COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KRHD) — Texas is implementing a new "Lights Out" initiative to protect the billions of birds that migrate through the state each fall, encouraging residents and businesses to turn off non-essential lighting during peak migration season. And the city of College Station is taking part in the initiative.

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The program addresses a critical conservation need, as Texas sits at the crossroads of several major migration flyways. About 1 in 4 birds migrating this fall will pass through Texas, totaling approximately 2 billion birds, according to Skyler Nix from the Texas Ornithological Society.

"Here in Texas, it's really important. We're right in

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