national forest

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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

In the new lawsuit, the federal government is seeking to recover costs for the damage the 2019 fire caused to 800 acres of national forest, including for the destruction of wildlife and habitats.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 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

“Healthy forests require work, and right now, we’re facing a national forest emergency,” Rollins wrote in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

If a miner had a valuable claim on some national forest lying idle, the forest ranger of that district saw that not one stick of timber upon it was cut by unauthorized persons.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various