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Heavy traffic and illegal parking also have created unsafe conditions along State Highway 89, one of the heavily forested county’s main thoroughfares and a critical fire evacuation route.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

In several cases, the abductors have exploited forested areas along state's borders to evade the security forces.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Smoke is easily trapped, and the forested hillsides are hard to access when fires start.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

A large military transport plane carrying Colombian troops crashed Monday in a forested part of the country’s southern jungles, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The New England hurricane of 1938 carried it into Pennsylvania and New York, but the Adirondacks have generally served as a barrier to its westward advance, being forested with species not attractive to it.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson