Roads and Engineering
Forest Engineer / Operations Manager
Finn Leary
finn.leary@oregonstate.edu
The College Forest road system consists of 142 miles of gated single-lane gravel surfaced roads providing access to 14,500 acres of land managed by the College Forests. Road access is used for teaching, research, demonstration, commercial log hauling, administrative traffic, fire control, and non-motorized recreation. The roads are maintained, repaired, closed or vacated depending on the road management objective (RMO) for each road segment
McDonald-Dunn Road Management Objective Maps (pdfs):
Blodgett Road Management Objective Map
- Blodgett Forest (pdf)
Road Information and Updates
For information on current road closures and updates, visit the interactive closure webmap page.
College Forest Road Systems are gated to control access. Keys may be obtained from the Peavy Arboretum Office for teaching, research, demonstration and other authorized purposes. Gate access helps to prevent illegal dumping, damage to research installations, and unnecessary road maintenance costs. Visitors may still walk on forest roads as long as the road is not closed due to timber operations or other safety hazards.
Storm events and maintenance activities have the potential to disrupt planned forest activities. It is recommended that you contact the Roads Engineer (see contact information at top of the page) before accessing the forest.
Road Inventory
An inventory of the road system on each forest includes the location and functionality of drainage structures.
