: land that is uncultivated or unfit for cultivation
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The most effective messengers are not grassroots activists or rising politicians but farmers, wildland firefighters, fishermen, cowboys, hunters, game wardens and foresters.—Nadia Gill, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026 Then, wildland firefighters still had to battle the 38-acre fire that took a week to fully contain.—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 City Attorney Heather Ferbert said San Diego has been forced to pay as much as four times the fair-market cost for replacement components, costing the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in overcharges for each of those components, which include pumper, aerial and wildland apparatuses.—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 The five courses are available online for free and are prerequisites to obtaining a Firefighter Type II certificate, which is given to entry-level wildland firefighters who are responsible for fire suppression, fuels management and mop-up operations.—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wildland