Star-filled Skies at South Llano River State Park

 With official Dark Sky designation, this Texas Hill Country park offers stellar stargazing, as well as hiking, wildlife watching, and river frontage. Read about how to best enjoy what the park has to offer. 

When Light Becomes Pollution

Artificial light at night affects wildlife in many ways, including, according to some recent studies, by increasing predation on insects, decreasing amphibian reproduction, and interfering with nocturnal pollinators. Read more about the problem and easy solutions in this PBS Nature Blog post.

Image: NASA Earth Observatory

Heavenly Hikes

For the June issue of Backpacker magazine, I picked hikes in the east, west, and middle of the country where you'll have great stargazing. See it here.