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    Outdoors a bright spot for New Mexico main photo

    Outdoors a bright spot for New Mexico

    April 1, 2019

    There is good news for New Mexicans who may be feeling like the last kid picked for the team during this economic turnaround.

    In the recent Conservation in the West Poll of voters in eight Mountain West states, New Mexico voters expressed economic angst far higher than their neighbors in the region around issues like low wages, unemployment and slow growth.

    Amid the economic uncertainty, there is a bright spot. An overwhelming majority in New Mexico — 84 percent — believe the outdoor economy is important to the economic future of their state. In fact, a majority say that this segment of the economy — which was defined as not only people coming to hunt, fish, camp and recreate in the state, but also those who manufacture and sell equipment for those activities — is “very important.”

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