wildland

American  

[wahyld-land] / ˈwaɪldˌlænd /

noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of wildland

First recorded in 1805–15; wild + -land

Example Sentences

"Our new estimates increase the organic compound emissions from wildland fires by about 21%," says Lyuyin Huang, the first author of the study.

From Science Daily

Researchers led by Shuxiao Wang aimed to include IVOCs and SVOCs alongside VOCs to better capture how wildland fires affect air quality, human health, and climate.

From Science Daily

To do this, the team first examined a global database tracking burned land from forest, grass, and peatland wildland fires between 1997 and 2023.

From Science Daily

Using this approach, the researchers estimated that wildland fires released an average of 143 million tons of airborne organic compounds each year during the study period.

From Science Daily

The Palisades fire victims’ attorneys say state officials should have inspected the park, pointing to a section of the state’s Department of Parks and Recreation Operations Manual: “All or a portion of a park unit may be closed when an unwanted wildland fire is threatening or burns on Department lands. Areas of a park unit which have burned will remain closed until appropriate Department staff have inspected the area and rectified any public safety, property or resource protection issues.”

From Los Angeles Times