nature preserve
noun
US
: an area where animals and plants are protected and that has few buildings or homes
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More than half the park will be set aside as a nature preserve, and about 39 acres will be developed.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
The victim, 31, was in the backyard of a home on Woodcrest Drive in Woodcliff Lake that connects to a nature preserve when the animal pounced on her, wounding her shoulder, arm, leg and her back, according to surveillance video that captured the incident.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
The book offers a visual exploration of Oasi Zegna, the company’s 39-square-mile nature preserve in Trivero, Italy.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
The Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center is a tallgrass prairie nature preserve, a unique remnant of what once filled much of the Great Plains.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
The victim, 31, was in the backyard of a home on Woodcrest Drive in Woodcliff Lake that connects to a nature preserve when the animal pounced on her, wounding her shoulder, arm, leg and her back, according to surveillance video that captured the incident.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
The book offers a visual exploration of Oasi Zegna, the company’s 39-square-mile nature preserve in Trivero, Italy.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
The Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center is a tallgrass prairie nature preserve, a unique remnant of what once filled much of the Great Plains.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Nature preserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nature%20preserve. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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