Keep the U.P. Wild is organizing a lobbying blitz on Sep 19 to advocate for a National Wilderness Area in the U.P. For more info, and to join the emails to your Congressional delegation, go to the event website.
Oct 21, 7:30 – 9:30 pm Belle Isle Nature Center in Detroit will host another nighttime event for families to see Jupiter and Saturn through telescopes, see bats and other wildlife (Bat Week is Oct 24 – 31) and learn about science from the James Webb Space Telescope. Register here for tickets to this free
The project will adversely affect Headlands International Dark-Sky Park. Please register your concern HERE by Oct 14.
Wed, May 18 at 7 pm: Gillen Brown will present on Light Pollution and Michigan’s Dark Skies at Brighton District Library, 100 Library Dr, Brighton. This event is in person.
The Ann Arbor Lighting Ordinance will be presented to the City Council on August 2, 2021. There will be a public hearing on August 16. Public comment is welcome. The Council is expected to vote on whether to approve at the August 16 meeting.
The Michigan State Senate passed SR-69 declaring July 2021 Dark Sky Awareness Month! Kudos to Senators Kim LaSata (R-Cass County) and Rosemary Bayer (D – Oakland County). Please let them know you approve 🙂
CNN reports that nearly twenty buildings in Philadelphia are dimming their lights this spring after thousands of birds perished in the city’s largest mass collision in recent history. Michigan Audubon has a similar Safe Passage Great Lakes program.
March 15 – May 31 is Safe Passage Great Lakes Days: Ann Arbor and State of Michigan ask owners of tall buildings to turn off lights to save migrating birds. The fall dates are August 15 – October 31. Reported by Channel 4 Click on Detroit.
UM Prof. Pat Seitzer will present virtually on “New Constellations of Bright Satellites and the Night Sky” at the Sierra Club SE Michigan Group, Thurs March 4 at 7:00 pm. https://www.sierraclub.org/michigan/southeast-michigan/monthly-program-everyone-welcome
On February 25 at 7pm, Gillen Brown will give a virtual presentation on Light Pollution at the Plymouth District Library. Please register in advance to join remotely. Check it out for an overview of the issues!
