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
“This is a national forest that could very easily be enjoyed and loved to death,” Rogers wrote for The Times on the forest’s 100th anniversary in 1992.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
In the new lawsuit, the federal government is seeking to recover costs for the damage the 2019 fire caused to 800 acres of national forest, including for the destruction of wildlife and habitats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
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
Lands in the national forest available for agriculture were opened to settlers.
From History of the United States by Charles A. (Charles Austin) Beard
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