Deforestation is the chronic problem in Elhiopia, particularly in the study area. Thisrnstudy was done on Gugu A10untain forest area which is located in the Arbagugu DistrictrnForest alld Wildlife Entzrprise (ADFWE) of Oromid nati6nal regional state, Ethiopia.rnThe ultimate goal of the ~tudy was to aSS2SS drivers of deforestation. To collectrninformation relevant to the study .I J 2 household heads, experts and elders were used asrnsources of della. Systematic random sampling metllod was employed to select householdrnheads Fom selected keheles. QI"estionnaires. key informant interview, FGDs andrndocument analysis were Ihe major tools employed to collect data. Data were analyzedrnlIsilig binOlJI logistic regression, dzscriplivr: statistics (pcrcel1lages, frequency, mean andrnstandard deViation), and content anaZi'sis.rnAccordingly, the finding or this St"'ZF indicated that the longer residence time near/inrnfarest region, absence of expert visir, smaller grazing land, lac!: oj knowledge oJforcstrnborder and lo',v educmion status o/hollsehold were ~'ignifical1tly cOl2tributingJor clearil)grnmore than or equals to a hectare oj Jorest catchr.Jent to include in their Jarm plots.rnSampled household5 reliance on .lorests to acqUire fire wood (83%); constructionrnmaterials (94.6%); occurrence. of forest fire and po.licy related issues had also arns~gnificant role Jo,. destruction eJ Gugu mountain Jorest. ImpDsing responsibility onrngovernment bodies to crmtrol ongoing deforestation 0!1d preserve existing Jorest, andrnweak linkage between local conur;ullities andADFWE on jorest issue which was. causedrnmainly due to absen.cc of su.lJici~n; experts at district b;et, logistic problem, remotenessrnof an area alld absence oj decentralized administrative unit within district fares!rncrmcessirm areas l Fete also contribute their OW''/l shere Jor deJorestation. FinalZv,rnrecommendations were given in flu: con/ext qfthe !Jtlldy area