Lights Out Programs Continue To Spread Across North America

The FLAP program in Toronto was the first to raise awareness of the problem lights pose for birds in an urban center, starting in 1993. In 1999, Audubon and partners established the first Lights Out program in Chicago. Since then, groups in many other cities have organized programs to make a difference for birds. See the list below or explore the map of the Lights Out network.

• Akron/Canton, Ohio – Lights Out Akron/Canton – Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative
• Asheville, North Carolina – Coalition for a Bird-Friendly Asheville – Blue Ridge Audubon, UNCA-Audubon
• Atlanta, Georgia – Lights Out Georgia – Georgia Audubon Society
• Austin, Texas – Lights Out Texas – Travis Audubon Society, Audubon Texas, Texas Conservation Alliance
• Baltimore, Maryland – Lights Out Baltimore – Baltimore Bird Club
• Bend, Oregon – Lights Out Bend – International Dark-Sky Association Oregon Chapter
• Boston, Massachusetts – Lights Out Boston – Mass Audubon / City of Boston
• Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte’s Lights Out – Mecklenburg Audubon
• Chicago, Illinois – Chicago Bird Collision Monitors – Chicago Audubon
• Cincinnati, Ohio – Lights Out Cincinnati – Cincinnati Nature Center
• Cleveland, Ohio – Lights Out Cleveland – Columbus Audubon
• Columbia, Missouri – Lights Out Heartland – Columbia Audubon Society, IDA Missouri
• Columbus, Ohio – Lights Out Columbus – Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative
• Dallas, Texas – Lights Out Texas – Texas Conservation Alliance, Audubon Texas, Dallas Zoo
• Dayton, Ohio – Lights Out Miami Valley – Aullwood Audubon Nature Center
• Denver, Colorado – Lights Out Denver – City of Denver
• Detroit, Michigan – Project Safe Passage Great Lakes – Detroit Audubon / Michigan Audubon
• Fargo, North Dakota – Lights Out for Birds – Audubon Dakota
• Flagstaff, Arizona – Lights Out – Dark Skies Coalition
• Fort Worth, Texas – Lights Out Texas – Texas Conservation Alliance, Audubon Texas
• Greensboro, North Carolina – Lights Out for Birds – T Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society, City of Greenboro
• Houston, Texas – Lights Out for Birds – Houston Audubon, Texas Conservation Alliance
• Indianapolis, Indiana – Lights Out Indy – Amos Butler Audubon
• Jacksonville, Florida – Lights Out Northeast Florida – Duval Audubon Society, St. Johns County Audubon Society
• Kansas City, Missouri – Lights Out Heartland – Burroughs Audubon Society and IDA Missouri
• Miami, Florida – Lights Out Miami – Tropical Audubon Society
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Preventing Window Collisions (WIngs) – Wisconsin Humane Society
• Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota – Lights Out – Audubon Minnesota
• Nashville, Tennessee – Bird Safe Nashville – Bird Safe Nashville teamincluding Cumberland-Harpeth Audubon Society
• New Haven, Connecticut – Lights Out! New Haven – Menunkatuck Audubon Society
• New York, New York – Project Safe Flight – NYC Audubon
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Safe Passage Oklahoma City – Oklahoma City Audubon
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Bird Safe Philly – Audubon Mid-Atlantic, Wyncote Audubon, Valley Forge Audubon, Academy of Natural Sciences,  Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Lights Out Pittsburgh – Carnegie Museum of Natural History, BOMA Pittsburgh, BNY Mellon, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, National Aviary
• Portland, Oregon – Lights Out – Audubon Society of Portland
• Raleigh, North Carolina – Raleigh Lights Out – Wake Audubon
• Salt Lake City, Utah – Lights Out Salt Lake – Tracy Aviary, Great Salt Lake Audubon Society
• San Antonio, Texas – Lights Out Texas – Bexar Audubon Society, Audubon Texas, Texas Conservation Alliance
• San Francisco, California – Lights Out San Francisco – Golden Gate Audubon Society
• St. Louis, Missouri – Lights Out Heartland – Audubon Center at Riverlands, St. Louis Audubon Society, IDA Missouri
• Toledo, Ohio – Bird Friendly Toledo – Black Swamp Bird Observatory
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Lights Out Toronto – FLAP / City of Toronto
• Washington DC – Lights Out DC – City Wildlife
• Wilmington, Delaware – Lights Out Wilmington – Delmarva Ornithological Society
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Lights Out Winston-Salem – Audubon Society of Forsyth County

State-wide and Regional Lights Out Programs

• Colorado – Lights Out Colorado – Audubon Rockies, IDA Colorado
• Connecticut – Lights Out Connecticut – CT Ornithological Association, Audubon Connecticut, Menunkatuck Audubon
• Georgia – Lights Out Georgia – Georgia Audubon Society
• New York – Lights Out New York. There is also a Hudson Valley, NY Lights Out.
• Texas – Lights Out Texas – Audubon Texas, Texan by Nature, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Texas Conservation Alliance, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Texas A&M University, Houston Audubon, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Nature Trackers, Colorado State University, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Lights Out Heartland​
  • Arkansas – Missouri Chapter – International Dark-Sky Association, Arkansas Natural Sky Association
  • Iowa – Missouri Chapter – International Dark-Sky Association, Green Iowa AmeriCorps
  • Kansas – Missouri Chapter – International Dark-Sky Association, Johnson County Community College
  • Missouri – Riverlands Audubon Center, St. Louis Audubon Society, Burroughs Audubon Society, Columbia Audubon Society, Greater Ozarks Audubon Society, Dark Sky MO, Gateway Arch National Park Missouri, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri River Bird Observatory, Missouri Sierra Club, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Charles County Parks, St. Louis Arts Chamber of Commerce, Wildlife Rescue Center.

David Shiller

David Shiller is the Publisher of LightNOW, and President of Lighting Solution Development, a North American consulting firm providing business development services to advanced lighting manufacturers. The ALA awarded David the Pillar of the Industry Award. David has co-chaired ALA’s Engineering Committee since 2010. David established MaxLite’s OEM component sales into a multi-million dollar division. He invented GU24 lamps while leading ENERGY STAR lighting programs for the US EPA. David has been published in leading lighting publications, including LD+A, enLIGHTenment Magazine, LEDs Magazine, and more.

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