forester

as in lumberman

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Recent Examples of forester George said his father quashed his early dream to be a game warden or forester. Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024 Since the project began, scientists and local foresters from the indigenous Matlatzinca people have planted nearly 1,000 seedlings. Andrea J. Arratibel, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024 Some regions will have the discretion to hire additional employees for critical positions, like avalanche crews, said Jacqueline Buchanan, a forester for the Pacific Northwest Region, which includes nearly 25 million acres of public lands in Oregon and Washington. Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024 In Miami-Dade County, 33.5% of homeowners pay $4,000-plus a year, ranking it in the top 10 among the country's most populous counties. Curtis, who has lived in Taylor County for 40 years and is a former forester, said many of her neighbors can't afford to pay for insurance. Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for forester
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Noun
  • In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights.
    Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
  • Two other men also applied for a barbed wire patent with changes of their own: lumberman Jacob Haish and merchant Isaac Leonard Ellwood, according to Encyclopedia online.
    Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • It was offered to Carter amid a protest by loggers angry and anxious about his administration’s plans to expand Redwood National Park along California’s northern coast and eliminate their jobs.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • For other tasks like calculating timber volume, tree age and health, and measuring tree diameter, Ramsay uses specialized forestry devices like a tree boring tool and loggers tape.
    Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Tracing Josiah’s trajectory from lumberjack to shipyard riveter to ambitious serviceman, Wang offers a protagonist of unflappable morality and decency.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Miller explores Minnesota’s history through his music, featuring songs from lumberjacks, Great Lakes sailors, railroad workers, and farmers.
    Jacqueline Devine, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025

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