MAYBE A LITTLE LESS ELBOW ROOM FOR CAMPERS AT NEW MEXICO STATE PARKS OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. BETH WOJAHN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES TELLS US PARKS ACROSS THE STATE SAW LARGE INCREASES IN VISITOR NUMBERS. HERON LAKE HAD AN 83 PERCENT INCREASE WITH 7,530 VISITORS.
AS IS USUALLY THE CASE, ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE STATE PARK SAW THE LARGEST CROWDS WITH MORE THAN 101-THOUSAND PEOPLE HITTING THE BEACHES OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEK. OVERALL, NEARLY 300-THOUSAND PEOPLE VISITED A NEW MEXICO STATE PARK OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
