The Winthrop Town Council has agreed to support a study of how to better mitigate “light leakage” at the Winthrop Rink. Read the full...

Join our upcoming astrophotography class series and discover the art of capturing stunning milky way, moon, aurora, time lapse, and deep...

Photography plays a powerful role in the dark sky movement. A photograph of the naturally dark sky connects those who’ve never laid eyes...

My Favorte Bill Watterson "Calvin and Hobbes" cartoon features the stargazing duo under a night sky, ruminating, "If people looked at the...

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,...

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...

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...

The New Zealand Dark Sky Network is advocating for national level legislation to reduce light pollution and preserve dark skies. If...

The Methow Dark Sky Coalition continues to work toward making the town of Winthrop a dark sky community. Recently, the coalition...

After two years of proposals and discussions, on July 21, 2021, the Winthrop Town Council approved changes in the town’s outdoor lighting...

Read the article in the Methow Valley News.

Read the article in the Methow Valley News.

The Winthrop Town Council has accepted an offer to retrofit downtown streetlights to be more “dark sky” friendly — at little or no cost...

10 Books featuring the night https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/23/top-10-books-about-the-night-nightwalking

On a clear night under a full moon I can see plenty well enough to walk the streets. When I look up, the moon appears pleasant, not glaring.

Save Our Night Sky, by Howard Johnson Click Here to Read the Article. Click here to download the article.

Methow Dark Sky seeks the community’s support for reducing light pollution. By Don Nelson. August 14, 2019. Click here to read article.

Light pollution is threatening our ability to see the cosmos. An opinion piece by the New York Times. August 17, 2019. Read the Article

by Rebecca Phillips. April 28, 2019. Click here to read article. Click here to download article.

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...

Residents’ resistance prompted agency to revise its plans in first major success for preserving the Methow night skies. Read the full...

The Winthrop Ice & Sports Rink’s board president and Winthrop Town Council discussed alternatives to find solutions in response to...

To protect natural nighttime darkness in the Methow Valley and save energy costs, the Okanogan County Electric Cooperative will replace...

Protecting the Methow Valley’s night skies from light pollution started as a new initiative of the Okanogan County Electric Cooperative...