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Turning Off the Lights at Chaco. Problem: impacts to night skies; impacts to wildlife; impacts to vegetation Management Strategies: increase supply; reduce.

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1 Turning Off the Lights at Chaco

2 Problem: impacts to night skies; impacts to wildlife; impacts to vegetation Management Strategies: increase supply; reduce the impact of use Management Practices: facility development/ site design/maintenance; information/ education

3 Turning Off the Lights at Chaco Chaco Culture National Historical Park 1907 World Heritage Site

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5 Chaco Culture National Historical Park

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11 Turning Off the Lights at Chaco Importance of “natural darkness” Internal and external threats Retrofitting park lighting (shielding, motion sensors, removal)

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14 Turning Off the Lights at Chaco Stimulated changes throughout NPS Interpretive programs, “star parties”, observatory

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16 Andromeda Galaxy taken from Chaco Observatory

17 Turning Off the Lights at Chaco New Mexico Night Sky Protection Act New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance National Parks Conservation Association NPS Night Sky Team National Parks Milky Way Posters International Dark-Sky Association George Wright Forum Article

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