moorland
Example Sentences
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Ministers have brought in the licences to make moorland more "environmentally sustainable", but Scottish Land and Estates say the practice is a valuable tool for reducing vegetation which can act as fuel to a wildfire.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It comes as the Scottish government enters the final stages of introducing licences for muirburn - the controlled burning of heather on moorland primarily managed for grouse shooting.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Hume welcomed government funding to help cover North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service's expenses from the wildfire, and £3.2m towards moorland recovery.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
So far this summer, firefighters have mainly battled wildfires in rural areas and moorland across the country.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The smell of wet earth comes to me from those thumbed and tattered pages, the sour tang of moorland peat, the feel of soggy moss spattered white in places by a heron’s droppings.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
