RELEVANT LINKS

RELEVANT LINKS

Light Pollution Awareness
Learning About Light and Lighting
A Sample of State Statutes and Local Ordinances
Environmental
Crime and Lighting
Government Programs
Government Links
Astronomy

Light Pollution Awareness:

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
International Dark-Sky Association - IDA
Virginia Section of the IDA
Effective Outdoor Lighting Council of Texas - EOLC
Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council - POLC
New England Light Pollution Advisory Group - NELPAG
New Hampshire Citizens For Responsible Lighting - NHCRL
McDonald Observatory Light Pollution Reduction Project
OutdoorLighting-Forum listserver Subcribe with a blank email
ICOLE listserver Subcribe with a blank email
Dark-Sky Column

Learning About Light and Lighting:

Lighting Terms and Terminology - from VA section site
Glossary of Basic Terms and Definitions - IDA Information Sheet No. 9
Bulb Comparisons - IDA Information Sheet No. 52
Operating Data and the Economics of Different Lamps - IDA Information Sheet No. 4
Light Measurement Handbook
Lighting Research Center
Light, Sight, and Photobiology - from LRC - biological effects of artificial lighting
Links to Available IDA Information Sheets
How much light is needed to see?

A Sample of State Statutes and Local Ordinances:

Arizona State Statute (scroll to Chapter 7)
Iowa - HF265 proposed bill in the state legislature
Maine State Statute (use "light trespass" with quotes as search term)
Michigan - HB4254 proposed bill in the state legislature (use 1997-98 for search)
New Mexico - signed by the governor, April 1999
New York - NYS Bill A06357 - Click on Bills/Laws, and enter A6357 into the search engine.
New Hampshire - HB727, establishes a commission to study problems from and possible regulation of outdoor lighting
Proposed New Hampshire Outdoor Lighting Control Ordinance
Rhode Island - H7990 - proposed bill in the state legislature
Texas - HB916, signed by Gov. Bush, May 1999
Wyoming - SF0017 proposed bill in the state legislature (died in committee)
Ames, IA
Branford, CT - courtesy IDA
City of Sisters, OR
Cloudcroft, MN - courtesy NELPAG
Eatontown, NJ - IDA info sheet 92
Edmond, OK
Fauquier County, VA
Flagstaff, AZ - IDA info sheet 94
Indiana Ordinances
Kennebunkport, Maine
Ketchum, ID (as rich text doc)
New Mexico Ordinances - courtesy DeLapp Assoc.
Pennsylvania Ordinances - courtesy POLC
San Diego, CA - IDA info sheet 37
Tucson, AZ - IDA info sheet 91
Tempe, AZ - IDA info sheet 55
Volusia County, FL
Warren County, VA - courtesy VA section of IDA

Search Codes on the Municipal Codes Corporation site
Search Codes on the Seattle Public Library site
Indiana Code On-line
Search FindLaw -- many resources for local, state, and federal laws

Environmental:

U.S. EPA Green Lights Program
Fatal Light Awareness Program
Florida Marine Research Institute, Sea Turtles and light pollution
Sierra Club Policy: Visual Pollution
Indiana Chapter Sierra Club's Resolution on Light Pollution

Crime and Lighting:

Justice Information Center - A Service of The National Criminal Justice Reference Service
ICOLE's Crime Quick Reference
U.S. Department of Justice Study of Street Lighting and Crime - IDA Information Sheet 63
U.S. Government Crime Related Links

Government Programs:

Farm Legacy Program - April 1998 news article
Farm Legacy Program - USDA site
Indiana's Freedom to Farm Act - March 1998 editorial, Lafayette Journal and Courier
Indiana Code IC36-1-12.5 - Guaranteed Energy Savings Programs, a way to fund re-lighting of public facilities

Government Links:

Government Resources by Topic
State of Indiana
INDOT
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
Indiana Association of Cities and Towns
Indiana Association of Counties

Astronomy:

Calumet Astronomical Society
Evansville Astronomical Society
Fort Wayne Astronomical Society
Indiana Astronomical Society
Michiana Astronomical Society
Wabash Valley Astronomical Society
Warsaw Astronomical Society
Indiana University Astronomy Dept.
International Astronomical Union