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• n  the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
• n  land that is covered with trees and shrubs
• v  establish a forest on previously unforested land
  afforest the mountains

• Forest Resources Forest links from the Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory Books on forest and the environment @barnesandnoble.
• A great deal of the forest may not be around much longer.
• PTI's EUGENE LINDEN gives a detailed report on how highways in the Amazon help destroy the rain forest.

• wood
• woods
• woodland
• timberland
• timber
• afforest

News & Articles

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• Forest Service plans prescribed burns for Croatan
  The U.S. Forest Service is conducting a prescribed burn this weekend on up to 1,000 acres in the Croatan National Forest along North Carolina's coast.
  June 15, 2013 - New Bern Sun Journal
• Black Forest Fire Rages On Near Colorado Springs
  The Black Forest Fire burning near Colorado Springs is the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.
  June 15, 2013 - NPR
• Black Forest Fire claims 473 homes, 45% contained
  BLACK FOREST - A large fire burning in Black Forest that started Tuesday afternoon has claimed two lives and destroyed 473 homes, according to fire officials. It has consumed more houses than 2012's Waldo Canyon Fire - making it the most destructive fire in state history.
  June 15, 2013 - 9 News Denver

Quotes

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• Jesse Jackson in Los Angeles Times
  The tallest tree in our forest has fallen,Jackson said of Sutton.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem Post
  Resolving borders resolves settlements, resolving Jerusalem resolves settlements,Clinton said at the weekend. "I think we need to lift our sights and instead of looking down at the trees, we need to look at the forest."
• Colin Blumenau in guardian.co.uk
  In order to safeguard the economic recovery, which is still rather modest and somewhat fragile, it's absolutely essential to contain the bushfire in Greece so that it will not become a forest fire and a threat to financial stability for the... Olli Rehn http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olli_Rehn&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGGHeOIXO1bC5Z-Vu7kZ9zXzll9kQ Reuters http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE64413N20100505&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFg30W-tznlYj6UR09L679TbN3R8g May 5, 2010 39055 50396 forestage In geometric terms," says Blumenau, "it is exactly the same distance from the back wall to the proscenium arch as it is from the forestage to the rear of the auditorium."