How to Use forester in a Sentence

forester

noun
  • In turn, foresters depend on hard data—and have done so for a very long time.
    — Zack Parisa, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2020
  • The city forester/arborist is working with us as to where the species of trees would be best.
    — cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
  • George said his father quashed his early dream to be a game warden or forester.
    — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Could enough potential foresters be found and trained to look after them?
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2017
  • But as any forester knows, bare branches pose a danger, and not just to themselves.
    — Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The forester’s dog s— three dirty brown mutts — exploded with barking.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Gardeners and foresters often go so far as to despise them.
    — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • As a forester, Joseph Hosey comes across snakes pretty much every day.
    — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 30 July 2018
  • The opera tells the story of a forester who makes a deal with the devil for magic bullets.
    — Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, foresters are studying the best way to add trees to already burned areas.
    — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
  • In a perfect world, foresters might opt for other tactics to achieve those openings.
    — Emily Hopkins, Indianapolis Star, 11 Feb. 2018
  • It was supposed to be the agency’s show, with a district forester there to explain the plan.
    — oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2019
  • With the same right one can say the good forester allows the most perfect forests to become less so; the poor one spoils them.
    — National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2020
  • The order will remain in place until it is rescinded by the state forester.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022
  • The city forester found several specimen trees in the grove slated to be razed.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The village forester helped choose the variety of tree that would grow best in the location.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
  • Broomfield has confirmed emerald ash borer in the city even though foresters have tried to prevent its spread.
    — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2019
  • If there are no arborists in your area, look for a forester or reputable tree service to safely remove the tree.
    — Marie McCartan, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2020
  • Across the state, foresters are peering through binoculars to survey the tips of branches, heavy with cones.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
  • One tactic foresters have tried is to release wasps that feed on the beetle, keeping the pest at bay while new trees have time to grow.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Held, a forester and a fire specialist, called for more to be done to prevent fires by managing the land better.
    — Jennifer Summer, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Mount Dora’s new urban forester will also be in attendance for a meet and greet and tips on tree care.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Zirbel, who was from Plymouth, worked as a forester for the DNR.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Grant funds are available to pay for most of the forester’s costs and to completely fund the bird habitat assessments.
    — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Foresters debarked and chipped the highly infested tree to kill the beetles inside.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The water authority’s forester said the tree appears to have been in good health and likely would have lived many more years.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 19 July 2019
  • Borden lined up a forester and contracted with a crew that travels around the state chasing the planting season.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
  • Interact with foresters and local craftsmen and learn about the trees that grow in Indiana.
    — Susie Schmank, Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2018
  • State forester Laura McCarthy said trees posing a hazard near roads would be cut down.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Noblemen took the best parts of the fattest deer for themselves, the forester and the best hunter got the shoulders, and so on, down the social scale.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Dec. 2020

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