Existing Lights Out Programs
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:
- Akron/Canton, Ohio - Lights Out Akron/Canton - Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative
- Atlanta, Georgia - Lights Out Georgia - Georgia Audubon Society
- 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
- 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
- Flagstaff, Arizona - Lights Out - Dark Skies Coalition
- Houston, Texas - Lights Out for Birds - Houston Audubon
- Indianapolis, Indiana - Lights Out Indy - Amos Butler Audubon
- Kansas City, Missouri - Lights Out Heartland - Burroughs Audubon Society and IDA Missouri
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Preventing Window Collisions (WIngs) - Wisconsin Humane Society
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota - Lights Out - Audubon Minnesota
- New York, New York - Project Safe Flight - NYC Audubon
- Oklahoma City, OK - Safe Passage Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City Audubon
- 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
- San Francisco, California - Lights Out San Francisco - Golden Gate Audubon
- Silicon Valley, California - Lights Out - Santa Clara Valley 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 - Forsyth Audubon
View the American Bird Conservancy's map of US Cities with Lights Out Programs
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