forest reserve
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of forest reserve
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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For the study, Lucore examined a population of wild white-faced capuchins in the Taboga forest reserve of Costa Rica.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2024
Scientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound in a forest reserve in Indonesia.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
The forest reserve also has Indigenous trees such as the sycamore fig and African cherry, and threatened species like parasol tree, Monterey Pine and African cherry.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
A group of 72 suspected migrants from Ethiopia were arrested after police were tipped off about their presence in another government forest reserve.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2022
Gifford Pinchot was thousands of miles away; he never had seen Alaska, when he suggested that the Executive set aside the Chugach forest reserve.
From The Rim of the Desert by Ada Woodruff Anderson
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