as in forest
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
the region's vanishing forestland
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Crook was arrested on suspicion of recklessly causing a forestland fire and resisting police.
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Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
As a result, industrial forestland in the U.S. – which is about 20% of the country’s forests – is now mostly owned by private investors, not by wood products companies.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
Canadian provinces and Parks Canada are also increasingly looking to prescribed burning, the nonnative practice of strategic fires to reduce wildfire risk, though it is still used far less in Canada than in the United States, despite Canada having more forestland.
—Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
Indeed, every year, the U.S. loses more than three million acres of forestland to other land uses.
—Bailey Evans, Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2024
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Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
As a result, industrial forestland in the U.S. – which is about 20% of the country’s forests – is now mostly owned by private investors, not by wood products companies.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
Canadian provinces and Parks Canada are also increasingly looking to prescribed burning, the nonnative practice of strategic fires to reduce wildfire risk, though it is still used far less in Canada than in the United States, despite Canada having more forestland.
—Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
Indeed, every year, the U.S. loses more than three million acres of forestland to other land uses.
—Bailey Evans, Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2024
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“Forestland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forestland. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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