grassland

The iconic tule elk, some of which were fenced in on the northern part of the peninsula to keep them from competing for grassland with cows, were dying off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

A number of house were destroyed by a fire in Stourbridge, with officials saying it is thought the fire started in nearby grassland before spreading to a residential area.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

One firefighter was hospitalised and five others suffered minor injuries, the fire service confirmed, with crews continuing to extinguish "hotspots" in open grassland, along a railway and in gardens.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

He said it was also home to a number of rare invertebrates including "beetles and the beewolf wasp that depend on the mosaic of heathland and grassland habitats to survive".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

It goes through grassland studded with honey-acacia trees, and it goes past factories, and then it conies to a rotary and enters the bustling street life of Nairobi.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The proposal would rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, enacted in the final days of the Clinton administration, which barred development across vast areas of public forests and grasslands designated as "inventoried roadless areas."

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

And in its forests and on its grasslands, tule elk and mule deer graze, while bobcats and coyotes hunt for rabbits and mountain beavers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Emergency services said some of the blazes around Stourbridge were set deliberately in grasslands before spreading.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

It is Brighton and Hove's oldest local nature reserve and a team of volunteers has been helping to manage the grasslands to promote glow worms.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

For hundreds of thousands of years human beings have been burning and cutting down forests and encouraging domestic animals to graze on and destroy grasslands.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan