nature reserve
noun
: an area where animals and plants are protected and that has few buildings or homes
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My journey ends at the Ridges Sanctuary, a private, not-for-profit nature reserve created in 1937 to protect Door County’s most sensitive ecosystem.
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Emma John, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
Her visit to the nature reserve came a day after a source confirmed to PEOPLE that the longtime couple had called off their nearly 6-year engagement.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 27 June 2025
The January 2022 owl sighting was the nature reserve’s first sighting of the species in 22 years and the country’s first sighting in nine years, researchers said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
The next challenge was the shoot, with the feature filming on location in September 2022 on Rabbits Island (aka Palm Island), a nature reserve lying some 3.5 miles (5.5 km) off the coast of the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
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Emma John, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
Her visit to the nature reserve came a day after a source confirmed to PEOPLE that the longtime couple had called off their nearly 6-year engagement.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 27 June 2025
The January 2022 owl sighting was the nature reserve’s first sighting of the species in 22 years and the country’s first sighting in nine years, researchers said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
The next challenge was the shoot, with the feature filming on location in September 2022 on Rabbits Island (aka Palm Island), a nature reserve lying some 3.5 miles (5.5 km) off the coast of the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Nature reserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nature%20reserve. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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