-Number of lakes in Oregon: 6,000 (estimated)
-Estimated number of miles of rivers and streams in Oregon: 112,000
-Number of registered campsites in Oregon: 5,900
-Number of state parks in Oregon: 230
-Number of acres that are forested in Oregon: 30 million
-Number of hot springs in Oregon: 16
-Number of brewing companies in Oregon: 173
-Number of bridges in Oregon: 7,000
-Number of covered bridges in Oregon: 53
-Number of lighthouses in Oregon: 9
-Estimated number of employees employed by brewing companies in Oregon: 6,500
-Estimated number of barrels consumed by Oregonians: 507,500
-Number of barrels of beer made in Oregon in 2013: 1.4 million
-Number of recreational boating accidents in Oregon in 2013: 59
-Number of recreational boating accidents in US in 2013: 4,062
-Cost of property damage caused by recreational boating accidents in US in 2013: $39 million
-Number of fatal deaths from boating accidents in Oregon in 2013: 12
-Number of dams on the Columbia River: 14
-Number of attendees to the Oregon Zoo in 2013: 1.6 million
-Number of individual animals at Oregon Zoo: 1,955
-Species represented by those individual animals: 232
Sources: “Recreational Boating Statistics 2013”US Coast Guard; Columbia Riverkeepers; Oregon Zoo; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Craft Beer, Travel Oregon
This article appears in 2014-07-18.