RESERVES SPECIAL AWARD

Two RSPB reserves in the South Downs are to benefit from the National Park’s newly-awarded International Dark Sky Reserve status. The award, only the 11th in the world, acknowledges the quality of the night sky in the area, where the Milky Way can be seen. concrete is untouched by landing gear. They are more affected by our massive off-shore wind turbine array. The infrastructure exists, wide roads joining motorways and a close railway line an extension to which would be low impact. Many permanent jobs would be created where unemployment is currently disastrously high. Aircraft emissions would be the same, but a local solution has far less environmental impact than the