Consultant to analyze lighting at Winthrop Rink
The Winthrop Town Council has agreed to support a study of how to better mitigate “light leakage” at the Winthrop Rink. Read the full...
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Learn Astrophotography
Join our upcoming astrophotography class series and discover the art of capturing stunning milky way, moon, aurora, time lapse, and deep...
Intl. Dark Sky Week / Earth Day
My Favorte Bill Watterson "Calvin and Hobbes" cartoon features the stargazing duo under a night sky, ruminating, "If people looked at the...
Lights Out!
Every year, billions of birds migrate in the spring and fall, mostly flying in the dark and navigating by the night sky. And every year,...
Methow Valley Named a Best Sight for Dark Skies
Travel magazine AFAR named the Methow Valley one of the top places for Stargazing in the lower 48 and gave Methow Dark Sky Coalition and...
Celebrating the dark times
The Methow Valley is one of the best places in the country to stargaze. Given our dark pristine night sky we can easily observe the...
Coalition aims to dim valley’s light pollution
The Methow Dark Sky Coalition continues to work toward making the town of Winthrop a dark sky community. Recently, the coalition...
Winthrop adopts Dark Sky Ordinance
After two years of proposals and discussions, on July 21, 2021, the Winthrop Town Council approved changes in the town’s outdoor lighting...
Winthrop council considers ‘Dark Sky’ proposals
Read the article in the Methow Valley News.
Winthrop council gets first look at ‘dark sky’ proposals
Read the article in the Methow Valley News.
Winthrop OKs dark sky-friendly retrofit for downtown streetlights
The Winthrop Town Council has accepted an offer to retrofit downtown streetlights to be more “dark sky” friendly — at little or no cost...
Light Matters
Save Our Night Sky, by Howard Johnson Click Here to Read the Article. Click here to download the article.
Clear Goals for Methow Nights
Methow Dark Sky seeks the community’s support for reducing light pollution. By Don Nelson. August 14, 2019. Click here to read article.
Dark Sky Coalition has clear goals for Methow nights
Long, dark nights may be ahead for Winthrop, the Methow Valley and beyond — and that would be a good thing, according to a group of local...
Airport to Use Pilot Activated Beacon
Residents’ resistance prompted agency to revise its plans in first major success for preserving the Methow night skies. Read the full...
Winthrop council raises questions about ice rink lighting
The Winthrop Ice & Sports Rink’s board president and Winthrop Town Council discussed alternatives to find solutions in response to...
Co-op to begin installing new lighting to protect ‘dark sky’
To protect natural nighttime darkness in the Methow Valley and save energy costs, the Okanogan County Electric Cooperative will replace...
Co-op launches ‘Dark Sky’ project in Methow
Protecting the Methow Valley’s night skies from light pollution started as a new initiative of the Okanogan County Electric Cooperative...
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