Save Red Rock, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, has partnered with the Bureau of Land Management to protect the area from the impacts of light pollution by pushing for it to be recognized as an Urban Night Sky Place. The designation, determined by the International Dark Sky Places Program (IDSP), would hinge on those groups successfully crafting a lighting management plan for the site and launching a robust public outreach campaign around the effort. As part of their application, Save Red Rock is raising $7,000 to purchase an in-house telescope. (Donations can be made at saveredrock.com/dark-sky.) If the Red Rock Canyon NCA does earn the status, it would adopt IDSP guidelines to “ensure that each certified place participates in actions and stewardship that improve the quality of the nightscape environment,” according to a joint press release from Save Red Rock and Brett Torino Foundation, the project’s sponsor.
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