5. Thousand RegisteredVessels* Million citizens Thousand Kayakers** & 66K Canoeists Port calls to Columbia River Ports 80+ 2.25 66 2500 Many major waterside facilities Critical environmental habitat Numerous major ports Critical highways, bridges, pipelines… Narrow fairways Year round boating, angling & events Cold water and unexpected weather Significant history of natural disasters Our world of work
18. Division 7 01Aug2010 257 members Recreational Boating Safety YTD 2010 Within 50 VSCs of 2009 total (reported) 120% of 2009 Program Visits 150% of 2009 ABS graduates Continued strong operations programs Seeing progress on communications Three members currently deployed in support of Deepwater Need to continue to focus on recruiting, retention and readiness to sustain execution