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Recent Examples of pasturelandTake her upbringing in Ordos, a region of China’s Inner Mongolia province, where her family owned pastureland.—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2025 North Dakota’s average pastureland prices grew more than 50% since 2021, the survey said.—April Baumgarten, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025 Drones light up the night sky On a recent Friday night, Roen and Plumas County Supervisor Dwight Ceresola patrolled for wolves, bouncing an offroad utility vehicle across the pastureland behind Roen’s home, switching to pickup trucks once the sun went down.—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025 What was formerly open pastureland has been razed and graded for home sites.—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pastureland
The Mountain Campus features pastures, hills, lakes, log cabins, an old mill, and hiking trails leading to the House O’ Dreams, a large stone and board-and-batten cottage on top of Lavender Mountain.
Upon our arrival to Wilderness Vumbura Plains, our guide, Kabo, skillfully navigates the Jeep between sandy hills and flooded grasslands, occasionally swerving to avoid tree trunks chewed down to their stumps by elephants.
Crowds and traffic became such an issue that in 2021, the park began requiring weekend visitors during the February Firefall dates to have reservations as a way to limit congestion and prevent crowds from trampling stream banks and parking illegally along Yosemite Valley’s sensitive meadows.
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Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
From rugged descents through pine forests to flowy singletrack that rolls through meadows, there’s a trail for every ability.
On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments.
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Sarah Moss,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
Shorten is passionate about these woodlands, moors, and peaty bogs in a way that serves to heighten your own experience of being there.