: land that is uncultivated or unfit for cultivation
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Her plan includes many of the demands Palisades residents have repeated for months at community events and on social media, such as keeping city reservoirs full during fire season and clearing flammable brush from the surrounding wildlands.—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 That means updating our building codes to require more fire-resistant materials; revising our land-use policies to minimize building in predictably flammable areas at the edge of wildlands; and disincentivizing oil companies from further exacerbating climate change.—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 15 May 2026 When the issue of climate change emerged, it was initially viewed as just another environmental challenge, which environmental groups met with campaigns for national and international climate policies, all while still advocating for the preservation of wildlands.—John Reid, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 Across the country, wildland firefighters are staring down what could be one of the most severe fire seasons in recent history.—Henry Larson, NPR, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for wildland