nature preserve
noun
US
: an area where animals and plants are protected and that has few buildings or homes
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Just a 15-minute walk from the shops of Cholokka Boulevard is Tuscawilla Preserve, a 600-acre nature preserve consisting of prairie lands, wetlands, and mesic forests.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
The tourist attraction would require the use of a parking lot on an adjacent nature preserve.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Louisville's largest nature preserve, the Jefferson Memorial Forest, has provided an escape from the stresses of city life since 1948.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Nov. 2025
Prosecutors say the caller reported that she and Greene were attacked by three men while walking on a trail in a nature preserve in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
The tourist attraction would require the use of a parking lot on an adjacent nature preserve.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Louisville's largest nature preserve, the Jefferson Memorial Forest, has provided an escape from the stresses of city life since 1948.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Nov. 2025
Prosecutors say the caller reported that she and Greene were attacked by three men while walking on a trail in a nature preserve in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nature preserve
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“Nature preserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nature%20preserve. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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