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Two Colorado Towns Come Together as Colorado’s First International Dark Sky Community

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TUCSON, Ariz., and WESTCLIFFE / SILVER CLIFF, Colo. (9 March 2015) The bordering towns of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff …

March 9, 2015

IDA Welcomes Seasoned Nonprofit Leader J. Scott Feierabend as New Executive Director

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Tucson, AZ 13 January 2015 – The International Dark Sky Association, a leader in night sky preservation, is excited …

January 13, 2015

IDA Issues New Standards on Blue Light at Night

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New rules strengthen IDA’s Fixture Seal of Approval program. TUCSON, AZ 01 December 2014 — The International Dark-Sky Association …

December 1, 2014

Arizona’s Oracle State Park Named World’s Twentieth International Dark Sky Park

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TUCSON, Ariz., and ORACLE, Ariz. 12 November 2014 — Nestled between the bright cities of Phoenix and Tucson, Oracle …

November 12, 2014

IDA Responds to 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics

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Tucson, AZ 7 October, 2014 –The Nobel Committee announced today that it has awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for …

October 7, 2014

Germany’s Rhön Biosphere Reserve Named World’s Ninth International Dark Sky Reserve

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TUCSON, Ariz., and WASSERKUPPE, Germany – Far from major cities, the truly dark skies of Germany’s Rhön Biosphere Reserve …

August 7, 2014

Two Texas Parks & Wildlife Properties Achieve International ‘Dark Sky’ Status

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TUCSON, Ariz. – Texas state parks remain among the few public places in one of the nation’s most populous …

August 6, 2014

IDA Designates Sedona, Arizona, the World’s Eighth International Dark Sky Community

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TUCSON, Ariz., and SEDONA, Ariz. (4 August 2014) – The red rock scenery of Sedona has long been an …

August 4, 2014

Hovenweep National Monument Named World’s’ Newest International Dark Sky Park

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TUCSON, ARIZ., 1 July 2014 – The star-filled skies of Hovenweep National Monument along the Utah-Colorado border have new …

July 1, 2014

Beverly Shores, Indiana, Named World’s Seventh International Dark Sky Community

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TUCSON, ARIZ. AND BEVERLY SHORES, IND., 24 June 2014 — Nights along the south shore of Lake Michigan are …

June 24, 2014

Dark Skies Come Into Sharp Focus at the First Annual StarLight Festival

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Big Bear Lake, Calif., 20 May 2014 – The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) joins AstronomyOutreach network to raise public …

May 20, 2014

The International Dark-Sky Association Awards Dark Sky Status to Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

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TUCSON, AZ AND GRAND CANYON-PARASHANT NATIONAL MONUMENT, AZ, 21 March 2014 – The remote, wild character of rural northwest …

March 21, 2014