Definitions for "Forestland"
A classification of land use in the Natural Resources Inventory (NRI). It includes areas where trees cover at least 10% of the land and must be at least an acre in size. Forestland was found on 395 million acres, almost 30% of all private lands, in the 1992 NRI.
Forestry Operations & Water Quality] All land which is capable of supporting a merchantable stand of timber and is not being actively used for a use which is incompatible with timber growing.
Land on which the vegetation is dominated by forest or, if trees are lacking, the land bears evidence of former forest and has not been converted to other vegetation.