Keeping the Park Dark: Facilitating Dark Sky Status in Glacier National Park
Melanson C, Dapsis E, Gardner B, Kearns C, Dionne R. 2023. Keeping the Park Dark: Facilitating Dark Sky Status in Glacier National Park. E-project-101223-121544. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Light pollution threatens the exceptional dark night sky above Glacier National Park (GNP), endangering its International Dark Sky Park (IDSP) status. We assisted GNP in maintaining IDSP status by conducting a comprehensive ArcGIS lighting inventory of 1,516 lights. We found the Park had 64% dark sky compliant lighting. We also created a range of dark sky outreach material to increase enthusiasm in keeping the Park dark, including a citizen science program for employees and a pamphlet for electricians.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Melanson, Carter; Dapsis, Evan; Gardner, Brady; Kearns, Christiana; Dionne, Ryann
- Date of Issue
- 2023-10
- Publisher
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Units
- CRCO , GLAC
- Keywords
- Astronomy, Dark Sky, DarkSky International, Glacier National Park, Light Pollution, Night