E HUI ANA NA PUU LAAU KANAKA ME KA WAI I KA HOIKE I KA MANAO LAAU I KEIA KAUKAU.
He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i nā lāʻau no ka pale ʻana i ka uhi o ke kūlanakauhale i ka wā maloʻo
Sacramento, CA - Me nā miliona o nā kumulāʻau kūlanakauhale e pono ai ka mālama hou ʻana ma muli o ka maloʻo nui, ua hui pū ʻo California ReLeaf me E mālama i kā mākou wai a me nā pūʻulu ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a puni ka mokuʻāina e hoʻomaopopo i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama lāʻau i ka wā e ʻoki ana i kā mākou hoʻohana wai waho.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka USDA Forest Service, CAL FIRE's Urban & Community Forestry Department a me nā hui kūloko, e hōʻike ana i ka wai kūpono a mālama i nā kumulāʻau i ʻole lākou e ola wale i ka maloʻo, akā e ulu maikaʻi e hāʻawi i ka malu, ka nani a me ka noho ʻana, hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ea a me ka wai, a hoʻomaikaʻi i ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
"Me ka poʻe Kaleponi e ʻoki ana i kā lākou hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai waho a me ka wai i kēia kauwela e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kā mākou lako wai, he mea koʻikoʻi mākou e hoʻomau i ka mālama pono ʻana i kā mākou mau kumulāʻau," wahi a Cindy Blain, Luna Hoʻokele o California ReLeaf. "He mea nui ko mākou ululāʻau kūlanakauhale no ko mākou olakino kaiapuni a me ke kaiāulu no laila pono mākou e hana i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke mālama i ko mākou wai a me kā mākou mau kumulāʻau."
ʻO nā kumulāʻau ma nā ʻāina i hoʻoulu ʻia e hilinaʻi ʻia i ka hoʻoinu mau ʻana a i ka wā e hoʻemi ʻia ai ka wai – ʻoi aku ka nui i ka wā e pau loa ai – hiki i nā kumulāʻau ke kaumaha a make. He pilikia nui ka poho o ka laau, aole wale no ka wehe ana i na laau, aka, no ka lilo ana o na pomaikai a pau i loaa mai i na laau: ka hooluolu a me ka hoomaemae ana i ka ea a me ka wai, ka uhi ana i na hale, na alanui hele a me na wahi lealea, a me ka pale ana i ke ola kino.
E hahai i kēia mau ʻanuʻu maʻalahi no ka mālama lāʻau maloʻo kūpono i kēia kauwela:
- E hoʻohāinu i nā kumulāʻau oʻo 1 a 2 manawa i kēlā me kēia mahina me ka hose hoʻoheheʻe maʻalahi a i ʻole ka ʻōnaehana kulu i ka lihi o ke kumu lāʻau – ʻAʻole ma ke kumu o ka lāʻau. E hoʻohana i ka hose faucet timer (loaʻa ma nā hale kūʻai lako) no ka pale ʻana i ka wai nui.
- Pono nā kumulāʻau ʻōpiopio i 5 mau galani wai 2 a 4 mau manawa i kēlā me kēia pule, ma muli o kou ʻāina a me ka wā. E hana i kahi kīʻaha wai liʻiliʻi me ka berm a i ʻole ka puʻu lepo.
- E hoʻohana i ka wai i hana hou ʻia e mālama i kāu mau lāʻau. E ʻauʻau me ka bākeke a hoʻohana i kēlā wai no nā kumulāʻau a me nā mea kanu, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia me nā kopa non-biodegradable a i ʻole shampoos. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻololi i ka wai i hana hou ʻia a i ʻole i hana hou ʻia e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia paʻakai.
- E makaʻala i ʻole e ʻohi nui i nā kumulāʻau i ka wā maloʻo. ʻO ka ʻohi nui ʻana a me ka maloʻo e hoʻopilikia i kāu mau lāʻau.
- Mulch, Mulch, MULCH! ʻO 4 a 6 mau ʻīniha o ka mulch e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka makū, e hōʻemi i ka pono o ka wai a me ka pale ʻana i kāu mau lāʻau.
- E nānā i ke aniau a e ʻae iā Māmā Nature e mālama i ka wai inā he ua i ka wānana. A e hoʻomanaʻo, makemake nā lāʻau i nā papa hoʻoinu ʻokoʻa ma mua o nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe a me ka hoʻolālā ʻāina.
"I ka ʻoki ʻana o ka poʻe Kaleponi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai o waho, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā lāʻau e hōʻoia i ka ikaika o ko mākou mau ululāʻau kūlanakauhale i kēia wā maloʻo nui," wahi a Walter Passmore, State Urban Forester no CAL FIRE. "He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka wai i kēia kauwela, a pono mākou e noʻonoʻo i ka wā a me pehea mākou e hoʻohana ai i kēia waiwai makamae. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā lāʻau i hoʻokumu ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā alakaʻi mālama lāʻau maloʻo-smart e lilo i ʻāpana o ka waihona wai o kēlā me kēia kanaka.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hana ʻana o ko Kaleponi i kēia lā e mālama i ka wai, e kipa SaveOurWater.com.
