How to Use forestry in a Sentence

forestry

noun
  • She studied forestry in college.
  • But the goal wasn't just to train a handful of people in the labor of forestry and coastal cleanup.
    — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Some of Campbell’s members would like to work in forestry.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
  • The leading causes of injuries in forestry are slips, trips, and falls.
    — Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Christiansen has worked in the agency for seven years and worked in forestry at the state level for 30 years, per the AP.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The reading forestry area has a large model of a tree that students can go inside.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In between heats, the crowd wanders the grounds of the Outdoor Games, where tents sell forestry tools, chain saws, and Girl Scout cookies.
    — Dayna Evans, The Cut, 3 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • When the species was first found, officials kept logging and forestry equipment away from the plants.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • The number of farming, fishing and forestry workers in Ohio is small.
    — cleveland.com, 5 Nov. 2017
  • On July 22, the branch was removed, lines repaired and what was left of the tree was cared for by the city's forestry department.
    — Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 2 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • Bruce is three years older and is a forestry technician.
    — Robert E. Houle, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025
  • In 2006, Wohlleben resigned his state forestry job to become manager of the old beech forest for the town.
    — Diàna Markosian, Smithsonian, 22 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • The risks are higher for people who spend a lot of time in the woods and outdoors, like state forestry, wildlife and parks employees.
    — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 4 May 2018
  • 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
  • Park ranger or some sort of wildlife management, forestry, something like that.
    — Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • 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 background: Glyphosate is commonly used for killing weeds in human and animal food crops, forestry and gardens.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
  • At least six aircraft will be deployed Monday for water-dropping missions to both infernos, the forestry commission said.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2025

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