Outdoor Lighting in Springville

In Springville we have dark night skies with a rich Milky Way overhead, and are working hard to keep it that way. We have circulated information from the IDA to raised the consciousness of good and bad lighting with the local conservation-oriented groups, such as the Sequoia Riverlands Trust and the Friends of the Tule River, to recognize that dark skies should be on the list of natural environmental qualities to be preserved. (S K Landscaping keeps Hubbell Sky Caps in stock locally to shield glaring mercury vapor lamps.)

While we're on the subjec of lighting, compare these two views of identical mercury vapor lamps, one with and one without the Hubbell Sky Cap:

("Borrowed" from the IDA website with arrows added for emphasis.)

On the original site it was hard to tell from the nighttime picture that both lights were there! Local residents can see how effective shielding can be by noticing the lighting at El Nuevo Mexicali on Hwy 190. We donated the sky cap and Steve Koempel (of SK Landscaping) donated the labor to make it a model for the community.