Dark Skies

Over the past year or so, local governments across the Big Bend have adopted stricter outdoor lighting rules, part of a broader effort to protect the region’s famously starry night skies.

HB 298 would help cities regulate light pollution outside of city limits.

From Texas Standard:Not all darkness is created equal. In a place like Big Bend, the night sky reaches depths not present closer to a big city. That's…

The stars at night could get bigger and brighter in Fredericksburg, as it works to achieve "dark-sky" designation from the International Dark-Sky…