Chaco

A little connectivity between our paper presentations (specifically Lauren's) and our field trip to Chaco Canyon:

I just received this e-mail to lobby the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) about their consideration of oil and gas expansion in their lands bordering Chaco Canyon.

Here's a link the NPCA sent me within the e-mail:  https://secure.npca.org/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=CC4A8CAED8F36CC5F89B97ED8AAAC7A2.app338b?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1251&autologin=true&AddInterest=1084

In the e-mail, they seemed most particularly interested in the fact that this could create more light pollution in the area.  Chaco was designated the fourth NPS park to receive the designation as International Dark Sky Park by the International Dark Sky Association.

I've never heard of the IDSA before -- its interesting to think about the level of dark sky vs light pollution as another thread of land use.