Mary McDonald is a tree farmer who, along with her husband, a professional forester, manages two tree farms in Western Washington. She retired from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, where she served as manager of the Small Forest Landowners Office, Assistant Region Manager for State Lands, and Division Manager of Forest Practices. Mary is an advocate for forest management. Mary studied at Texas A&M University and earned a degree in Forestry Resource Management from the University of Montana. She is also a Class 33 graduate of the Washington Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation Program. Before moving to the Northwest, she worked as an arborist in urban forestry in Chicago and Savannah, Georgia. Mary enjoys beekeeping, gardening, and working on the tree farm.
"To promote the conservation and sustainable management of family forests"