Kaleponi ReLeaf Network Member Profile: Greater Modesto Tree Foundation

ʻO ka Greater Modesto Tree Foundation ke kumu o kahi mea paʻi kiʻi Farani i hele mai i ke kūlanakauhale i ka makahiki 1999 e makemake ana e kiʻi i nā kumulāʻau nui loa. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻaelike me Fuji Film a ua lohe ʻo ia e pili ana i ke kaulana o Modesto ma ke ʻano he Kulanakauhale lāʻau.

Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Chuck Gilstrap, ka mea i lilo i pelekikena mua o ke kahua, i ka moʻolelo. ʻO Gilstrap, ʻo ia ka luna nui o ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale o ke kūlanakauhale, a ʻo Peter Cowles, ka luna hoʻomalu o nā hana lehulehu, lawe i ka mea paʻi kiʻi a puni e pana i nā kumulāʻau.

Ma hope mai, i ko Gilstrap kōkua ana i ka mea paʻi kiʻi e hoʻomākaukau e haʻalele i ke kūlanakauhale, ua ʻōlelo ka mea paʻi kiʻi ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania haʻihaʻi loa, "Pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke kanu i kahi lāʻau no kēlā me kēia pēpē i hānau ʻia ma ka honua no ka makahiki 2000?"

Ua haʻi ʻo Gilstrap i ke kamaʻilio ʻana iā Cowles, nāna i ʻōlelo, "ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kanu i kahi lāʻau no kēlā me kēia keiki i hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 2000, malia paha hiki iā mākou ke hana i kēlā me kēia keiki i hānau ʻia ma Modesto."

Ua makemake nā mākua a me nā kūpuna i ka manaʻo. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, mahalo i ka hāʻawi kālā federal Millennium Green a me nā haneli o nā mea manawaleʻa, ua kanu ka hui hou i 2,000 mau kumulāʻau (no ka mea ʻo ia ka makahiki 2000) ma kahi mile a me ka hapa o ka Dry Creek Regional Park Riparian Basin, kahi kahawai o ka muliwai Tuolomne e holo ana ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ke kūlanakauhale.

Ua noi ka hui no ke kūlana waiwai ʻole ma hope koke iho a hoʻomau i kāna papahana "Trees for Tots". Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Trees for Tots i ka papahana kanu lāʻau nui loa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ke kumu, me ka ʻoi aku o 4,600 Valley Oaks i kanu ʻia a hiki i kēia lā. Loaʻa ke kālā mai nā haʻawina California ReLeaf.

6,000 Kumulāʻau

I nā makahiki he 10 o kona ola ʻana, ua kanu ka Greater Modesto Tree Foundation ma luna o 6,000 mau kumulāʻau, e like me ka pelekikena o kēia manawa ʻo Kerry Elms (he inoa kūpono paha).

"He hui hāʻawi manawaleʻa mākou a, koe wale nō kahi kulekele ʻinikua a me ke kumukūʻai o ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou pūnaewele, hoʻohana ʻia nā haʻawina āpau a me nā uku lālā e hoʻolako i nā kumulāʻau no kā mākou mau papahana like ʻole," wahi āna. "ʻO nā hana a pau e pili ana i kā mākou papahana e hana ʻia e ko mākou mau lālā a me nā mea manawaleʻa kaiāulu. Loaʻa iā mākou he helu nui o nā pūʻulu (Boy and Girl Scouts, nā kula, nā hale pule, nā hui civic a me nā mea manawaleʻa ʻē aʻe he nui) e kōkua i ke kanu ʻana a me nā hana ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻoi aku kā mākou mau mea manawaleʻa ma mua o 2,000 mai ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Elms ʻaʻole lākou pilikia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea manawaleʻa. Paipai ʻia nā hui ʻōpio e komo. He hoa ikaika ke Kulanakauhale o Modesto ma ka nui o na papahana kanu o ke kahua.

