Lake Fork Valley Conservancy has started an ambitious project to transform its dark sky designated park into a nocturnal classroom.
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Dark-sky designations bring the promise of starry nights — and tourist dollars — to rural Colorado
ORCHARD — The first weekend Jackson Lake State Park received its certification from the International Dark-Sky Association, ranger Amy Brandenburg saw more than the Milky Way on her night patrols. Campers gathered like the moths and midges that used to swarm around the buildings at night before the park went dark. The grounds were full […]
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From “Star Trek” to star gazer, Colorado man drops everything and hits the road with a camera and his passion
Charlie Maier found himself with no job and no home as the coronavirus swept across Colorado last spring. Except for the pandemic, he planned it this way. Maier, 35, had known for a while that the comfortable corporate job he had as a data analyst at the Whole Foods office in Denver, while interesting and […]