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national forest

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noun

national forests plural
  1. 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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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

Now, she brings her own kid to her local national forest to experience the program.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

The Swedish national forest inventory has collected extensive data from Swedish forests.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Within the national forest reserves are vast areas with not a stick of timber on them, and on which timber can never be made to grow profitably.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress

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