nature preserve
noun
US
: an area where animals and plants are protected and that has few buildings or homes
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Hike in a nature preserve in Van Nuys Junior urban ecologist Ryan Kinzel will host a free hike from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday through the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve (6350 Woodley Ave.).
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Instead, Hay said, the eagle was corralled into the nature preserve across the street.
—Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 snake-eating apex predators, bred in Lake County.
—Olivia Lloyd, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025
El Charco del Ingenio: Botanical Escape Just outside the city center lies El Charco del Ingenio, a sprawling botanical garden and nature preserve set around a canyon.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Instead, Hay said, the eagle was corralled into the nature preserve across the street.
—Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 snake-eating apex predators, bred in Lake County.
—Olivia Lloyd, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025
El Charco del Ingenio: Botanical Escape Just outside the city center lies El Charco del Ingenio, a sprawling botanical garden and nature preserve set around a canyon.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Nature preserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nature%20preserve. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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