Bring on the night, say National Park visitors in new study
Friday, September 4, 2015 - 12:00
in Earth & Climate
Nearly 90 percent of visitors to a major national park highly valued the night sky and wanted the National Park Service to take steps to reduce light pollution. The study also established a threshold below which visitors found light pollution of the night skies unacceptable, a standard park staff can manage toward using a variety of strategies in and out of the park.