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Definitions

national forest

NOUN
national park
Synonyms
STRONGEST
preserve reservation reserve
WEAK
national seashore
NOUN
public land
Synonyms
WEAK
government land national park national wildlife refuge nature conservancy land unappropriated land
NOUN
wilderness area
Synonyms
WEAK
national park wilderness preserve

Example Sentences

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Eckdahl and his colleagues combined detailed national forest records with direct field measurements to reconstruct the amount of carbon released by each fire.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

“This is a national forest that could very easily be enjoyed and loved to death,” Rogers wrote for The Times on the forest’s 100th anniversary in 1992.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

The company has for years had a federal “special-use” permit allowing it to use its pipeline and other water infrastructure in the national forest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

And as for being shot up by the cow-men, you’ll not be disturbed on any national forest.

From Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West by Garland, Hamlin