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Custer County residents have long been familiar with both dark skies and Dark Sky Colorado. Westcliffe and Silver Cliff became Colorado’s first International Dark Sky Community in March 2015. Smokey Jack Observatory activities, educational outreaches from STEM scholarships to the Planet Walk, and transition to non-polluting lighting have been hallmarks of community life ever since. Now there are 20 designated International Dark Sky places in Colorado, including 13 park and recreational areas, and DarkSky Colorado has been organized as a well-coordinated educational and advocacy group. At darkskycolorado.org, Westcliffe and Silver Cliff are appropriately listed as the first community of the seven now recognized as International Dark Sky members. One of the DarkSky Colorado board members, Mike Pach, has recently initiated an effort to have Colorado…