Centennial News

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Guiding a living legacy: How a new management plan positions the McDonald-Dunn Research Forest for its next century

How a new management plan positions the McDonald-Dunn Research Forest for its next century

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History Among the Trees: A Glimpse Into the CCC Era at Peavy Arboretum

The Camp Arboretum Sign Shop is one of the last remaining physical links to the Civilian Conservation Corps in Oregon

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Who They Were: The Two People that Gave Us Mac Forest

A brief bio of Mary McDonald and George W. Peavy

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George W. Peavy and the roots of OSU’s research forest network

George W. Peavy believed students needed forests to learn in, not just classrooms to learn from

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Mary McDonald and the forest that endures

Nearly a century later, Mary McDonald’s legacy lives on in the McDonald Forest

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McDonald Forest: A Century of Dynamic Landscapes

Join Historian Bill Robbins as he traces the story of Peavy Arboretum and the McDonald Forest

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Celebrating 100 years of stewardship in the McDonald Forest

In 2026, Oregon State University’s College of Forestry will celebrate 100 years of stewardship of the McDonald research forest