forestland
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of forestland
Example Sentences
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The 2001 rule protects national forestland in California and many other states from road construction and timber harvesting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
Forest Service to open up roughly 112.5 million acres of national forestland to logging.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
J.N.U., which was founded in 1967 and is spread over hundreds of acres of secluded forestland in southwestern New Delhi, has more than 7,000 students and about 600 professors and instructors.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024
No one was injured and no homes burned in the latest fire, which scorched mountain ridges on Oahu, but the flames wiped out irreplaceable native forestland that’s home to nearly two dozen fragile species.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023
Windstorms, lightning fires, landslides, volcanic eruptions, and other natural calamities knock down trees and open up the forest, or prevent open country from turning into forestland.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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