Hoosier National Forest Light Pollution Monitoring

The team constructed 100 light sensors to be used to measure light pollution levels in the Hoosier National Forest. The light sensors were produced in two batches of fifty. Thirty-five sensors out of each batch were deployed in the Hoosier National Forest at locations selected by Forest personnel. This system, sensors and data, will support the Hoosier National Forest's effort to obtain International Dark Sky designation and also attract people from the Uplands region to visit these sites and gain an understanding of the impact of dark skies with minimal light pollution on the ecology of the forest. This project was a continuation of an initiative launched in the inaugural Sustaining Hoosier Communities year in Lawrence County and the second SHC year in Orange County.