wildland

noun

wild·land ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-ˌland

: land that is uncultivated or unfit for cultivation

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As of late Sunday night, Wark told USA TODAY, 87 brush and wildland fires had been reported in the past seven days, burning nearly 483 acres. —

Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024 Californians have also been moving to riskier, more fire-prone areas, in what is known as the wildland–urban interface, or WUI. —

Jack Carroll, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2024 Since 2021, legislators have passed a series of measures temporarily boosting wildland firefighter pay, but those bonuses have not counted toward overtime, hazard pay and retirement benefits. —

Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024 Durkee Fire in Eastern Oregon More than 1 million acres of wildland have burned in Oregon this year, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. —

Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wildland