Forests are often home to many animal and plant species, and biomass per unit area is high compared to other vegetation communities.

Forests are differentiated from woodlands by the extent of canopy coverage: in a forest, the branches and the foliage of separate trees often meet or interlock, although there can be gaps of varying sizes within an area referred to as forest.

U. S. National Forests often have established campsites, but generally allow camping anywhere, except within a certain distance of water sources.

The main problem faced by the system was the generation of so-called " Parse Forests "-often a large number of different grammar rules could be applied to any particular phrase, producing hundreds, even thousands of ( often identical ) parse trees.

Forests of Greek Fir and Aleppo Pine cover all slopes beneath 1, 000 m altitude, and are often threatened by forest fires, such as occurred in 2005 and 2007.

Larger hazardous items such as tires, appliances, electronics and large industrial containers are often dumped in isolated locations, such as National Forests and other public land.

Forests gave way to farm fields as trees were cut down to stoke the furnace.

The pines may be harvested for tipi poles on National Forests, provided the harvester secures a permit to cut live trees for ceremonial or traditional purposes.

In Victoria, Australia for example, Part 4 of the Forests ( Licences and Permits ) Regulations 2009 states that " an authorised officer may use the broad arrow brand ... to mark trees in a timber harvesting area which are not to be felled ; or to indicate forest produce which has been seized under the Act ; or to indicate that forest produce lawfully cut or

In 1960 one-quarter of the 92.5 million recreation visits to the National Forests and Grasslands were for the primary purpose of hunting and fishing.

Inventory and evaluate wildlife habitat resources in cooperation with other Federal agencies and with the States in which National Forests and Grasslands are located, as a basis for orderly development of wildlife habitat improvement and coordination programs, including ( A ) big-game, gamebird, and small-game habitat surveys and investigations on the 186 million acres of National Forests and Grasslands, ( B ) fishery habitat surveys and investigations on the 81,000 miles of National Forest fishing streams and nearly 3 million acres of lakes and impoundments, and ( C ) participation in planning, inspection, and control phases of all habitat improvement, land and water use projects conducted on National Forest lands by States, other Federal agencies, and private groups to assure that projects will benefit wildlife and be in harmony with other resource values.

Both of these systems are essential for the production, development, and use of the National Forests.

Because administration of the forest highway system is a responsibility of the Secretary of Commerce with maintenance provided by the States and counties, this Development Program for the National Forests does not include estimates of the funds needed to maintain the forest highway system nor to construct the additions to it that are needed.

The long-range objective is to bring about consolidation of ownership through use of land exchange authority and through purchase on a moderate scale of inholdings which comprise key tracts for recognized National Forest programs such as recreation development, or which are a source of damage to lands in National Forests and National Grasslands.

The U.S. Forest Service cares for hundreds of thousands of campers in its 149 National Forests and is increasing its facilities steadily.

In 1847 he left Prague for the professorship of mathematics, physics, and mechanics at the Academy of Mines and Forests in Schemnitz ( Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia ), and in 1849 he moved to Vienna.

Forests support biodiversity, providing habitat for wildlife ; moreover, forests foster medicinal conservation.

Areas with ravines or forests, like Chambal, Chilapata Forests were once known for dacoits.

Serving previously as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he ascended to Federal Chancellor in 1932 in the midst of a crisis for the conservative government.

* Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests, and Landscap.

Hay's New Hampshire estate has been conserved as part of the John Hay National Wildlife Refuge, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests ' John Hay Land Studies Center, and the Garden Conservancy's Fells Reservation.

Forests account for about 30 % of the area.

In the late 1960s, Potlatch Forests, Inc. ( a US company ), upgraded the harbour and airport at Asau on the northern coast of Savai ' i and established a timber operation, Samoa Forest Products, for harvesting tropical hardwoods.

Thomas Lovejoy has also supported the Forests Now Declaration, which calls for new market-based mechanisms to protect tropical forests.

Operations of Experimental Forests and Ranges are directed by local research teams for the individual sites, by Research Stations for the regions in which they are located, and at the level of the Forest Service.

* Eastern: based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Eastern Region ( R9 ) covers twenty states ( Maine, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, and New Jersey ), seventeen National Forests, one Grassland and America ’ s Outdoors Center for Conservation, Recreation, and Resources.

There was a period in the mid 1960's when U. S. Forest Service policy in California's National Forests for the California black oak was systematic extermination by girdling the trees.

Corneille ’ s father secured two magisterial posts for him with the Rouen department of Forests and Rivers.

* Tropical Montane Cloud Forests – Science for Conservation and Management ( L. A. Bruijnzeel, F. N.

In 1985, she was elected to the Cabinet of John Cain's Labor government and became Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands.

Forests alternate with savanna, and much of the land has been cleared for cultivation.

The controversy moved to formal politics with Proposition 130, dubbed " Forests Forever ", being placed before voters as a plan to prevent overharvesting of the state's timber.

Forests provide timber, drugs, and food and should be managed to maximize the possible uses.

Forests were removed for timber and farmland in eastern Minnesota.

One of the subcontractors was the Forest Service Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests to whom BC Hydro paid $ 5 million to clear the area that would become Willison Lake-an area that was covered in timber to 80 %.

Forests cover approximately half of the area and timber production is one of the major contributors to the economy.

By 1889 most of the timber had been felled and removed and the government acquired the land from its owners, Millars Karri and Jarrah Forests Ltd.

In March 2006, it was reported in the news section of the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology that timber interests created a front group called Project Protect to help pass the Healthy Forests legislation.

The charter given by James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture states: The National Forests are for the purpose of preserving a perpetual supply of timber for home industries, preventing a destruction of forest cover which regulates the flow of streams, and protecting local residents from unfair competition in the use of forest and range.

Forests cover 60 percent of the total land area.

Forests cover 65 % of the state, primarily with deciduous, broad leaf trees.

The San Juan and Uncompahgre National Forests cover a large portion of the San Juan Mountains.

Forests cover about a third of the area, but also the lakes Maggiore and Lugano make up a considerable part of the total area.

Forests cover about 60 % of its territory.

Forests cover about 14 % of the county, mainly around major waterways, and consist principally of deciduous hardwoods among which maple – beech and oak – hickory forests are the most common.

Forests cover about 23 % of the county, or about, and consist principally of deciduous hardwoods among which maple – beech and oak – hickory forests are the most common.

Forests cover much of the area, but there is very good farmland as well.

Forests cover 31 % of total land area of the planet.

Forests cover approximately 11. 700 km of the isthmus, more than three-fourths of its total square.

Forests cover more than half the area of the state, and provide remarkable biodiversity for a relatively small state and also a source of livelihood for many tribes.

* Forests cover 13 % of the land

Forests cover 47 % of the district of which 37 % are populated by oak, 20 % beech and 15 % pine.

United States National Forests and other forests cover about 83 percent of the basin ; another 6 percent is grassland, 3 percent shrub, and only 0. 2 percent wetland.

Forests, mostly in the south along the Sura River, cover approximately 30 % of the land.

Forests cover over 70 % of the territory and swamps cover approximately 15 %.

The Angeles and Los Padres National Forests cover portions of the Transverse ranges.

Forests cover 80 % of the district's territory.

In addition, some opponents consider the term, " Clear Skies Initiative " ( similarly to the Healthy Forests Initiative ), to be an example of administration Orwellian Doublespeak, using environmentally friendly terminology as " cover " for a give-away to business interests.

Forests cover about 25 % of the republic's territory.