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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The Forest Service in Colorado manages nine national forests and two national grasslands. Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2025 This comes on top of a funding freeze also ordered by the administration that has interrupted work designed to clear national forests of vegetation that can feed wildfires. Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 Sandy Bahr, director of the Sierra Club's Grand Canyon Chapter, said the EXPLORE Act will help get more people outdoors in Arizona's national parks, national forests and other public lands. Jeremy Duda, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025 Costner will explore the region’s Indigenous American legacy and Yosemite’s history, and how the Roosevelt-Muir expedition bolstered the national park system and led to the creation of national forests and protection of 230 million acres of land. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for national forest 

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of national forest was in 1848

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“National forest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20forest. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.

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