May 27, 2025
This press release was written to publicly oppose the Federal Administration’s plan to reduce some national monuments to facilitate drilling and mining projects on Federal lands, primarily by foreign mining consortiums.
May 24, 2025
On May 23, 2025, we wrote to the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality the following letter as a follow-up to our April 3, 2025 letter emphasizing a DarkSky lighting approach to reduce county carbon emissions (in response to Board of Supervisors
April 3, 2025
On April 3, 2025, we wrote to the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality the following letter as our response to their request for input to Pima County’s Climate Plan:
November 10, 2024: A local gem, Oracle State Park night visits, presented in Tucson’s PBS Channel 6 “Trail Mix’d” show.
November 19, 2024: Bisbee becomes an International Dark Sky Community.
September 3, 2024: Tubac receives the coveted International Dark Sky Community designation.
July 16, 2024: We wrote to Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, Tucson Council and Pima Board of Supervisors regarding the update of the 2012 Tucson/Pima County Outdoor Lighting Code. The code is outdated, and the current update is overdue.
July 1, 2024: We wrote to Governor Katie Hobbs regarding the potential negative impact on dark skies of the currently preferred West alignment of the proposed I-11.
May 2024: A new PSA series of fantastic dark sky videos is available from DarkSky Oregon. Here is an example.
March 20, 2024: at 6pm our Chapter had a membership meeting at the CFSAZ building in Tucson. Carolyn Shafer of PARA (Patagonia Area Resource Alliance) made a wonderful presentation. She discussed the environmental consequences of ongoing mining activities in the Patagonia mountains. Here is Carolyn’s title page:
And here is her presentation.