na Chuck Mills
Ua ʻōlelo mai nei kekahi lālā o ka papa ʻo California ReLeaf e ʻike nei ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale i kahi "Green Rush" o ke kālā i loaʻa mai i nā haʻawina kālā o ka mokuʻāina. He manaʻo koʻikoʻi ia e hoʻoikaika iā mākou a pau e hopu i kēia manawa. E like me ka holo ʻana o ke gula ʻehiku makahiki o Kaleponi, ʻaʻole e mau loa kēia kahawai hou o nā kālā hou.
I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kōkua i nā lālā o ka Pūnaewele a me nā hui kaiaulu e mine i nā kālā pili i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale o ka mokuʻāina, aia ʻo California ReLeaf he ʻaoʻao pūnaewele hou e hāʻawi ana i kahi kūʻai kū hoʻokahi no nā papahana hāʻawi lehulehu o Kaleponi e kū nei a i ʻole ke kūkulu ʻia nei no ka hoʻokō 2014. Nānā iā ia!
Aia he $600 miliona ma ka papa no kēia makahiki kālā no ʻehiku papahana ʻokoʻa like ʻole i hoʻokahi mea like: nā lāʻau. Mai ka pilina maopopo loa ma ka CAL FIRE's Urban and Community Forestry Program a hiki i nā mea hoʻolālā i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia o ka Strategic Growth Council's Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, aia kekahi mau manawa kūpono i kākoʻo ʻia e hiki ke kākoʻo i nā kumulāʻau a me nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ke kaiapuni, ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu, ka maikaʻi o ka wai, a me ka holo ʻana.
ʻO ka manawa hea ʻoe i loaʻa ai ka manawa e heluhelu ai i kēia ʻano papa kuhikuhi kālā no kahi papahana ululāʻau kūlanakauhale? ʻAʻole paha ka pane, no laila e hoʻohana a hoʻāʻo i hoʻokahi. Inā loaʻa kahi papahana hāʻawi mokuʻāina pili iā mākou i hala, e ʻike iā mākou a e hoʻohui mākou i ka papa inoa o nā mea komo.
Manaʻolana mākou e ʻike ʻoe i kēia ʻaoʻao hou he kumu waiwai nui, a ke kakali nei mākou i ka lohe ʻana i kāu mau moʻolelo kūleʻa.
ʻO Chuck Mills ka Public Grants & Policy Manager ma California ReLeaf.