FWIW: I was looking at various sources to see when the the Ainsworth State (apparently not) Forest was created. Turns out there isn't such an entity, but there IS the Ainsworth State Park ... I think maybe.

At least according to the below Vermont state government website page there is indeed an Ainsworth State Park, but there is no associated link as seen with most of the other state parks listed. For that matter, the Vermont state park's website (vtstateparks.com) doesn't list an "Ainsworth State Park" at all.

But this I know from direct, first person experience: the park or whatever it is has official Vermont government signs both identifying the park and doing the "no dumping", etc. So it is there, it is owned by our Vermont state government, and it gets logged in a responsible manner.

So I'll be sticking with "State Forest" for now until I hear otherwise.

https://fpr.vermont.gov/state_lands/land-records/state-lands-list#FPR%20State%20Forests