national forest
Americannoun
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
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
“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
Forest Service Christmas tree permit, Lyon and his wife, Amelia, trek to a national forest near their home in Missoula, Mont., to find a wild evergreen.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024
Within a few months after the proclamation of the Cleveland reserves the present national forest policy took definite shape.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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