Volcan Mountain Foundation

Saturday, September 24th at 1pm, the Volcan Mountain Foundation (VMF) and the Julian Dark Sky Network (JSDN) are co-hosting a free community forum at the Julian Library about the wide-ranging virtues and values of dark skies and how we can work as a community to protect Julian’s dark skies, alongside our other natural resources and treasures like Volcan Mountain. Can Julian become a 'Dark Sky Community'?

Our dark night sky is great for astronomy and just looking up at night, but how does it relate to our wildlife, our health, and our children's development? Should we become a dark sky community, and what does that mean? Come and hear from a panel including Lisa Bruhn and Paul Erickson of the International Dark Sky Association, Betsy Knaack from the Borrego Dark Sky Coalition, Dave Bittner from the Wildlife Research Institute, Greg Hill, youth camp counselor and community educator, and Bill Carter of the Julian Dark Sky Network. The panel will be co-moderated by Colleen Bradley, VMF Executive Director, and Doug Sollosy of Curiosity Peak Observatory in Kentwood.

This is an important conversation about the future of our community. Come and be part of the conversation!