national forest
Americannoun
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national forests
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of national forest
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Eckdahl and his colleagues combined detailed national forest records with direct field measurements to reconstruct the amount of carbon released by each fire.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2026
He added that officials had since widened their search area to include national forest land outside Anaconda, a town with a population of almost 10,000 in south-western Montana that is surrounded by dense, mountainous terrain.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
The Swedish national forest inventory has collected extensive data from Swedish forests.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
Steve Gonzalez confirmed that the bear was not tagged, so the department was not certain of the bear’s exact home, though it’s likely the nearby national forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
Elk have been found in the Uinta national forest, Utah, for the first time in many years.
From Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California by Burt L. Standish
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