national forest
Americannoun
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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
“We are one step closer to common sense management of our national forest lands,” Rollins said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 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
The company has for years had a federal “special-use” permit allowing it to use its pipeline and other water infrastructure in the national forest.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
Far from being in the center—or at least well within the perimeter of the dread Big Burn—they must have landed in some civic park or national forest.
From Plague Ship by Norton, Andre
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