality and track the …

November 15, 2024

Dark Sky Friendly Developments of Distinction

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This former designation recognized master planned communities and developments whose planning actively promoted a more natural night sky.

September 4, 2023