Figure 5-2: Montana Recreational Boat Registrations (thousands), Year,Registrations 1996,46 1997,47 1998,49 1999,51 2000,51 "NOTES FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. totals include Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Montana statistics include all motorboats and sailboats 12 feet or more in length. U.S. total does not include sailboards, which are numbered in some states.", "SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics, 2000 and Boating Statistics, 1999, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2000.pdf and 1999.pdf as of Nov. 14, 2001.",