We're a volunteer alliance working to protect what's left of Central Oregon's night sky through better lighting policy, education, and restoration projects.
Every year more unshielded lighting spills across our neighborhoods and public lands disrupting sleep, disorienting migrating birds, and erasing our view of the cosmos.
Bend's own outdoor lighting ordinance hasn't been meaningfully updated since 2004. We think it's time it caught up.
Working with the City of Bend to modernize outdoor lighting standards for the first time since 2004.
Free home lighting assessments to help residents fix glare before it becomes a dispute.
Building the case for an International Dark Sky Park designation on nearby public land.
Most people who've moved to Bend in the last decade have never seen the Milky Way from their own backyard. That's what we want back.
