Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Waters now a ‘dark-sky’ sanctuary

ASSOCIATED PRESS • May 8, 2020

Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is now a “dark sky” sanctuary, the National Park Service announced Friday. The designation by the International Dark-Sky Association is the first of its kind along the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., the second in the National Park Service and the 12th such designation in the world.