the process of restoring an area of land to its natural uncultivated state (used especially with reference to the reintroduction of species of wild animal that have been driven out or exterminated)

he called for the rewilding of national parks and the return of animals like beavers, lynx, and wolves

restore (an area of land) to its natural uncultivated state (used especially with reference to the reintroduction of species of wild animal that have been driven out or exterminated)

talk of rewilding North America gives some people nightmares of wolves running through the streets of Chicago and of grizzlies in LA