Ka Trust Ho'iho'i Mauna

Na Suanne Klahorst

Ke ola wale nei. "ʻAʻole kaʻu manaʻo nui e lilo i mea kākoʻo no nā mauna ʻo Santa Monica, akā hoʻokahi mea i alakaʻi i kekahi," wahi a Jo Kitz, ka luna hoʻomalu o Mountains Restoration Trust (MRT). ʻO kāna mau huakaʻi liʻiliʻi ma kahi o Mt. Hood i hoʻomaha iā ia i ke kuahiwi. Ma ke ʻano he kanaka makua, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me nā keiki makaʻu i nā ʻōpala a me nā mea hihiu a ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole hāʻawi ʻia ka hauʻoli i ke ʻano. Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi no ka California Native Plant Society a me ka Sierra Club, ua holomua ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻonaʻauao waho no ka poʻe noho kūlanakauhale, "Ua mahalo lākou iaʻu me he mea lā ua hele lākou i ka pāʻina kupanaha loa!"

Ma lalo o ke awāwa ʻoka ma Malibu Creek State Park ma nā mauna ʻo Santa Monica, ua loaʻa iā Kitz kāna aha! ʻoiai ʻo ia e nānā ana i kahi ʻāina a puni me ka ʻole o kēia mau lāʻau nani. “ʻO nā lāʻau ʻoka awāwa ka lāʻau maoli nui a nui loa ma ke kahakai hema a hiki i Los Angeles County. Ua luku ʻia lākou e nā poʻe noho mua i ʻohi iā lākou no ka ʻāina mahiʻai, ka wahie a me ka lāʻau. He wahi pana no ka moʻolelo TV "MASH," he mau lima wale nō i koe o ka paka. Ua lawe pololei ʻo ia i kona manaʻoʻiʻo i ka luna hoʻomalu paka. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, kanu ʻo ia i nā kumulāʻau ma nā wahi i ʻae ʻia. He mea maʻalahi ia i ka hoʻomaka.

Hoʻākoakoa ka poʻe manawaleʻa i nā paipu lāʻau a me nā hīnaʻi uwea e pale i nā hua ʻōpiopio mai nā gophers a me nā mea hoʻokele ʻē aʻe.

Aʻo e hoʻomaka i ka liʻiliʻi

Ua wehewehe ʻo Suzanne Goode, ʻepekema ʻepekema kahiko no ka Apana ʻo Angeles o State Parks, ʻo Kitz "he wahine huhū ʻaʻole haʻalele, mālama ʻo ia a hoʻomau i ka hana." Hoʻokahi wale nō lāʻau i ola mai kāna hui mua o nā kumulāʻau i loko o ka ipuhao. I kēia manawa ke kanu nei ʻo Kitz i nā acorns, nalowale loa ʻo ia, "I ke kanu ʻana i nā kumulāʻau 5-galani, ua aʻo koke wau i ka wā e lawe ai ʻoe i nā kumulāʻau mai loko mai o ka ipuhao, pono e ʻoki ʻia nā aʻa a i ʻole e kaupalena ʻia." Akā, ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻōki ai i ke aʻa o nā acorns mai ka ʻimi ʻana i ka wai. Ma loko o nā pōʻai kaiaola he 13 i kanu ʻia i Pepeluali, me ʻelima a ʻewalu mau kumulāʻau i kēlā me kēia pōʻai, ʻelua wale nō lāʻau ʻaʻole i ulu. "Pono lākou i ka wai liʻiliʻi i ka wā e ulu maoli ai lākou. ʻO ka wai nui ka mea ʻino loa e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana, "wahi a Kitz, "hiki mai nā aʻa i luna, a inā maloʻo lākou me ka ʻole o ko lākou wāwae i ka papa wai, make lākou."

I kekahi mau makahiki, kanu ʻo ia a liʻiliʻi ka wai no ʻelima mahina. I ka wā maloʻo i hala iho nei, akā naʻe, ua pono ka nui o ka wai no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kanu i ke kau maloʻo. Hāʻawi ka mauʻu ʻōiwi i ka uhi honua. ʻAi ʻia ka mauʻu a me ka dia i ka mauʻu inā he liʻiliʻi nā mea ʻē aʻe, akā inā e aʻa ka mauʻu i ka wā wai e ola ia i kēia mau pilikia.

ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana kūpono e kōkua i ka ulu ʻana o nā kumulāʻau

ʻO nā lāʻau ʻoka kahua hoʻomoana o MRT e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka nānā ʻana mai ka puka aniani keʻena o Goode. "ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o nā Oaks ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe," wahi āna. He 25 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe o kahi lāʻau ʻōpiopio e lilo i wahi no nā hawks. No iwakālua mau makahiki, ua ʻae ʻo Goode i nā kahua kanu MRT, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe mua iā lākou me nā mea kālai lāʻau paka i ʻole e hoʻopilikia ʻia nā mea waiwai maoli o ʻAmelika.

