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wilderness area

noun

  1. a region whose natural growth is protected by legislation and whose recreational and industrial use is restricted.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wilderness area1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Baldy, 13 homes in Wrightwood and six cabins in the Angeles National Forest’s wilderness area.

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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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