Definition of national forest
: 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 national forests and parks hire kids to groom trails.
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But at least 40 people have died at waterfalls in the national forests of Western North Carolina since 1993, the U.S. Forest Service says.
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The family’s Pine Creek Ranch was 7,000 private acres, with nearly year-round access to 750,000 more on national forest and other public lands.
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More firefighters were being summoned from Sequoia and Sierra national forests, along with the Mesa and Carson hotshot crews from the Southwest, Menard said.
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On a shortcut through a national forest, Mr. Gurney negotiated a 15-mile stretch of downhill switchbacks, set at the edge of sheer cliffs.
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In 2014, Stephen Frick, a special agent for the U.S. Forest Service, and his colleagues culled 671,000 plants from national forests in California.
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According to agency estimates, only about 25 percent of trails on national forests are in good shape.
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Some national forest system trails could reopen by late spring, particularly those on the eastern end of the gorge such as part of the Pacific Crest Trail.
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First Known Use of national forest
1848
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