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Recent Examples of heathlandThe design of the New Course was inspired by classical heathland style.—Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 Stay at Sunriver Resort to gain access to the private heathland-style Crosswater (one of the Golf Digest honorees).—Sunset Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022 Trails weave through woods and heathland, veering to the rocky shore where harlequin ducks bob about the breakers.—Jeanine Barone, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2021 The island’s fabled heathland, site of all those chest-throbbing novels, faded and disappeared as woodland, no longer needed for fuel, was given over to agriculture.—Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020 In dunes, bogs, and heathlands, home to species adapted to a lack of nitrogen, plant diversity has decreased as nitrogen-loving grasses, shrubs, and trees move in.—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2019 Surfers, swimmers, bushwalkers, cyclists, and campers escape to the park, drawn by its beaches, rainforest, waterfalls, valleys, rocky cliffs, and coastal heathland.—Sophie Davies, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2018 Denmark’s wolf pack has settled in an area of farmed heathland and pine plantations, The Guardian’s Barkham reports.—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017 LTERN covers more than 1100 long-term field plots in ecosystems including alpine grasslands, tall wet forests, temperate woodlands, heathlands, tropical savannas, rainforests, and deserts.—John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2017
Indeed, at a time when tropical forests and grasslands are besieged by farming, mining, and other threats, birdwatching tourism offers a real incentive to keep ecosystems intact.
Benji Jones,
Vox,
4 Dec. 2024
Surviving birds can sometimes be spotted in some of the seasonal wetlands and grasslands of the San Francisco Bay Area, such as Harvey Marsh in Sunnyvale Baylands Park, East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood Preserve, Fremont’s Coyote Hills Regional Park and along eastern Contra Costa County’s Suisun Bay.
Clips shared to the account show him on walks in a meadow, through fields and on the beach, being a pampered passenger on car rides, and being showered with love, treats and attention.
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
12 Dec. 2024
The spa and restaurant make use of natural products found in the surrounding forests and meadows, while the remaining items on the menu of the ’Forest kitchen’ restaurant are sourced from local farms.
The region’s shepherds complain that Chinese soldiers have captured multiple pasturelands and restricted them from grazing their herds.
Aijaz Hussain,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2024
Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Download Article Across the world, complex social and market forces are driving the conversion of vast swaths of rain forests into pastureland, plantations, and cropland.
This six-day trip is rated level 3/4 and explores the lush mountain pastures of Alpe di Siusi and Alpe Seceda, set against the iconic Sassolungo Peak.
Everett Potter,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
The inn has 18 rooms and suites, and an award-winning restaurant that marries Bavarian specialties with farm-fresh regional fare sourced from local Park City pastures.
Published by Emily Brontë under the pseudonym Ellis Bell a year before her death, the classic novel is set in the Yorkshire moors and revolves around the intense and often destructive relationships between two families: the Earnshaws and the Lintons.
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
20 Nov. 2024
The book, set against a dark backdrop on the English moors, follows the doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff.
Biel kept the rest of her look low ley, wearing a black peacoat and trousers.
Catherine Santino,
Peoplemag,
10 May 2024
While Watkins thought of ley lines as prehistoric walking paths or trade routes defined by invisible roads connecting various ancient structures and landmarks, the idea has had different interpretations over the years.
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