The Blue River Night Sky Alliance is an ad hoc group of local residents, community and business organizations, utilities and governmental agencies. Our goal is to restore and maintain the night skies of the McKenzie River Valley one light at a time.
Thanks to the efforts of Michael McKeag, a DarkSky Oregon Board Member, Blue River has completed its lighting inventory. We currently have the distinction of only one light in the entire town being DarkSky compliant! Doug Murkley, a local architect, is working with us to identify specific luminaires we can recommend that WILL meet the lighting and recreational goals of our rural community.
Support from local organizations and businesses such as the Chamber of Commerce and Lane Electric Coop are and will continue to be of primary importance as we move forward to achieve certification of Blue River as an International Dark Sky Community.
Email hello@darkskyoregon.org and mention an interest to connect with the Blue River Night Sky Alliance.
On Thursday January 29th Salemanders interested in the night sky gathered at Ike Box for an inaugural meeting of Dark Sky Salem. The event planners collected 11 email addresses to begin to organize regular meetings. Folks shared why they were attending and reasoning ranged from annoyed neighbors to wildlife conservation to social justice. We agreed on some sweeping goals including but not limited to trying for another International Dark Sky Week proclamation from the City (April 13-20th), table at a local environmental event, and work towards a star party.
The next Dark Sky Salem gathering is February 26th at 5:30pm once again at the Ike Box. We hope to see you there!
Alternatively, Email hello@darkskyoregon.org and mention an interest to connect with the Salem group.
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