national forest
Example Sentences
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The bear was relocated to the Angeles National Forest, according to a Times report.
From Los Angeles Times
When the 800-plus stockholders who funded the Crystal Mountain Corporation lobbied state and federal officials in the 1950s to permit a new ski area on National Forest land, the location’s “destination resort” prospects were key to making the case.
From Seattle Times
More than half of the retardant the Forest Service used on national forest lands was dropped in California — more than any other state.
From Los Angeles Times
Decrying the crossing of “countless migrants,” Ducey piled hundreds of empty shipping containers over a three-mile stretch of national forest along the border with Mexico.
From Washington Post
In 1976, when Dowd was 7, her family moved to a 16-acre patch of land in the Angeles National Forest leased by her grandfather, who claimed to be a Christian prophet who would live to be 500.
From Los Angeles Times
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