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. See the list below or explore the map of the Lights Out network. 

• Akron/Canton, Ohio - Lights Out Akron/Canton - Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative
• Ann Arbor, Michigan - Safe Passage Great Lakes - Washtenaw Chapter, Ann Arbor City Parks and Recreation
• Asheville, North Carolina - Coalition for a Bird-Friendly Asheville - Blue Ridge Audubon, UNCA-Audubon
• Atlanta, Georgia - Lights Out Georgia - Birds Georgia
• Austin, Texas - Lights Out Texas - Travis Audubon Society, Audubon Texas, Defenders of Wildlife
• 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 Bird Collisions Monitors, Chicago Bird Alliance
• 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
• Dallas, Texas - Lights Out Texas - Texas Conservation Alliance, Audubon Texas, Trinity River Audubon Center, Dallas Zoo, Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• 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 Bird Alliance / Michigan Audubon
• Eugene, Oregon - Lights Out Eugene - Lane County Audubon
• Fargo, North Dakota - Lights Out for Birds - Audubon Dakota
• Flagstaff, Arizona - Lights Out - Dark Skies Coalition     
• Fort Worth, Texas - Lights Out Texas - Texas Conservation Alliance, Audubon Texas, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
• Greensboro, North Carolina - Lights Out for Birds - T Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society, City of Greenboro
• Harrisburg, Pennsylania - Lights Out Harrisburg - Appalachian Audubon Society, Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Department of General Services, Harristown, Pennsylvania Game Commission, West Shore Wildlife Center, Harrisburg Downtown Improvement District, Wyncote Audubon Society
• Houston, Texas - Lights Out for Birds - Houston Audubon, Audubon Texas
• Indianapolis, Indiana - Lights Out Indy - Amos Butler Audubon
• Jacksonville, Florida - Lights Out Northeast Florida - Duval Audubon Society, St. Johns Regional Audubon Society, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
• Kansas City, Missouri - Lights Out Heartland - Burroughs Audubon Society and IDA Missouri
• Louisville, Kentucky - Lights Out Louisville - Louisville Audubon Society
• Miami, Florida - Lights Out Miami - Tropical Audubon Society
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Preventing Window Collisions (WIngs) - Wisconsin Humane Society
• Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota - Lights Out - Audubon Minnesota
• Nashville, Tennessee - Bird Safe Nashville - Bird Safe Nashville team including Cumberland-Harpeth Audubon Society
• New Haven, Connecticut - Lights Out! New Haven - See Lights Out Connecticut - Menunkatuck Audubon Society
• New York, New York - Project Safe Flight - NYC Bird Alliance
• Norfolk, Virginia - Lights Out Hampton Roads - Cape Henry Audubon Society, Virginia Zoo, Elizabeth River Project, Friends of Indian River, Tidewater Rehabilitation & Environmental Education, Virginia Society of Ornithology, William and Mary Institute for Integrative Conservation, Downtown Norfolk, Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory, Williamsburg Bird Club 
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Safe Passage Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City Audubon
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Bird Safe Philly - Audubon Mid-Atlantic, Wyncote Audubon, Valley Forge Audubon, Academy of Natural Sciences,  Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Lights Out Pittsburgh - Carnegie Museum of Natural History, BOMA Pittsburgh, BNY Mellon, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, National Aviary
• Portland, Oregon - Lights Out - Oregon Bird Alliance
• Raleigh, North Carolina - Raleigh Lights Out - Wake Audubon
• Salt Lake City, Utah - Lights Out Salt Lake - Tracy Aviary, Great Salt Lake Audubon Society
• San Antonio, Texas - Lights Out Texas - Bexar Audubon Society, Audubon Texas
• San Diego, California - Lights Out, San Diego! - San Diego Bird Alliance
• San Francisco, California - Lights Out San Francisco - Golden Gate Bird Alliance
• 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 - Audubon Society of Forsyth County

State-wide and Regional Lights Out Programs

• Colorado - Lights Out Colorado - Denver Audubon Society, IDA Colorado
• Connecticut - Lights Out Connecticut - Menunkatuck Audubon (initially launched with CT Ornithological Association, Audubon Connecticut)
• Georgia - Lights Out Georgia - Birds Georgia
• Louisiana - Lights Out Louisiana - Louisiana Wildlife Federation
• New York - Lights Out New York - 
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Audubon New York, NYC Bird Alliance
• Texas - Lights Out Texas - Audubon Texas, Texan by Nature, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Texas Conservation Alliance, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Texas A&M University, Houston Audubon, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Nature Trackers, Colorado State University, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Lights Out Heartland​
  • Arkansas - Missouri Chapter - International Dark-Sky Association, Arkansas Natural Sky Association
  • Iowa - Missouri Chapter - International Dark-Sky Association, Green Iowa AmeriCorps
  • Kansas - Missouri Chapter - International Dark-Sky Association, Johnson County Community College
  • Missouri - Riverlands Audubon Center, St. Louis Audubon Society, Burroughs Audubon Society, Columbia Audubon Society, Greater Ozarks Audubon Society, Dark Sky MO, Gateway Arch National Park Missouri, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri River Bird Observatory, Missouri Sierra Club, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Charles County Parks, St. Louis Arts Chamber of Commerce, Wildlife Rescue Center