national forest

noun

1. forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.

Word History and Origins

Origin of national forest¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Steve Gonzalez confirmed that the bear was not tagged, so the department was not certain of the bear’s exact home, though it’s likely the nearby national forest.

From Los Angeles Times

It’d be like “turning the clock back to the 1950s to 1980s, when logging dominated national forest management,” said Andy Stahl, executive director of advocacy group Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics.

From Los Angeles Times

The unfavorable weather conditions also sparked smaller wildfires elsewhere in Southern California, including in Santa Barbara County, Angeles National Forest and Malibu.

From Los Angeles Times

The windy conditions helped fuel the 4,836-acre Shoe fire in Northern California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times

Such dynamics played out in April, 2023, when a blaze in North Carolina’s Croatan National Forest jumped from 7,000 acres to 32,000 in two days and burned for 10 weeks.

From Salon

Related Words

• preserve
• reservation
• reserve