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No Kaleponi ReLeaf: Ke hana nei ʻo California ReLeaf i ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa e hāpai i nā kuʻikahi ma waena o nā hui kaiaulu, nā kānaka, nā ʻoihana, a me nā keʻena aupuni, e paipai ana i kēlā me kēia e kōkua i ka noho ʻana o ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale a me ka pale o ko mākou kaiapuni ma ke kanu ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kumulāʻau. E aʻo hou ma www.CaliforniaReLeaf.org
E pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou wai: ʻO Save Our Water ka papahana mālama wai o Kaleponi. Hoʻomaka ʻia i ka makahiki 2009 e ke Keʻena Waiwai o Kaleponi, ʻo Save Our Water ka pahuhopu o ka mālama ʻana i ka wai i mea maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Kaleponi. Loaʻa ka papahana i nā miliona o Kaleponi i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma o ka launa pū ʻana me nā keʻena wai kūloko a me nā hui kaiaulu ʻē aʻe, nā hoʻoikaika kūʻai kaiaulu, uku a loaʻa i ka media a me nā kākoʻo hanana. E kipa mai SaveOurWater.com a hahai @saveourwater ma Twitter a @SaveOurWaterCA ma Facebook.
E pili ana i ke Keʻena ʻOihana Ululāʻau o Kaleponi a me ka Hoʻomalu Ahi (CAL FIRE): ʻO ke Keʻena ʻOihana Nahele a me ke Ahi (CAL FIRE) lawelawe a mālama i nā kānaka a mālama i ka waiwai a me nā waiwai o Kaleponi. Hana ka CAL FIRE's Urban & Community Forestry Program e hoʻonui a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mālama ʻana i nā kumulāʻau a me nā mea kanu pili i nā kaiāulu a puni Kaleponi a alakaʻi i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e holomua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me nā kaiāulu.
No ka USDA Forest Service: Mālama ka Forest Service i 18 mau ululāʻau aupuni ma ka Pākīpika Hema Komohana, kahi e hoʻopuni ana ma luna o 20 miliona mau ʻeka ma Kaleponi, a kōkua i ka mokuʻāina a me nā mea nona ka ululāʻau pilikino ma Kaleponi, Hawaii a me ka US Affiliated Pacific Islands. Hāʻawi nā ululāʻau ʻāina i ka 50 pakeneka o ka wai ma Kaleponi a lilo i ka wai wai o ka hapa nui o nā aqueducts nui a ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,400 mau pūnāwai a puni ka mokuʻāina. No ka 'ike hou aku, e kipa www.fs.usda.gov/R5
No nā mea kanu kūlanakauhale: Nā mea kanu kūlanakauhale he hoa hana waiwai ole i hookumuia e ke Kulanakauhale o Los Angeles e puunaue a kanu ana ma kahi o 20,000 laau i kela ame keia makahiki. Ke hana pū nei ka hui me ke kūlanakauhale, moku'āina, federala a me ʻeono mau hoa hana waiwai ʻole e hoʻololi i nā kaiāulu o LA a ulu i kahi ululāʻau kūlanakauhale e pale ai i nā kaiāulu palupalu no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana, no laila e loaʻa i nā kaiāulu āpau ke komo like i nā kumulāʻau a me kā lākou mau pono o ka ea maʻemaʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke olakino, ka malu anuanu,
No Canopy: ʻO Canopy kahi mea waiwai ʻole e kanu a mālama i nā kumulāʻau kahi e makemake nui ai ka poʻe iā lākou, e ulu ana i ka uhi lāʻau kūlanakauhale ma nā kaiāulu ʻo Kapalakiko Midpeninsula no nā makahiki he 25, no laila hiki i kēlā me kēia kamaʻāina o Midpeninsula ke hele i waho, pāʻani, a ulu maikaʻi ma lalo o ka malu o nā kumu lāʻau olakino. www.canopy.org.
E pili ana i ka Sacramento Tree Foundation: ʻO ka Sacramento Tree Foundation kahi mea waiwai ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka ulu ʻana i nā kaiāulu ola a aloha ʻia mai nā hua a i ka papa. E aʻo hou ma sactree.org.
No California Urban Forest Council: Ua ʻike ʻo California Urban Forests Council he kumu waiwai nā kumulāʻau a me ka wai. Hoʻohālike nā kumulāʻau i ko mākou mau hale - hoʻomaikaʻi lākou i nā waiwai waiwai, hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ko mākou wai a me ka ea, a ʻoi aku ka palekana a me ka mālie o ko mākou mau alanui. Ke hoʻoinu pono mākou a mālama pono i kā mākou mau kumulāʻau, hauʻoli mākou i ka nui o nā pōmaikaʻi lōʻihi me ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa a me ka hoʻoikaika liʻiliʻi. E naauao i ka wai. He maʻalahi. Aia mākou e kōkua! www.caufc.org