national forest
noun
forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
national forests
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pluralof national forest.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Canada’s boreal forest encompasses 1.3 billion acres, or an area roughly seven times as large as that of the 154 U.S. national forests combined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Theodore Roosevelt established 52 bird refuges, five national parks and 150 national forests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
The search had caused widespread closures of national forests popular among hikers in the area.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
“The still-wild parts of our national forests enable us to fully immerse ourselves in nature, whether hiking in the Sierras, stargazing in Lassen or spotting wildlife in Mendocino.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
This is what happened in some of the western national forests a few years ago, when in 1956 the United States Forest Service sprayed some 885,000 acres of forested lands with DDT.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
