wildland

[wahyld-land]

noun

1. land that has not been cultivated, especially land set aside and protected as a wilderness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wildland¹

First recorded in 1805–15; wild + -land

Example Sentences

But, he said, wildland firefighters commonly patrol for days or weeks to prevent re-ignitions.

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What’s more, the shutdown will delay state grants for forest management and wildland fire preparedness; delay reimbursement for ongoing forest management work on non-federal lands; and may affect states’ ability to train firefighters and acquire necessary equipment, among other impacts, the plan says.

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Still, experts like Jen Beverly, a wildland fire professor at the University of Alberta, warn there is little Canada can do to prevent wildfires altogether.

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Depending on whom you talk to, the proposed new defensible space rules for “zone zero” will help save homes in very high fire hazard severity zones, or decimate much of Southern California’s urban tree canopy without really deterring the types of wildland fires that destroyed much of Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu earlier this year.

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Smokejumpers — wildland firefighters with tree-climbing expertise — are being dispatched to the area.

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