national forest
Americannoun
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national forests
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
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
The company has denied that its use of water is harming the environment and has argued that it should be allowed to continue using water from the national forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
“Healthy forests require work, and right now, we’re facing a national forest emergency,” Rollins wrote in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
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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