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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

Sheylla Cabrera’s body was found in the national forest by the Montrose Search and Rescue Team, a nonprofit volunteer group.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

He added that officials had since widened their search area to include national forest land outside Anaconda, a town with a population of almost 10,000 in south-western Montana that is surrounded by dense, mountainous terrain.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

“The mere fact that I live near the open range or a national forest does not give me any rights in the range or forest,” he was saying, as Gregg took his seat.

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