wildland
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wildland
Example Sentences
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He added that his government has spent more than a billion dollars on wildland fire since 2018, and routinely spends more than the base budget allocated annually for firefighting based on need.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Today, Cape Cod is no longer the wildland Thoreau once found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
“The Forest Service is not only the world’s largest forest research organization, but it’s also the world’s largest wildland fire research organization,” Reyes said.
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
"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 ● Jan. 7, 2026
Nonetheless, most continue to accept Seton s basic thesis: the Americas seen by the first colonists were a wildland of thundering herds and forests with sky-high trees and lakes aswarm with fish.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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