NOT AS MANY PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING TO NEW MEXICO STATE PARKS THIS SUMMER. THAT ACCORDING TO PARKS DIRECTOR TOMMY MUTZ WHO BLAMES LOW LAKE LEVELS BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT.
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO BAD AT CONCHAS LAKE IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO THAT SOME CAMPGROUNDS HAVE HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN. MUTZ SAYS LAKE LEVELS AT CONCHAS ARE AS LOW AS THEY'VE EVER BEEN…AND THAT'S THE CASE FOR MANY OF THE LAKES ACROSS NEW MEXICO.