forest reserve

noun

1. an area of forest set aside and preserved by the government as a wilderness, national park, or the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of forest reserve¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

Hezbollah rockets have sparked days of bushfires in northern Israel, with swathes of forest reserve destroyed and 11 people hospitalised for smoke inhalation.

From BBC

The army said the hostages were rescued during a dayslong military operation in Sambisa Forest, which was once a bustling forest reserve that stretches along the border with Cameroon and Niger, but now serves as an enclave from where Boko Haram and its breakaway factions carry out attacks that also target people and security forces in neighboring countries.

From Seattle Times

Scientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound in a forest reserve in Indonesia.

From New York Times

The scientists were observing chimps in Uganda’s Budongo Forest Reserve in 2017 when some scooped dry bat feces from under a hollow tree and devoured it—the first time the behavior was observed in any mammal.

From Science Magazine

Range riders protected the Flathead National Forest Reserve from poachers, wildfires and timber thieves before Glacier National Park was formed.

From Seattle Times