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wilderness area
noun
- a region whose natural growth is protected by legislation and whose recreational and industrial use is restricted.
Word History and Origins
Origin of wilderness area1
Example Sentences
McLellan was involved in efforts to restore grizzlies in the North Cascades in Washington state and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area in Montana and Idaho.
Mandatory evacuations were in place for portions of northern Inyo and southeastern Mono counties, including Laws in Inyo County, Chalfant in Mono County and the White Mountains Wilderness Area.
The opening of the V-Road in the Escalante Canyons section of the monument has left the area — under consideration for higher protection as a wilderness area — marred by vandalism, trash and more human waste.
Baldy, 13 homes in Wrightwood and six cabins in the Angeles National Forest’s wilderness area.
P-22’s historic stint in Griffith Park, a wilderness area in Los Angeles, captured the hearts of residents and helped elevate the plight of pumas hemmed in by freeways and development.
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