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The brushland near Hemet is streaked bright red by retardant, which is dyed so pilots can see where it’s already been dropped.
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022
The Del Rio sector, a gargantuan 47-county riverfront region of sparsely populated brushland, is the second-busiest on the entire Southwest Border.
—Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
About 20 miles northeast of the Lava Fire, the 9,836-acre Tennant Fire also was burning forest and brushland along Highway 97.
—Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 July 2021
Most of the activity is in Northern California, where fires have chewed through about 500 square miles of brushland, rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
Most of the activity is in Northern California — where fires have chewed through about 500 square miles of brushland, rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
Australia’s unprecedented wildfire season has charred huge expanses of brushland, rainforests and national parks – killing more than a billion wild animals by one estimate.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2020
Two hundred thousand years ago, paleoclimate records suggest that the area was a lush wetland mostly surrounded by less-inviting arid brushland.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2019
During this season, burning within 150 feet of any woodland or brushland area is not allowed between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Contact Ben Tobin at bjtobin@gannett.com and 502-582-4181 or follow on Twitter @TobinBen.
—Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2019
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022
The Del Rio sector, a gargantuan 47-county riverfront region of sparsely populated brushland, is the second-busiest on the entire Southwest Border.
—Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
About 20 miles northeast of the Lava Fire, the 9,836-acre Tennant Fire also was burning forest and brushland along Highway 97.
—Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 July 2021
Most of the activity is in Northern California, where fires have chewed through about 500 square miles of brushland, rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
Most of the activity is in Northern California — where fires have chewed through about 500 square miles of brushland, rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
Australia’s unprecedented wildfire season has charred huge expanses of brushland, rainforests and national parks – killing more than a billion wild animals by one estimate.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2020
Two hundred thousand years ago, paleoclimate records suggest that the area was a lush wetland mostly surrounded by less-inviting arid brushland.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2019
During this season, burning within 150 feet of any woodland or brushland area is not allowed between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Contact Ben Tobin at bjtobin@gannett.com and 502-582-4181 or follow on Twitter @TobinBen.
—Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2019
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“Brushland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brushland. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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