How to Use forestry in a Sentence

forestry

noun
Definition of forestrynext
  • She studied forestry in college.
  • Namgyal helped the forestry department recover the body.
    — Peter Gwin, National Geographic, 16 June 2020
  • Firefighters were still at the location to watch for hot spots, according to the forestry department.
    — Helen Wieffering, azcentral, 3 June 2020
  • Delta said its offset projects would focus on forestry, wetland restoration, grassland conservation, marine and soil capture, among other initiatives.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2020
  • In exchange, owners agree to take steps like limit harvesting of trees over a 20-year period or deploy other forestry practices designed to encourage healthy tree growth.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2020
  • And Thomas said forestry officials have confirmed that stinknet isn’t palatable to any livestock and is likely unpalatable to native herbivores such as deer, squirrels and rabbits.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Decades of urban migration following a decline in industries such as forestry and farming have turned many of the once bustling towns around here into sleepy places dependent on an influx of summer visitors.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Some of Campbell’s members would like to work in forestry.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
  • The state forestry said forward progress had been made Tuesday evening.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2024
  • Filson also maintains its strong ties to the world of forestry.
    — Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • So the forestry department enlists schoolkids to help plant trees and grass plugs and build rock dams to forge a bond with the land.
    — Tammy Webber, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • But Barnes, with the division of forestry, pushed back on that notion.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • The reading forestry area has a large model of a tree that students can go inside.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In 1965, the Striks moved to Tantanoola, a small town in South Australia, where her father worked in forestry.
    — Daniel E. Slotnik, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • The same piece related the hopes that forestry and state officials pinned on the Ponderosa Way.
    — Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Nov. 2020
  • That may sound strange, but the idea is that this actually depends more on how the forestry is done.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2020
  • On Wednesday, the forestry division deployed a plane and a dozen smokejumpers to contain the fire.
    — Olivia Ebertz, Anna Rose MacArthur, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2022
  • High school dropouts earn the most in mining (at $26.70 an hour), followed by utilities and forestry.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • His expertise in forestry will be needed in the coming two years.
    — Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2020
  • The Ellis clan sold ranching and forestry equipment, and owned property all through the foothills.
    — Jeffrey E. Stern, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Such rights would clash with the forestry industry which accounts for 8% of the country’s exports.
    — Eduardo Thomson, Bloomberg.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Or head to the Cradle of Forestry next door to explore the grounds and historic buildings of America’s first forestry school.
    — Katie Linsky Shaw, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
  • William Green, the forestry and wildlife director for the Farmer’s Federation, was among those at the meeting.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The crew chief is Les Miller, a forestry division ranger from Conway County.
    — Nyssa Kruse, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2020
  • This, of course, was before the Covid-19 pandemic and the US trade war, which has devastated the forestry sector.
    — Andrew Muhammad, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Casteel has a background in forestry and agriculture, so this is a wine that’s intimately tied to the land the grapes are grown on.
    — Heather Adams, Outside Online, 9 June 2022
  • Roughly 300 people in Alaska work in forestry and wood processing, less than one-tenth of 1% of the state’s workforce.
    — Daniel Grossman, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Lidar can also track forestry changes over time, even in the midst of multiple wildfires.
    — Sophie Ungerleider, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The handling of the Tamarack Fire has squared off local politicians and forestry officials.
    — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 24 July 2021
  • As well as being a similar age, Parsons, 33, had a background in forestry and had previously used drones for surveying purposes.
    — Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024

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