🎬Park After Dark - Lights Out for Wildlife

Join Cedar Hill State Park and Texas Conservation Alliance (TCA) for a fun, family-friendly evening at Park After Dark – Lights Out for Wildlife! This community event invites guests to explore the wonders of nature after sunset and learn how light pollution impacts wildlife—especially our migrating birds and insects!

The evening will feature a screening of the Lights Out, Texas! film, produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Center for Conservation Media. This documentary highlights the inspiring efforts behind the Lights Out, Texas! campaign to reduce bird mortality caused by light pollution and building collisions in urban environments.

To cap off the night, the park will host a Blacklight Mothing event, where guests can experience the hidden nighttime world of moths and other nocturnal insects in their natural habitat.

Schedule of Activities

7:00 – 7:30 PM | Doors Open & Community Partner Tabling (Refreshments will be provided)

7:30 – 8:05 PM | Lights Out, Texas! Film Screening

8:05 – 8:20 PM | Q&A and Partner Spotlight with City of Cedar Hill & Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center

9:00 – 11:00 PM |  Blacklight Mothing event

🎫 Admission to the State Park is free with registration, and your park entry fee will be waived when you register in advance.

Let’s come together to celebrate the natural world after dark and learn how we can protect it—one city at a time!

Questions? Contact Mei Ling at Meiling@tcatexas.org