Thursday, June 25 @ 7:00 pm: The Ridgefield Action Committee for the Environment, the Norwalk River Watershed Association and the Library are cohosting this special program featuring a presentation by Craig Rapasz, co-founder of Lights Out Connecticut and an authority on birds. Learn how light pollution has wreaked havoc on our night sky. Artificial light emitted by our homes, buildings, streetlights, bridges and other structures can confuse and disorient migrating birds. The result is catastrophic: there are nearly 1 billion bird deaths in North America each year.
Light pollution effects people as well, interfering with our ability to see the stars. It increases our electrical bills and carbon emissions, and can degrade sleep patterns. It also has profound effects on nocturnally active insects—especially moths, which are important pollinators.
This program is aimed at creating awareness so we can take action to darken our skies, especially during Spring and Fall bird migrations.
Craig Rapasz will be joined in the presentation by Lukas Karas, a graduating Westport high school student who is a butterfly and moth expert. He has done local surveys of moths and butterflies and will share his moth specimen collection.
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