acres
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This is unique public land, Jackson Demonstration State Forest, spanning 50,000 acres.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Forecasts say millions of acres could go up in flames this season.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Forecasts say millions of acres could go up in flames this season.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Growers planted more than 37,000 new acres of pistachios in 2016, the most recorded by the ACP, and remained in the five-digit acre range until 2024, when new plantings leveled off, dropping below 2011 levels.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
In the early 1600s, the British seized a half-million acres from Irish farmers, drove them from their lands, and opened those lands to settlers who would be under English protection.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
