The human history of Centennial Woods that I’ve discovered throughout this semester includes the Green Mountain boys camping there in 1760’s. The peak land clearance in Centennial happened 150 years before present and the farms were abandoned in the 1860’s which caused the pines to thrive. From 1891 to 1968 the land was privately owned and used as a ski area in 1963. Then in 1974 the woods turned into a designated UVM natural area which leads to present day.