The 93,000-acre Elliott State Forest, just northeast of Coos Bay, Oregon, is made up primarily of state-owned lands dedicated to Oregon’s Common School Fund under the authority of the State Land Board(Oregon)<span>The Small Acreage program helps residents reduce pollution entering storm and surface water coming from residential and agricultural properties by giving residents the knowledge and skills necessary to manage their land and animals in a way that will help keep water clean. Often, these improved management practices also save small acreage owners money.(Washington)</span>
The New World looked promising to the immigrants. The horrible religious conditions of Europe was the push factor, but the positive freedom found in the New World was a pull factor.
