How to Use national forest in a Sentence

national forest

noun
  • On top of that, stretches of the roads to get to the national forest are compromised.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Also, open wood and charcoal fires are banned in all parts of the national forest.
    Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Combined, the area is over 8 million acres of national forest and is part of the largest ponderosa pine forest in the world.
    Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The flames were closing in on the 200-plus men, women, and children who had come to visit the national forest.
    Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2021
  • Catch the trailhead along Highway 14A in the northern stretch of national forest, just south of Spearfish.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Set up camp in the national forest or head to the nearby town of Cashiers and treat yourself to a cozy, lakeside cabin rental.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Seventeen of the towers and about three-fourths of line would sit on national forest land.
    Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2021
  • The plan was to work my way backward to the Twin Cities, through a national forest, an Ojibwe reservation, and three state parks.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 July 2021
  • So, too, for much of the national forest land east of and surrounding Detroit Lake.
    Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Trails in the scenic area lead to a 70-foot waterfall and a panoramic view of the surrounding national forest.
    Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2021
  • The source north of San Bernardino is the only one located in a national forest.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The ranch also offers trips into the national forest on ATVs, for those not ready for eight hours in a saddle.
    Eric Jay Toll, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022
  • The ranch is set in a 50-acre valley that’s surrounded by national forest land.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • The use of these off-road vehicles is popular in this area of the county and the nearby national forest.
    Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2021
  • The best views will be from places that are far from light pollution, such as national parks, state parks or national forests.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The tracking team led law enforcement to a group of tents set up in the national forest, about a mile from Cheaha State Park's boundaries.
    Donna Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022
  • No cause for the fire was known before 6 p.m., said Andrew Madsen, a national forest spokesman.
    Brian J. Varela, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Lure is about a four-hour drive from Paris through a national forest park and just a stone’s throw from Geneva in Switzerland (a three-hour drive) and the nearby ski resorts of the Alps.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The public would not be able to enter any national forest lands, roads or trails due to extreme fire danger.
    The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2022
  • We were married in the town of Ferndale, Montana, and rented a bigger house, on the side of a mountain, next to the boundary of a national forest.
    The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Most of this national forest, which stretches from New Hampshire into western Maine, is open to the public and free to use.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Nearby Pikes Peak is a national forest with hiking trails and a cog railway.
    Lea Lane, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Stage 1 fire restrictions have been in place at the national forest since July 6 and are slated to end by the end of September.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
  • The cabins at Whispering Pines are spread across 13 acres of pine and oak timber abutting the national forest.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022
  • The park remained closed to the public, as did surrounding national forest land.
    Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Their bodies were found in a national forest near Van Buren.
    Arkansas Online, 1 Dec. 2021
  • That will block access to hiking and camping areas in the national forest.
    Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
  • Her remains were later found at a campsite in a Wyoming national forest.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The 1911 Weeks Law, which authorized federal purchase of forests in the eastern part of the country, was used to enlarge the national forest.
    Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2022
  • And now, there's a way to one-up the eco-consciousness in that holiday tradition — get the perfect tree from a national forest.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2021

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