ʻO kekahi o nā māla huaʻai hope loa ma Silicon Valley i hoʻolalelale i ka mea paʻi kiʻi ʻo Angela Buenning Filo e hoʻohuli i kāna aniani i nā kumulāʻau. ʻO kāna kipa ʻana i ka makahiki 2003 i kahi māla lāʻau plum i haʻalele ʻia, ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pā kula ʻo San Jose IBM ma Cottle Road, ua alakaʻi ʻia i kahi papahana koʻikoʻi: ʻekolu makahiki hoʻoikaika e kiʻi i kēlā me kēia lāʻau 1,737. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia, "Ua makemake au e palapala ʻāina i kēia mau lāʻau a loaʻa kahi ala e paʻa ai i ka manawa." I kēia mau lā, ke ola nei ka māla waina ma Buenning Filo i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia i nā kiʻi kiʻi o nā kumulāʻau kumu, ma ka hōʻike mau ma San Jose City Hall.
ʻO kāna papahana paʻi kiʻi hou loa, ʻo The Palo Alto Forest, he hoʻoikaika mau ia e kākau a hoʻolauleʻa i nā kumulāʻau a puni mākou. Paipai ka papahana i ka lehulehu e hoʻouna i nā kiʻi o kā lākou kumulāʻau punahele a me kahi moʻolelo huaʻōlelo ʻeono e pili ana i ka lāʻau, a e hoʻouna koke ʻia i kahi hale kiʻi laina a hōʻike ʻia ma ka pūnaewele o ka papahana. ʻO ka lā palena no ka waiho ʻana ʻo Iune 15th. E wehe ʻia ka papahana hope loa ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike wehe nui o Palo Alto Art Center, Community Creates, i kēia hāʻule.
"Makemake au e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hopena o nā lāʻau a puni mākou," i wehewehe ʻo ia. “He wahi ʻo Palo Alto e hoʻohanohano a mahalo i nā lāʻau. ʻO kā mākou manaʻo no ka nahele ʻo Palo Alto no ka poʻe e koho i kahi lāʻau a hoʻohanohano iā ia ma ke kiʻi ʻana a me ka haʻi ʻana i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana iā ia. I kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ma mua o 270 poʻe i hoʻouna i nā kiʻi a me nā kikokikona.
Paipai ʻo Angela i nā kiʻi kumu lāʻau i koʻikoʻi pilikino, "Manaʻo wau he mea hoihoi ke kau ʻana o nā kānaka i nā kumulāʻau pilikino a kikoʻī iā lākou, i ko lākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā, i ko lākou pā hale, ko lākou mau paka. Pīhoihoi au i nā moʻolelo… hopohopo mau e ʻike i ka moʻolelo e hiki mai ana.” Ua ʻike ʻo ia ua hoʻopuka ʻo Palo Alto City Arborist ʻo Dave Dockter i kahi kiʻi o kahi lāʻau e kipaku ʻia ana i kona home hou ma Heritage Park i kekahi mau makahiki i hala. “ʻO ia kā mākou paka ʻohana i kēia manawa!” ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia. “A ʻo ia ka lāʻau aʻu e holo ai me kaʻu mau makahiki hoʻokahi a me kaʻu mau makahiki ʻekolu."
Ua paʻi kiʻi ʻo Angela i ka ʻāina ʻo Silicon Valley no ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki, e hopu ana i ka loli wikiwiki. Hōʻike ʻia kāna hana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo San Jose Mineta, ma ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Noʻeau o Kapalakiko, a hōʻike mau ʻo ia. Kaomi ma aneʻi e ʻike hou aku i kāna hana.
I kēia mau lā, ua komo ʻo Angela Buenning Filo i kahi huakaʻi lāʻau i mālama ʻia e ka lālā ReLeaf Network Canopy. Ua kono ʻia ka poʻe i komo e lawe mai i kā lākou mau kiʻi kiʻi lāʻau i ka wā e hele ai.
Inā ʻoe ma ka ʻāina ʻo Palo Alto, e hoʻouka i kāu mau kiʻi kumu lāʻau a me nā moʻolelo huaʻōlelo ʻeono i The Palo Alto Forest a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke leka uila iā tree@paloaltoforest.org, ma mua o Iune 15th.