We’ve been making some significant strides in getting Dark Sky Certification for the Town of Jackson and Teton County!
After attending multiple Joint Information Meetings (JIMs) earlier this year and creating a thorough and lengthy draft to implement into the Land Development Regulations (LDRs), we were assigned to work with Principle Planners by the Town of Jackson and Teton County. With their helpful support and feedback, we were able to weed out unnecessary and redundant verbiage to maximize the revision’s effectiveness. This helped to trim down our draft by several pages. One county commissioner even commented that we had everything covered except opening a car door at night.
A continuación, con la ayuda de algunos amigos y simpatizantes en el norte de Utah, pudimos reunirnos con el Dr. John Barentine mientras realizaba una visita a esa zona. El Dr. Barentine trabaja actualmente como Gerente de Programas para el Asociación Internacional de Cielo Oscuro. He gave us an extensive review of our newly revised LDRs and gave some excellent feedback for more revisions. At the end of the meeting, we had two thumbs up from him, and essentially, the International Dark Sky Association! We’re currently working on the final draft now and will be submitting a formal amendment to the town and county once those are complete. Since public support will be a big help in getting that voted in, be sure to keep up with us on social media and here on the blog and we’ll let you know when that happens.
As if that wasn’t enough, we also recently met with Dr. Bryan Boulanger, a civil engineer working with Yellowstone National Park to minimize their light pollution. He offered some great insight and support to also get Grand Teton National Park certified as well!
To find out why we’re seeking Dark Sky Designations, check out our Guarde nuestra página de cielos nocturnos aquí. Para saber por qué la contaminación lumínica afecta a todos, visite el International Dark Sky Association’s Light Pollution page here.
¿Qué pasa con esas nuevas luces en Broadway?
Our executive director, Samuel Singer, has been doing some digging and found out that the lights were purchased before the current exterior lighting standard was adopted. Rest assured though, we’re doing our best to get them changed, and that’s exactly what may very well happen. There seems to be a lot of openness to changing the lights from the Acorn style to the Shepard’s Hook model, which several of the lights already are. That would drastically cut down on the amount of light pollution, especially glare, increasing the overall safety of the area for pedestrians, motorists, and wildlife.
Actualmente, la ciudad / condado está haciendo que los investigadores recopilen datos en el lado norte de Broadway frente a las estaciones de servicio Shell y Exxon para ver si la clasificación que se realizó en ese lado es suficiente para reducir las víctimas de la vida silvestre de los automóviles, o si se podría necesitar iluminación adicional. necesario en ese lado de la carretera también.
Hopefully with some education and increased awareness we can make sure that all new outdoor lighting in Jackson meets the highest dark sky standards, which will save the City money, reduce energy consumption, make our community safer and healthier, and preserve the amazing natural resource of dark skies. Wyoming Stargazing isn’t against new outdoor lighting in Jackson. However, we do want to make sure that we get the best lighting for our entire community.
¡Estamos dando pasos excelentes para restaurar los cielos nocturnos de la ciudad! Gracias a todos por su apoyo y ayuda hasta ahora, y asegúrese de seguirnos en las redes sociales para estar al tanto de nuestros desarrollos.
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