From the opening reception at the Taos Country Club on Wednesday evening (Oct. 5), across two days of engaging panel discussions and seminars at the Sagebrush Inn and Conference Center, to what’s become an annual conference tradition of final-afternoon field trips to local outdoor recreation hotspots, this year’s New Mexico Outdoor Economics Conference in Taos left attendees with a lot to think about. It was the fifth consecutive year of the conference.
“It was stellar,” said conference organizer Sen. Jeff Steinborn, who also represents state Senate District 36 in Doña Ana County. “We always do a survey. And 80 percent of attendees answered yes to the question, ‘Did you learn something you will use in your job?’