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forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.

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Origin of national forest

First recorded in 1880–85

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national debt, National Economic Development Council, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Enterprise Board, national forest, National Formulary, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, National Front, National Gallery, National Gallery of Art

How to use national forest in a sentence

Giving the timber industry the keys to our national forests is like giving fossil-fuel giant ExxonMobil the keys to our climate.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Is a Return to the Old Way of Politics. That’s A Problem for the Climate|Michael E. Mann|August 6, 2021|Time
You see, I’d called my friend and Outside contributor Chris Van Leuven a few weeks prior, and he helped me pick a world class camping spot on national forest land, just outside of Yosemite Valley.
What National Parks’ Record Summer Means for Your Visit|Wes Siler|June 25, 2021|Outside Online
The site lists camping in state parks, national parks, national forests, private campgrounds, as well as popular and free dispersed campsites.
How to Snag a Campsite This Summer|Megan Michelson|May 7, 2021|Outside Online
Felicia roams amid a national forest where there’s limited law enforcement, so photographers are generally left to police themselves.
The Ethics of Wildlife Photography|Mike Koshmrl|April 14, 2021|Outside Online

The Forest Service never got to see the permit system in action, because the whole national forest closed the following week due to wildfires, but the agency still intends to use the new system this summer.
How Public Lands Plan to Deal with Crowds This Summer|Meredith Bethune|March 25, 2021|Outside Online
The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We face a lot of problems at this moment in our national and global history.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
However, they were not seen to venture far into the surrounding deciduous forest.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He has come to believe in such things as old age pensions and national insurance.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Opening of the national assembly of France, after the abdication of Louis Philippe.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

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