# State forest > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/State_forest > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/State_forest.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_forest > Source revision: 1352144854 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Forest administered by a state agency}} {{Redirect|National forest|text=For other uses, see [National Forest (disambiguation)](/source/National_Forest_(disambiguation))}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} [[File:Belanglo State Forest sign.jpg|thumb|250px|These signs at the entrance to the [Belanglo State Forest](/source/Belanglo_State_Forest) in [Australia](/source/Australia) advise visitors with instruction and warning.]] A '''state forest''' or '''national forest''' is a [forest](/source/forest) that is administered or protected by a [sovereign](/source/sovereign_state) or [federated state](/source/federated_state), or [territory](/source/territory_(country_subdivision)). ==Background== State forests are [forest](/source/forest)s that are [administered](/source/Administration_(government)) or [protected](/source/Protected_area) by some agency of a [sovereign](/source/sovereign_state) or [federated state](/source/federated_state), or [territory](/source/territory_(country_subdivision)). The precise application of the terms vary by jurisdiction. For example: * In [Australia](/source/Australia), a state forest is a [forest](/source/forest) that is protected by [state law](/source/state_law)s, rather than by the [Government of Australia](/source/Government_of_Australia). * In [Austria](/source/Austria), the state forests are managed by the {{ill|Austrian State Forestry Commission|de|Österreichische Bundesforste}}{{Cite web |title=Österreichische Bundesforste |url=https://www.bundesforste.at/ |language=de |access-date=2021-07-01 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105215800/https://www.bundesforste.at/ |url-status=live }} * In [Brazil](/source/Brazil), a [national forest](/source/National_forest_(Brazil)) is a protected area for sustainability * In Canada, provinces administer [provincial forest](/source/provincial_forest)s * In [France](/source/France), a [national forest](/source/National_forest_(France)) is a forest owned by the French state * In [Germany](/source/Germany), state forests are either federal forest called the ''Bundesforst'', which is controlled by the [Institute for Federal Real Estate](/source/Institute_for_Federal_Real_Estate_(Germany)) (''Bundesforstverwaltung''),{{Cite web |last=Institute for Federal Real Estate |date=September 2008 |title=Federal Real Estate: Real estate services from a single source |url=http://www.bundesimmobilien.de/Dateien/Image-Broschuere_eng.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424000812/http://www.bundesimmobilien.de/Dateien/Image-Broschuere_eng.pdf |archive-date=2009-04-24 |access-date=2009-07-30 |location=Bonn |ref=main}} or forest of the ''[Länder](/source/States_of_Germany)'' called ''Landesforste'' * In [Iceland](/source/Iceland), forests managed by the [Icelandic Forest Service](/source/Icelandic_Forest_Service) are classified as national forests. * In [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), a state forest is a forest that is controlled by the [Ministry for Primary Industries](/source/Ministry_for_Primary_Industries_(New_Zealand)).{{Cite web |title=New Zealand's forests |url=https://www.mpi.govt.nz/forestry/new-zealand-forests-forest-industry/new-zealands-forests |access-date=2021-07-01 |website=Ministry for Primary Industries |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212051709/https://www.mpi.govt.nz/forestry/new-zealand-forests-forest-industry/new-zealands-forests/ |url-status=live }} * In [Poland](/source/Poland), state-owned forests are managed by the [State Forests](/source/State_Forests_(Poland)) agency * In [Turkey](/source/Turkey), a state forest ({{lang|tr|devlet ormanı}}) is a forest that its boundaries have been defined by deed [covenants](/source/Covenant_(law)). As pursuant to the Article 169 of the [Constitution of Turkey](/source/Constitution_of_Turkey), state forests are owned and managed by the Turkish state. The forests are managed by the {{ill|General Directorate of Forestry|tr|Orman Genel Müdürlüğü}}, a government agency connected to the [Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry](/source/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Forestry_(Turkey)). * In the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), a state forest is any forest (usually [plantation](/source/plantation)s) owned and managed by the [Forestry Commission](/source/Forestry_Commission). England also has [The National Forest](/source/The_National_Forest_(England)) project * In the [United States](/source/United_States), a state forest is a forest owned by one of the individual [state](/source/U.S._state)s while a [national forest](/source/national_forest_(United_States)) is owned by the federal government ==Purposes== The purpose of a state forest varies between countries and the quality of the landscape it covers.{{cite book |last= Bearss |first= Edwin C. |date= 1969 |title= Redwood National Park; History Basic Data |url= https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/redw/index.htm |location= Washington, D.C. |publisher= U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Division of History, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation |access-date= January 13, 2023 |archive-date= May 25, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170525111625/https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/redw/ |url-status= live }} In many places, state forests are divided into land for [logging](/source/logging) plantations, [area for conservation](/source/Conservation_Area), area for livestock [grazing](/source/grazing), and area for visitor [recreation](/source/recreation). As an example, in the state of [California](/source/California), the [Redwood National and State Parks](/source/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](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States) and the [State of California](/source/California_Natural_Resources_Agency).{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/historyculture/area-history.htm|title=Redwood National and State Parks (U.S. National Park Service)|website=nps.gov|access-date=24 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=December 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202183037/http://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/historyculture/area-history.htm}} == See also == * [List of types of formally designated forests](/source/List_of_types_of_formally_designated_forests) * [Provincial forest](/source/Provincial_forest) * [State park](/source/State_park) * [Open space reserve](/source/Open_space_reserve) * [Regional park](/source/Regional_park) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Lists of state forests by U.S. state}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:State Forest}} Category:Types of formally designated forests --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [State forest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_forest) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_forest?action=history)). 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