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State forest

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These signs at the entrance to the Belanglo State Forest in Australia advise visitors with instruction and warning.

A state forest or national forest is a forest that is administered or protected by a sovereign or federated state, or territory.

Background

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State forests are forests that are administered or protected by some agency of a sovereign or federated state, or territory. The precise application of the terms vary by jurisdiction. For example:

Purposes

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The purpose of a state forest varies between countries and the quality of the landscape it covers.[4] In many places, state forests are divided into land for logging plantations, area for conservation, area for livestock grazing, and area for visitor recreation. As an example, in the state of California, the Redwood National and State Parks are a string of protected forests, beaches, and grasslands along Northern California's coast; these are owned by both the U.S. federal government and the State of California.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Österreichische Bundesforste". Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Institute for Federal Real Estate (September 2008). "Federal Real Estate: Real estate services from a single source" (PDF). Bonn. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
  3. ^ "New Zealand's forests". Ministry for Primary Industries. Archived from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  4. ^ Bearss, Edwin C. (1969). Redwood National Park; History Basic Data. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Division of History, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "Redwood National and State Parks (U.S. National Park Service)". nps.gov. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2018.