Kevin Poe: Dark Wars Tourism

Kevin Poe, a NPS Ranger and one of our presenters at Acadia National Park, Maine, created some Power Point presentations in defense of Dark Skies and Astro-tourism. Take a look!

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From Kevin Poe's Website

www.IamtheDarkRanger.com

 

Welcome to the cyber-home of the Dark Ranger!Greetings people of Earth! My name is Kevin "The Dark Ranger" Poe and I'm the Head Dark Ranger at Bryce Canyon National Park - where the illustrious Dark Ranger tradition began in the year 2000. With the help of this website, I hope to further the Dark Ranger mission which is to heighten public awareness to the ravages of light pollution and the EVEN MORE dire host of concerns pending the unmitigated calamity known as  anthropomorphic global climate change.

Dark Wars Tourism Part1

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Dark Wars Tourism Part2

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Sky Rangers Workshop - September 25, 2011

Sky Rangers Outdoor Astronomy Interpretation Workshop
Acadia National Park, Maine
September 25 - 29, 2011

This four-day workshop at beautiful Acadia National Park covered hands-on astronomy activities for outdoor settings, sky navigation, and telescope operation. Participants learned about the science behind the various astronomical objects viewed through the telescopes, heard from experienced rangers on how to organize astronomy events and interpret the sky for park visitors, and developed their own observing lists and constellation tours. Astronomy from the Ground Up online community has over 700 informal astronomy educators and interpreters around the U.S.   

 

Introductions - September 25, 2011

Anna Hurst Schmitt: Lead educator for AFGU

Kevin Poe: Lead park ranger/astronomer at Bryce Canyon in Southern Utah.

Presenters & Telescope Coaches

Lecture: Protection of Night Skies in National Parks

 

Chad Moore

Chad Moore, one of the instructors for Sky Rangers. He serves as the National Park Service Night Skies Team leader for 11 years. He is also a longtime amateur astronomer. He gave a presentation on "Protection of Night Skies in National Parks".

Acadian National Park Night Sky

Night Sky Through The Trees