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
Forest Service’s 2024 decision denying its application for a new permit to continue operating its pipeline and other water infrastructure in the national forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
The Swedish national forest inventory has collected extensive data from Swedish forests.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
That will be when every national forest is made a game preserve, and every forest ranger is made a game warden.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
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