Wildland
Lands unoccupied by crops, pastures, urban, residential, industrial or transportation facilities. Lands over which man has not extended his complete and permanent domain with his bulldozers, plows and asphalt spreaders.
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Wildland-Urban Interface
The common area where human settlements and built structures are intermixed and/or adjacent to undeveloped land in which the vegetation is permitted to grow without significant human interference.
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Provide for Wildlife- The Queen Butterfly
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Hiking Safety during COVID-19
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