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winter range†
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a region suitable for the grazing of cattle, sheep, or horses in winter.
Quotations
1883
The partial failure of the Calgary country as a winter range this year is likely to cause capitalists to look with a less covetous eye on the stock ranges of the Bow and Belly rivers.
1965
Helicopters were used last winter in the study of ungulate winter ranges in the Kootenay and Fraser River region (from Macalister to Prince George).