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International Dark Sky Places. A program to encourage community involvement in the preservation and restoration of our night skies Communities – Parks - Reserves www.darksky.org/page/IDSPlaces. International Dark Sky Communities. Astronomy Picture of the Day – 2008 April 16
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International Dark Sky Places A program to encourage community involvement in the preservation and restoration of our night skies Communities – Parks - Reserves www.darksky.org/page/IDSPlaces
International Dark Sky Communities Astronomy Picture of the Day – 2008 April 16 A Protected Night Sky Over Flagstaff
International Dark Sky Parks • Exceptional commitment to, and success in implementing, night sky preservation and/or restoration • Preserve/restore outstanding night skies • Promote protection of natural habitat • Promote protection of public enjoyment • Encourage park administrators to identify the valuable resource • Encourage parks to become environmental leaders on the dark sky issue
Eligibility • Public land – regardless of managerial agency • Provide public nighttime access • Outstanding dark sky resource relative to the population it serves • Minimum sky quality • Limiting Magnitude 5.0, Bortle Scale 6 • Milky Way should be visible
Requirements Lighting Guideline/Lightscape Management Plan Proven commitment to natural skies and lightscape management
IDSR Objectives • Identify and honor public or private land and their surrounding communities with exceptional commitment to, and success in implementing, dark sky preservation and/or restoration inside and surrounding the core • Encourage land administrators to identify dark skies as a valuable resource • Preserve/restore outstanding night skies • Promote the protection of the night skies • Provide recognition for such • Encourage areas to form public/private partnerships in protection and recognition of nights skies and become environmental leaders on the issue
Mont Megantic Reserve Recommended Standards for Operating Hours • All lighting fixtures, including signs, shall be turned off at 10:00 p.m. (in zones 1 and 2) or 11:00 p.m. (in zone 3), or outside business or operating hours. • Any lighting fixtures used for security (lighting in storage areas, streets, public pedestrian areas or building entrances) are exempt from point 1. • Outdoor sales area, unloading, handling or work areas shall be illuminated at the level perscribed for storage areas outside business or operating hours, or shall reduce their lighting by 75%
Upcoming DesignationsTruly International in Scope Galloway Forest Park, Scotland, UK Hortobagy National Park, Hungary Pic du Midi, Pyrenees, France
Hortobagy National Park & the Zselic Landscape Protection Area Submission at the 9th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky
Thank you! You may contact us at International Dark-Sky Association 3225 N First Ave Tucson AZ 85719 520-293-3198 ida@darksky.org www.darksky.org Kim Patten kim@darksky.org