forest reserve
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of forest reserve
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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For the study, Lucore examined a population of wild white-faced capuchins in the Taboga forest reserve of Costa Rica.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2024
Scientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound in a forest reserve in Indonesia.
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
The forest reserve also has Indigenous trees such as the sycamore fig and African cherry, and threatened species like parasol tree, Monterey Pine and African cherry.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
A group of 72 suspected migrants from Ethiopia were arrested after police were tipped off about their presence in another government forest reserve.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2022
Mason county lies on the upper reaches of Puget sound, having the Olympic mountains at its north, where about one-fourth of the county is in the Olympic forest reserve.
From A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 by Howell, Ithamar
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