Ua hui pū ʻia ʻo Goode e pili ana i nā pale lāʻau e pono ai, i hoʻopili ʻia me nā ʻupena e mālama ai i nā manu a me nā moʻo mai ka paʻa ʻana i loko. "ʻO ka pale ʻana i nā lāʻau mai ka makani ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomohala i nā ʻiʻo mea kanu ikaika e pono ai ke ola, no laila pono lākou e pale ʻia no kekahi mau makahiki." Ua ʻae ʻo ia e pono i nā kumulāʻau kahua hoʻomoana nā pale e pale aku i nā kumulāʻau ʻōpiopio mai ka weed-whacker i kekahi manawa. "ʻO wau iho, makemake wau e kanu i kahi acorn a hoʻokuʻu iā ia iho," wahi a Goode, ka mea i kanu nui i kāna ʻoihana.

ʻO ka weed-whacker kahi mea hana pono no ka mālama ʻana i nā kumulāʻau ʻōpiopio. "I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai mākou ʻaʻole mākou i manaʻo e pono mākou i kahi pre-emergent. Ua hewa loa mākou, ua ulu ka mauʻu!” wahi a Kitz, nāna e hoʻoikaika i nā perennials maoli i mea pani no ka herbicides. ʻO ka poʻe ʻōiwi e like me ka rai kolo, ka weed ʻilihune a me ka ragweed equestrian e mālama i ka ʻōpala ʻōmaʻomaʻo a puni nā kumulāʻau ʻoiai i ke kauwela maloʻo ke koena o ka ʻāina he gula. Weed-whacks ʻo ia a puni nā perennials i ka hāʻule ʻana e ʻohi hou i ka ulu ʻana o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ma ka ʻoki ʻana i ka pulu maloʻo, hiki i nā pueo a me nā coyotes ke hoʻopau i nā gophers pilikia e hiki ke hoʻopau maʻalahi iā lākou. Hoʻopili ʻia kēlā me kēia acorn i loko o kahi hale uea gopher-proof.

Hāʻawi ka bākeke brigade i nā acorns a me nā mea kanu a puni me ka hoʻomaka ikaika.

Hoʻokumu i kahi manaʻo o kahi ma o ka hui ʻana

"ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i ka nui o nā hewa i hiki ke hana ʻia i ka wā e ʻeli ana i ka lua a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kahi acorn i loko," wahi a Kitz, ka mea hiki ʻole ke kanu hou i ka Malibu Creek State Park me ke kōkua ʻole. ʻO kāna mau hoa mua he ʻōpio pilikia mai Outward Bound Los Angeles. Ua ʻeleu nā hui kanu lāʻau ʻōpio no ʻelima mau makahiki, akā i ka pau ʻana o ke kālā, ʻimi ʻo Kitz i hoa hou e hiki ke hoʻomau kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ia ka manawa no kāna mau ʻimi ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina e hoʻonui a hoʻohui i nā alahele mauna ʻo Santa Monica a me nā wahi noho.

ʻO Cody Chappel, Mountain Restoration Coordinator for TreePeople, kekahi hui ʻoihana ulu lāʻau kūloko ma Los Angeles, ʻo ia kāna loea ma ka ʻāina i kēia manawa i ka mana o ka acorn quality control. Hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ka wā e hiki mai ana o kahi lāʻau me kekahi mau mea manawaleʻa hoihoi e hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i ʻekolu mau hola e aʻo ai e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana a me ka hānai ʻana i kahi acorn. ʻOhi ʻo Chappel i nā acorn i hoʻololi ʻia mai ka paka a hoʻoinu iā lākou i loko o kahi bākeke. Kanu nā mea kanu, ʻaʻole nā ​​floaters, no ka mea, hōʻike ka ea i ka pōʻino o nā pepeke. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pili ana i nā mauna ʻo "nā māmā o LA, ke kumu o ka ea."

Hoʻokipa ʻo Chappel i nā hanana kanu MRT i nā manawa maʻamau, e hoʻopaʻa ana i nā tausani o nā lālā a me kahi papa alakaʻi kaulana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e huki kālā mai nā mea hāʻawi mega Disney a me Boeing.

ʻO ko Kitz wahi punahele ma ka paka i kēia mau lā, he pali e kū pono ana i ka hikina, kahi e hoʻoulu ai kahi ulu lāʻau ʻoka i kekahi lā i nā moʻolelo o "wahi" a me ka noʻonoʻo. Ua hōʻiliʻili nā ʻohana Chumash i nā acorn ma ʻaneʻi e hana i ka mush i loko o nā lua wili o ka paka. ʻAʻole kūpono nā moʻolelo o nā lua wili me ka ʻole o nā ʻoka. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Kitz e hoʻihoʻi iā lākou, a ma ka hana ʻana ua loaʻa kona wahi ma nā mauna ʻo Santa Monica.