conservation area
noun
: an area of land that is protected and that cannot be built on or used for certain purposes
The property borders a conservation area.
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The latter is a 735,000-acre conservation area that receives just 900 visitors each year.
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Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
The organization has five types of awards: wilderness quiet park, urban quiet park, quiet trails, quiet conservation area and quiet marine park.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Learn how native plants provide habitat for animals during this one-mile hike in Longleaf Pine Preserve, a 12,000-acre conservation area that is part of the Volusia Conservation Corridor.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Eventually, the developers agreed to maintain a 510-acre conservation area on the property, to be cared for by the Tribe.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Myth 3: The conservation area has no history of cultivation.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
The massive blaze is burning in an undeveloped area between U.S. 1 and Card Sound Road, part of which is in a conservation area in the Southeastern Everglades.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
While the conservation area stretches into Delaware and Virginia, most of it is in Maryland, including the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
—Andrew Mangum, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Last year, a judge quantified how much water the conservation area is entitled to.
—Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
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Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
The organization has five types of awards: wilderness quiet park, urban quiet park, quiet trails, quiet conservation area and quiet marine park.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Learn how native plants provide habitat for animals during this one-mile hike in Longleaf Pine Preserve, a 12,000-acre conservation area that is part of the Volusia Conservation Corridor.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Eventually, the developers agreed to maintain a 510-acre conservation area on the property, to be cared for by the Tribe.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Myth 3: The conservation area has no history of cultivation.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
The massive blaze is burning in an undeveloped area between U.S. 1 and Card Sound Road, part of which is in a conservation area in the Southeastern Everglades.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
While the conservation area stretches into Delaware and Virginia, most of it is in Maryland, including the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
—Andrew Mangum, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Last year, a judge quantified how much water the conservation area is entitled to.
—Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Conservation area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservation%20area. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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