revegetate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
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To figure out how to revegetate this unpromising ground, Olympic National Park hired then–36-year-old Chenoweth.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2023
It sold those to owners unaware of their obligation to revegetate the land, now without access to water.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2021
Several years ago, he worked with local land managers to revegetate it with native plants favored by deer and elk.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2018
Most difficult to revegetate are the cobbly, gravel flats of the lake bed farther upstream, in the former Lake Mills, a land where many a planted Douglas fir and other seedlings have gone to die.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2014
This law required each company to obtain a permit from the state to operate and required that each company revegetate an area each year equal to 101% of the area they had mined.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
In their initial complaint, the groups said about 900 acres of more than 3,300 total acres disturbed over nearly two decades had been regraded and revegetated.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Biosolids have been used in the restoration of metal-laden mined lands—such as near Leadville, Colo., and Bunker Hill, Idaho—to “turn moonscapes into revegetated habitats,” says Greg Kester of the California Association of Sanitation Agencies.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2013
The consortium has thoughtfully proposed that the 48-in.-wide pipe be buried, the surface above it revegetated, and the gas refrigerated to prevent melting the permafrost that it would traverse.
From Time Magazine Archive
At least 13% of the revegetated area is now being used for public recreation or for home sites.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Under this program, sponsored by Industry, the Farm Bureau, and the Department of Conservation, 79% of the area that has been mined to date has been successfully revegetated.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
“But when it comes to revegetating a landscape of this scale, that’s a process that just takes time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
Bush Heritage Australia has been revegetating Monjebup, which had been farmland, for nearly a decade — nowhere near enough time for tree hollows to form.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
Foresters can help to slow climate change by revegetating open land, increasing forests' biodiversity and using highly adaptable tree species that are long-lived, produce many seeds and migrate over time.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021
Operators are responsible for revegetating the land, as well as for replenishing the quantity and quality of local water resources.
From Time Magazine Archive
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