national forest
noun
: a usually forested area of considerable extent that is preserved by government decree from private exploitation and is harvested only under supervision
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Since 1965, the club has participated to the Penny Pines program, a project run by the USDA Forest Service that restores national forests in California.
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Mylene Stolpe, The Mercury News, 16 June 2024
Stage 1 fire restrictions are now in effect for four of Arizona's six national forests as wildfire season ramps up.
—Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
The revelations about Nestlé piping water out of the national forest sparked an outpouring of opposition and prompted several complaints to California regulators questioning the company’s water rights claims, which led to the state’s investigation.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
In 2021 another Trump-era rule went into effect allowing logging of old-growth stands in six national forests.
—Alexis Marie Adams, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
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Mylene Stolpe, The Mercury News, 16 June 2024
Stage 1 fire restrictions are now in effect for four of Arizona's six national forests as wildfire season ramps up.
—Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
The revelations about Nestlé piping water out of the national forest sparked an outpouring of opposition and prompted several complaints to California regulators questioning the company’s water rights claims, which led to the state’s investigation.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
In 2021 another Trump-era rule went into effect allowing logging of old-growth stands in six national forests.
—Alexis Marie Adams, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
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“National forest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20forest. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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