The Importance of Dark Sky with Bridget Langdale

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When:
March 19, 2019 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2019-03-19T14:00:00-05:00
2019-03-19T15:00:00-05:00
Where:
San Saba Civic Center
1190 S Thomas Stewart Drive
San Saba
TX
Contact:
Jimma Byrd
325-372-7615
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The Importance of Dark Sky with Bridget Langdale @ San Saba Civic Center
“When we add light to the environment, that has the potential to disrupt habitat, just like running a bulldozer over the landscape can.”
— Chad Moore, formerly of the National Park Service


From International Dark Sky Association website:

For billions of years, all life has relied on Earth’s predictable rhythm of day and night. It’s encoded in the DNA of all plants and animals. Humans have radically disrupted this cycle by lighting up the night.

Plants and animals depend on Earth’s daily cycle of light and dark rhythm to govern life-sustaining behaviors such as reproduction, nourishment, sleep and protection from predators.

Scientific evidence suggests that artificial light at night has negative and deadly effects on many creatures including amphibians, birds, mammals, insects and plants.