A RECORD NUMBER OF VISITORS TO NEW MEXICO’S 35 STATE PARKS LAST YEAR. THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE SAYS THERE WERE 5-MILLION VISITORS, UP A MILLION OVER THE 2014 TOTAL. STATE PARKS SPOKESPERSON BETH WOJAHN TELLS US IT’S NOT JUST THE “LOCALS” TAKING IN THE PARKS. SHE SAYS THEIR RECORDS INDICATE A GOOD NUMBER OF OUT-OF-STATE VISITORS AS WELL. SOME OF THE PARKS THAT SAW BIG INCREASES WERE CIMARRON CANYON, ELEPHANT BUTTE, ROCKHOUND AND STORRIE LAKE NEAR LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO.
