Ann, In followup to your prior posts on stargazing and national parks: 10/20/2006 Press-Sun Bulletin - New York Northern Pa. mountaintop a haven for heaven-watchers Associated Press By Dan Nephin "The National Park Service also is on board with the idea [of establishing a dark-sky reserve at a state park in New York.] "Since 1916, our mission has been to preserve scenery and currently that includes the night sky scenery," said Chad Moore, program manager for the National Park Service's Night Sky Team. While no national park is currently designated a dark-sky park, certification plans through the International Dark-Sky Association are in the works, he said. Even so, interest is growing at the national park level. In many national parks, nighttime programs are the most popular ranger-led programs," he said. At Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, where Moore works, 27,000 people visited the park for full-moon hikes, bat walks, telescope viewing and the like over six months, he said." http://tinyurl.com/ybcj4h or http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061020/LIFESTYLE/6... - Kurt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com