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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Other disputes include diverting a stream, disputes over how Boren manages land within and around the national forest and disagreements about the precise locations of mining claims made by Boren's corporation, according to E&E News.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 June 2025
As of Wednesday, around a dozen properties in Colorado and Wyoming had already signed up for the program, unlocking more than 45,000 acres of new access on BLM, state, and national forest lands.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 May 2025
Wide swaths of several wilderness areas, like the Boundary Waters, were included in that acreage total, and a map accompanying the order made no distinction between wilderness areas, where logging is banned, and non-wilderness national forest land, where logging is allowed but regulated.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
America’s public lands, from its majestic national parks to its vast national forests, are at the heart of the country’s identity.
—Erika Allen Wolters, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 June 2025
As of Wednesday, around a dozen properties in Colorado and Wyoming had already signed up for the program, unlocking more than 45,000 acres of new access on BLM, state, and national forest lands.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 May 2025
Wide swaths of several wilderness areas, like the Boundary Waters, were included in that acreage total, and a map accompanying the order made no distinction between wilderness areas, where logging is banned, and non-wilderness national forest land, where logging is allowed but regulated.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
America’s public lands, from its majestic national parks to its vast national forests, are at the heart of the country’s identity.
—Erika Allen Wolters, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for national forest
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“National forest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20forest. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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