Bill > HCR1014

This concurrent resolution addresses the issue of bird mortality caused by light pollution in Oklahoma, focusing on the Lights Out Oklahoma campaign. The resolution highlights the critical role birds play in the ecosystem, including pest control, pollination, and seed dispersal, and emphasizes Oklahoma's importance as part of the Central Flyway, through which approximately 400 bird species migrate. Recognizing that most birds navigate at night using stars and moon, the resolution explains how bright artificial light can disorient birds, leading to exhaustion and fatal collisions with buildings, glass, power lines, and vehicles. The resolution encourages Oklahoma businesses, state agencies, organizations, and residents to turn off exterior lighting during the peak migration months of April, May, September, and October, aligning with similar initiatives in other states like Texas, Colorado, Kansas, and Florida. By promoting the Lights Out Oklahoma program, the resolution aims to protect migrating birds, save energy and money, and support the state's bird population, including its state bird, the scissor-tailed flycatcher.

http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hcr1014&Session=2600