William R. Richardson: “despite what you may be hearing, New Mexico and Taos County are not burning. Our fires, thankfully, have been contained.…”

“despite what you may be hearing, New Mexico and Taos County are not burning. Our fires, thankfully, have been contained. New Mexico is open for business and tourism. In fact, 99.5 percent of Taos County where this fire took place did not burn. I would like to let everybody know these fires were composed of a small percentage of land in northern New Mexico. We certainly have not closed our borders to traveling Americans because of them. In fact, Americans should know New Mexico continues to have some of the finest camping, fishing, hiking, skiing anywhere in the country as well as the famous southwestern cultural attractions in Santa Fe and Taos and our Indian pueblos. So as long as you are not in the habit of throwing burning cigarettes and matches on the ground, we wholeheartedly welcome you to New Mexico.”