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Aaron Watson
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
11.15.21 Dark Skies Paonia Newsletter
Greetings from Dark Skies Paonia! 2022 13 Moon Astro Events Calendars are now available! For the third year in a row, Aaron Watson has...
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Aaron Watson
- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
Preserving Dark Skies in the North Fork Valley - Delta County Independent - Sep 9, 2020
On Sept. 3, the Black Canyon Astronomical Society (BCAS) met with Aaron Watson, director of Dark Skies Paonia, to discuss recent and...
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Aaron Watson
- Jan 18, 2020
- 2 min
Update on Town Streetlights
1/17/2020 Dark Skies Paonia Update... At the Town Council meeting on Tuesday January 14th, Town Council voted in favor of shielded, 2700...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Dec 3, 2019
- 1 min
Westcliff and Silver Cliff Dark Skies
Westcliff and Silver Cliff Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain Valley Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain Valley was founded in 1999 with the...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
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Western Slope Skies - Bringing Back the Night By Jeff Reynolds • Oct 5, 2018 Western Slope Skies TweetShareGoogle+Email 📷 ...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Dec 3, 2019
- 1 min
Westcliff and Silvercliff Dark Skies Of The Wet Mountain Valley
Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain Valley was founded in 1999 with the primary purpose of limiting light pollution of the night sky in the...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Dec 3, 2019
- 3 min
Pollinators: switch street lights off at midnight to help moths and nocturnal wildlife
Pollinators: switch street lights off at midnight to help moths and nocturnal wildlife Pollinators: switch street lights off at midnight...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
Western Slope Skies - Bringing Back the Night
By Jeff Reynolds • Oct 5, 2018 Western Slope Skies TweetShareGoogle+Email 📷 Credit NASA Earth Observatory All over the...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
Dark Skies streetlight upgrades will have to wait in Paonia By lisa young Staff Writer Nov 27, 2019
Paonia residents will have to wait a bit to find out which lights the town will choose to install after a delay by DMEA. Dark Skies of...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Oct 21, 2019
- 1 min
Cranborne Chase first entire "Area of Natural Beauty" to be dark sky reserve
20 October 2019 The night sky above parts of Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset has been designated an international dark sky...
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Aaron Watson
- Jun 26, 2019
- 1 min
Dark Skies Paonia Success Story!
Neighbors of a local Delta County neighborhood outside of Paonia, CO recently experienced bright new lights from a newly erected grow...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Apr 5, 2019
- 1 min
Starstruck: Dark Skies Experience
National Geographic partnered with the International Dark-Sky Association to provide families with a true "dark sky" observatory...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Mar 28, 2019
- 10 min
States Shut Out Light Pollution - Published on National Conference of State Legislatures Site
📷 5/23/2016 What is Light Pollution?Effects of Light PollutionState LegislationState Laws to Reduce Light Pollution Contact Jennifer...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Mar 25, 2019
- 2 min
Western Slope Skies - Bringing Back the Night
By Jeff Reynolds • Oct 5, 2018 Western Slope Skies TweetShareGoogle+Email 📷 Credit NASA Earth Observatory All over the...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Mar 21, 2019
- 2 min
Five Years of Satellite Images Show Global Light Pollution Increasing at a Rate of Two Percent Per
Five years of advanced satellite images show that there is more artificial light at night across the globe, and that light at night is ...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Mar 21, 2019
- 1 min
Artificial Lights have Devastating Effects on Many Bird Species
Photo by Michael Menefee Birds that migrate or hunt at night navigate by moonlight and starlight. Artificial light can cause them to...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Mar 21, 2019
- 3 min
West Nile Virus Infectious Longer in Birds Exposed to Artificial Light at Night on February 22, 20
Artificial light at night doesn’t just affect our ability to see the stars — it also impacts complex ecological interactions and...
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Dark Skies Paonia
- Mar 21, 2019
- 2 min
Artificial Light at Night May be Contributing to “Ecological Armageddon” on July 17, 2018
In 2017, drastic declines of insects were reported by a team of scientists in Germany. The research indicated that the biomass of flying...
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