forestland
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of forestland
Example Sentences
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Forest Service to open up roughly 112.5 million acres of national forestland to logging.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
For one, an estimated 350,000 new houses are constructed each year in the wildland urban interface, or the area where human development meets forestland and other natural landscapes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2024
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
Using this approach, the researchers were able to quantify the reduced risk of high-intensity fires after a low-intensity fire burns in a forestland, and then see how long the protective effect lasts.
From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 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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