wilderness area
noun
often capitalized W&A
: an often large tract of public land maintained essentially in its natural state and protected against introduction of intrusive artifacts (such as roads and buildings)
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Wide swaths of several wilderness areas, like the Boundary Waters, were included in that acreage total, and a map accompanying the order made no distinction between wilderness areas, where logging is banned, and non-wilderness national forest land, where logging is allowed but regulated.
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Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
The wilderness area, about a 100-mile drive southeast from Orlando, includes 21,000 acres of swamp, marsh and forest in Indian River County.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska and serves as a gateway to nearby wilderness areas.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
For one 2020 analysis in the journal Science, researchers documented microplastics in rainwater that fell on several national parks and wilderness areas in the Western US.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
The wilderness area, about a 100-mile drive southeast from Orlando, includes 21,000 acres of swamp, marsh and forest in Indian River County.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska and serves as a gateway to nearby wilderness areas.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
For one 2020 analysis in the journal Science, researchers documented microplastics in rainwater that fell on several national parks and wilderness areas in the Western US.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wilderness area
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“Wilderness area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wilderness%20area. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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