EGC General Meeting followed by presentation

Open to the Public at 7:00 PM

Light Pollution and Its Impacts on Our Green Spaces We are experiencing an exponential increase in light pollution in Connecticut with impacts on our birds, insects, bats, amphibians, bats, pollinators, plants, and our own health. Another staggering cost is the wasted energy and increase of our carbon footprint. Light Pollution will work against our efforts to create healthy habitat for wildlife and humans in our land trusts, parks, pollinator gardens, and open spaces. This presentation will focus on the impacts and mitigation of light pollution.

Speaker: Craig Repasz Craig Repasz is a co-founder and Chair of Lights Out Connecticut. He also serves as the President of the Friends of Stewart B McKinney NWR, an organization devoted to supporting this important refuge. He was president of the New Haven Bird Club and the conservation chair of the Connecticut Ornithological Association. He has been the volunteer coordinator for the Connecticut Bird Atlas for six years. He is the administrator for the Big Sit! an internation birding event. He enjoys backpacking and conducts Mountain Birdwatch surveys for the Vermont Center of Eco studies, focusing on the Bicknell’s Thrush and other high elevation species.