Running through the city of Seaside, the Neawanna estuary system is home to 157 different species of birds. Coho salmon also depend on the estuary as a passageway from ocean to stream and as a place to spawn.

With the help of a Lottery-funded grant from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the North Coast Land Conservancy bought over 100 acres of wetlands and forest to form the Neawanna Natural History Park.

Over $123 million in Lottery profits have gone to watershed enhancement projects since 1999. Lottery profits also support education, job creation, and state parks.

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