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In the Nebraska Panhandle, along the North Platte River, everything changed—gone were the verdant farmlands and gentle hills; in their place, a continuous domain of tawny rangelands and sagebrush unraveled.—Pierce Miletich, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2026 Many cattle producers and rangelands were still recovering from a severe 2010-2015 drought when a flash drought hit western Texas in spring 2020, marking the beginning of the current multibillion-dollar, multiyear and multistate drought.—Joel Lisonbee, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2026 It is often found in heavily disturbed sites, such as roadsides, gravel pits and the edges of agricultural fields, but it can also be found in undisturbed dunes, dry prairies, oak and pine woodlands and rangeland.—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 4 Feb. 2026 The pack’s unusual hunting behavior caused panic among residents and ranchers in the state’s high rangeland north of Truckee, eventually leading state wildlife regulators to euthanize its three adult wolves and accidentally kill one of four juveniles in October.—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rangeland