Commentary: Rural and incorporated communities are working toward weaving regionally protected areas into one intertwined blanket called a Dark Sky Reserve.
The Hill Country Alliance continues to advocate for the reduction of light pollution in central Texas.We tend to take the natural world for granted, until one day we notice it’s gone. Central Texas is a big place, once full of wide-open skies, infinite wildflowers and dark, but brilliantly lit starry nights. In most places of the Hill Country, you can still see the Milky Way on a clear night.
, a resource that spotlights where and how natural infrastructure provides value to the natural resources of the Hill Country and its communities. However, more than a decade ago, Network partner Hill Country Alliance helped facilitate the Hill Country’s first countywide effort toUnder the leadership of then-Kimble County Judge Andrew Murr, a resolution was adopted in late 2011 supporting efforts to preserve 1,251 square miles of night skies in the western region.
Through the years since our early partnerships in Kimble County, the Hill Country Alliance has continued to play a determined and strategic role in advocating for communities across the region striving to protect their night skies from light pollution. Working persistently over time, numerous Hill Country communities have adopted well-crafted outdoor lighting ordinances.
While we struggle for years with intractable problems like those threatening our precious streams and springs across the Hill Country, we have proven that one form of regional pollution is within easy reach to fix.
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