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- noun Land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by,
cultivation or other human activity; anatural area.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The agencies use the term wildland fire use for such fires; although they do not include them as prescribed fires, they do include the acres burned in wildland-fire-use fires as acres treated for fuel reduction.
Prescribed burning 2009
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This week, the Georgia Supreme Court agreed to take up a grisly case that may be of interest to exurban land developers, hinterlands business owners and anyone else who dwells in what is known as the "wildland urban interface"; that is, the place where nature and development meet.
News - latimes.com 2011
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Across the country, there are 44.8 million homes in the so-called wildland urban interface, where homes are built among forests, shrubs, and grasslands, similar to the subdivisions west of Boulder, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Fourmile Fire: Mitigation Efforts In Areas West Of Boulder Under Review 2010
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Across the country, there are 44.8 million homes in the so-called wildland urban interface, where homes are built among forests, shrubs, and grasslands, similar to the subdivisions west of Boulder, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Fourmile Fire: Mitigation Efforts In Areas West Of Boulder Under Review 2010
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A study by researchers at Colorado State University found that the so-called wildland-urban interface had expanded by 52% between 1970 and 2000, and would grow at least 10% more by 2030.
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They found that only 3 percent of those projects were within what is known as the wildland-urban interface.
Vail Daily - Top Stories JEFF BARNARD AP Environmental Writer 2010
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In western states each summer, wildfires burn through neighborhoods built in the border between forests and towns, an area called the wildland-urban interface.
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In western states each summer, wildfires burn through neighborhoods built in the border between forests and towns, an area called the wildland-urban interface.
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HELENA - The Montana Senate advanced a plan Saturday to identify and map the so-called wildland-urban interface - where homes or other development meet woodlands - despite worries the proposal eventually could harm development.
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Both areas are in what firefighters call the wildland-urban interface, where the population is relatively dense and fuel for a fire is plentiful.
Gazette.com : 2009
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