\magnification=1200 \hsize=4in \overfullrule=0pt \nopagenumbers \noindent % % {\bf Ojas Parekh} % % \medskip \noindent % % {\bf Forestation in Hypergraphs: Linear $k$-Trees} % % \vskip 5mm \noindent % % % % We present a new proof of a result of Lov\'{a}sz on the maximum number of edges in a $k$-forest. We also apply a construction used in our proof to generalize the notions of a $k$-hypertree and $k$-forest to a class which extends some properties of trees, to which both specialize when $k=2$. \bye .