national forest: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	provincial forest • forest reserve

Photos

Gravel path winding through lush green vegetation and moss-covered trees in the temperate rainforest of Tongass National Forest, Ketchikan, Alaska.

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Topics

Forest in situ conservation conservation forestry Agroforestry hot spot marine protected area national park coppice nature reserve national monument national seashore 10 Conservationists of India India’s environmental timeline

Key People

Oil portrait of Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent showing Roosevelt standing with one hand on a wooden pedestal and the other on his hip, dressed in a dark suit.

Theodore Roosevelt

president of United States

John Muir

John Muir

Scottish-born American naturalist