ʻO Stanislaus Shade Tree Partnership

Ke kanu nei ke kahua ma kahi o 40 kumulāʻau ʻelima manawa i ka makahiki ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Stanislaus Shade Tree Partnership, nāna e kanu i nā kumu lāʻau malu ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa kālā. Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana, ua hoʻokumu ka hui i nā hui maikaʻi loa, a ua hana ʻia kēia papahana me ka Modesto Irrigation District (MID), ka ʻOihana Makai Nui, Oihana Makai, City Urban Forestry Division a me nā mea manawaleʻa he nui.

Hoʻouna ke kumu i kāna arborist i hoʻokahi pule ma mua o ke kanu ʻana e hōʻoia i ka nui o ka lāʻau a me ke kahua kūpono (ʻaʻole ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau a kokoke loa i nā hale). Kūʻai ʻo MID i nā lāʻau A hāʻawi ke Keʻena Makai Nui iā lākou. Hiki i kēlā me kēia hale ke loaʻa i nā lāʻau ʻelima.

"ʻO ke kumu e kākoʻo ai ʻo MID i kēia hoʻoikaika ʻana, inā e kanu pono ʻia nā kumulāʻau, e malu ana lākou i ka home, e hoʻonui ai i ka 30% o ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu me ka liʻiliʻi o ka ea ea e pono ai i nā mahina wela o ke kauwela," wahi a Ken Hanigan, ka mea hoʻoponopono pono lehulehu no MID. "Ua ʻike mākou he pono i ka mea nona ka hale e loaʻa i kahi hoihoi kālā a laila e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻohana e mālama i nā kumulāʻau. No laila, pono ka ʻohana e ʻeli i nā lua.

"He hana ia o ke aloha a me ka hana kaiāulu he mea kupaianaha wale nō," wahi a Hanigan.

Nā kanu hoʻomanaʻo

Hiki i ke kumu ke kanu ʻia nā lāʻau hoʻomanaʻo a i ʻole nā ​​​​lāʻau hōʻike ola no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i nā hoaaloha a ʻohana paha. Hāʻawi ke kumu i ka lāʻau a me ka palapala hōʻoia a kōkua i ka mea hāʻawi e koho i ke ʻano a me kahi o ka lāʻau. Hāʻawi nā mea hāʻawi i ke kālā.

ʻO kēia mau hoʻolaʻa ʻana he puʻuwai puʻuwai no nā mea hāʻawi, a hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa nā ʻano hoihoi. Ua haʻi ʻo Elms i kahi kanu ʻana ma kahi papa kolepa. Ua pāʻani kolepa kekahi pūʻulu kāne no nā makahiki he nui ma ka papa a i ka make ʻana o kekahi o nā lālā, ua hoʻoholo nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hoʻohanohano iā ia ma ke pani ʻana i kahi kumulāʻau i hāʻule ma ka papa ma hope o ke kahe ʻana o ka makahiki 1998. ʻO kahi a lākou i koho ai ʻo ia ma ka huli ʻana o ke ala kūpono i kū mau i ke ala o ka poʻe kolepa. Ke ulu ka lāʻau, nui nā poʻe kolepa ʻē aʻe e hoʻokūkū ʻia e kēlā kumu.

Ulu Waena

I ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e ulu i kā lākou mau kumulāʻau ponoʻī, ua hui pū ke kahua me ka Sheriff's Department Honor Farm, nāna e aʻo i nā lawehala haʻahaʻa e kanu a mālama i nā mea kanu a hiki i ka nui o lākou e kanu ai.

Hāʻawi ke kahua a kanu i nā lāʻau ma ka lā honua, ka lā Arbor a me ka lā ʻo Arbor Day.

He kūlanakauhale lāʻau ʻo Modesto no 30 mau makahiki, a haʻaheo ke kaiāulu i kona ululāʻau kūlanakauhale. Akā, e like me nā kūlanakauhale Kaleponi a pau, ua pilikia ʻo Modesto i nā makahiki i hala a ʻaʻohe ona limahana a i ʻole kālā no kekahi o kāna paka a me ka mālama lāʻau.

ʻO ka Greater Modesto Tree Foundation a me kāna mau mea manawaleʻa e ho'āʻo e hoʻopiha i kahi āpau i hiki iā lākou.

He mea kākau manuahi ʻo Donna Orozco ma Visalia, Kaleponi.