wildland

noun

wild·​land ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-ˌland How to pronounce wildland (audio)
: land that is uncultivated or unfit for cultivation

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Historic data Human activity led to 8,011 fires in California in 2024, according to NIFC data, resulting in 990,939 acres of wildland burned. Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025 Joint projects involving communities and state, tribal and local agencies, like those under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, build partnerships to reduce fire risk across large landscapes and lower the risk of fire spreading to homes and federal wildlands. Tony Cheng, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025 Urban & Wild on Sept. 24: Urban design critic John King and naturalist-artist Obi Kaufmann will gather in conversation about how California's cities and wildlands shape each other, exploring the intersections of ecology, design and our evolving relationship to place. American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 The county is also setting aside $2.5 million in the first year to buy a Type VI wildland fire engine and firefighting gear. John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wildland

Word History

First Known Use

1686, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wildland was in 1686

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“Wildland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildland. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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