Join local bird advocate and CT Lights Out Co-chair Craig Repasz to learn more about Lights Out CT efforts to mobilize a community of residents, property owners, businesses, nonprofits, and officials in Connecticut to work together to protect migratory birds by reducing artificial light during peak periods of bird migration. Learn more about the problem, how cities and states across the country are working to help birds survive their migration, and what we can do in Connecticut.
Craig is serving his second term as the COA Conservation Committee Chair. He has served as past president for the New Haven Bird Club and is currently their Outdoor Program Chair. He has been the volunteer coordinator for the Connecticut Bird Atlas for five years. He is also the President of the Friends of Stewart B McKinney NWR, an organization devoted to supporting this important refuge. He enjoys backpacking and conducts Mountain Birdwatch surveys for the Vermont Center of Ecostudies, focusing on the Bicknell’s Thrush and other high elevation species.