NPS Publications

Natural Sounds and Night Skies Google Scholar Page

Below are the 2023-2024 Publications authored or co-authored by NSNSD staff. For a complete list of publications by NSNSD staff since 2006, please click on the link above.

Feelings of safety for visitors recreating outdoors at night in different artificial lighting conditions.
Himschoot, Elizabeth A., Morgan C. Crump, Stephanie Buckley, Chang Cai, Steve Lawson, Jeremy White, Adam Beeco, B. Derrick Taff, and Peter Newman. (2024).
Journal of Environmental Psychology 97: 102374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102374.

Exploring the Hidden World of Lighting Flicker with a High-Speed Camera.
Elvidge, Christopher D, Mikhail Zhizhin, Ashley Pipkin, Sharolyn Anderson, and William S Kowalik. (2024).
Atmosphere 15(4): 438. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15040438

Perceptions of Personal Lighting Devices and Associated Behaviors: Shifting Personal Norms and Behavior for Broader Conservation Actions.
Crump, Morgan, B. Derrick Taff, Elizabeth A. Himschoot, Jennifer Newton, Adam Beeco, and Peter Newman. (2024).
Sustainability 2024, 16(5): 1871. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051871

Using aircraft tracking data to estimate the geographic scope of noise impacts from low-level overflights above parks and protected areas
DH Betchkal, JA Beeco, SJ Anderson, BA Peterson, D Joyce. (2023).
Journal of Environmental Management 348, 119201

Artificial light at night is a top predictor of bird migration stopover density
KG AU - Horton, JJ Buler, SJ Anderson, CS Burt, AC Collins, AM Dokter, ... (2023.)
Nature Communications 14

Support for management actions to protect night sky quality: Insights from visitors to state and national park units in the US
JA Beeco, EJ Wilkins, AB Miller, CC Lamborn, SJ Anderson, ZD Miller, ... (2023.)
Journal of Environmental Management 345, 118878

Using ADS–B Data to Understand Overflight Altitude Characteristics at Hawai ‘i Volcanoes National Park
BA Peterson, RD Shively, SK Jackson, J Rogowski, JA Beeco, D Joyce. (2023.)
The Professional Geographer 75 (1), 118-130

Power of Night: Interpretive Handbook

This handbook is intented to inspire and empower interpretive rangers and educators to play leading roles in night sky interpretation, education, and protection by increasing understanding of night skies and NPS management.

Synthesis of Studies on the Effects of Artificial Light at Night

Last updated: March 31, 2025