Heading to California while filming interviews about light pollution was never on the agenda. More than once though, Travis Longcore, based in USC, came up in conversation with other people I was interviewing. Plus, my girlfriend’s excitement at the prospect of catching up with old friends put Los Angeles on the itinerary with the main goal being to interview Travis since he’s considered the go-to person for ecological consequences of artificial night lighting. In fact, that’s the name of his book.
He and his wife, Catherine Rich, founded the Urban Wildlands Group to speak out against the often alarming effects light pollution has on the animal kingdom, from the smallest phytoplankton all the way up the food chain to apex predators, such as cougars and humans. – Read more