Lāʻau Musketeers ua hāʻawi ʻia i ka California Urban Forestry Award no Outstanding Urban Forestry Project of the Year no kā lākou papahana "Laau i ke Kai". ʻO ka makana, hāʻawi ʻia e ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o nā ululāʻau o Kaleponi, hōʻike ʻia i kahi hui a kaiāulu paha i hoʻopau i kahi papahana ulu lāʻau kūlanakauhale e:
• Hoʻoponopono i ʻelua a ʻoi aʻe paha nā pilikia kaiapuni a i ʻole ka palekana lehulehu
• Hoʻokomo i ke kaiāulu a/a i ʻole nā hui a ʻoihana ʻē aʻe a
• Hoʻonui nui i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me ka noho ʻana o ke kaiāulu.
ʻO Gail Church, Luna Hoʻokele o Tree Musketeers, wehewehe i ka papahana ma kēia ʻano:
"He moʻolelo ʻo Trees to the Sea no nā keiki e ʻaʻa nei e moeʻuhane i kahi hana e hiki ai iā lākou ke hana no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia kaiapuni kūloko, ka huakaʻi 21 makahiki ma waena o ka lipine ʻulaʻula, a me ka lanakila hope loa i lawe mai i nā lāʻau ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka ʻāina ʻaʻohe kanaka. ʻO ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana ʻo ia kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Midwestern me he mea lā i hāʻule ʻole i loko o kahi kaona nui o ke kūlanakauhale. Uli ʻia ka hana hou i loko o ka moʻolelo. Ua noʻonoʻo ka poʻe ʻōpio i ke ala nui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka lāʻau a loaʻa i ke kōkua mai nā hoa hana e hoʻokō i ka ʻike maoli. ʻOiai he ʻoihana kēia e like me ka maʻamau ma Tree Musketeers, he mea kupaianaha ke ʻano o ka ʻōpio i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kēia kaiāulu liʻiliʻi e kū nei i nā pilikia nui o ke kūlanakauhale ma o Trees to the Sea.
“He ʻano ʻokoʻa nō hoʻi ka hana o nā kumulāʻau i ka hoʻēmi ʻana o nā lāʻau i ke kai i ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka leo o ke kahua mokulele, e hōʻemi i ka holo ʻana o ka polluted a hiki i ka moana, e hōʻemi i ka haumia o ka ea a he mea nui ko lākou nani i ka hoʻolālā hoʻolaʻa hou ʻana o ke kaona, a me nā pono ʻē aʻe a pau i lawe ʻia e nā kumulāʻau i ke kaiāulu. Pono ka manaʻo o ka mea hoʻokani no ka mea he hui ākea ākea / pilikino e pili ana i ʻelua mau kūlanakauhale, nā keʻena kūloko, ke aupuni federal, nā ʻoihana nui a me nā liʻiliʻi, 2,250 mau ʻōpio a me nā limahana makua, a me nā ʻoihana ʻole me nā misionari like ʻole.
"Hōʻike ka manaʻo i ka hui like ʻana ma waena o Tree Musketeers a me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo El Segundo e hoʻonohonoho ana i kahi maʻamau e hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā kūlanakauhale ʻaʻole e hoʻonui i ka pilina hana me nā ʻoihana ʻole kūloko, akā ʻo nā ʻōpio kaiāulu. ʻIke koke ka mea heluhelu ʻo Trees to the Sea kahi papahana ʻaʻole hiki i ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole nā mea waiwai ʻole ke hoʻokō wale.
Hoʻomaikaʻi, Tree Musketeers!