DAVIS, Calif.— ʻOi aku ka lāʻau ma mua o kahi hiʻohiʻona hoʻolālā ʻāina. Hiki i ke kanu ʻana i nā kumulāʻau ma kāu waiwai ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā kumukūʻai ikehu a hoʻonui i ka mālama kalapona, e hōʻemi ana i kāu kapuaʻi kalapona. He mea hana pūnaewele hou i kūkulu ʻia e ka Ke Keʻena ʻImi ʻImi Komohana Hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Ke Keʻena ʻOihana Nahele a me ka Hoʻomalu Ahi (CAL FIRE) ʻo Kaleponi a me ka Polokalamu Ululāʻau Kaiāulu, a hiki i nā EcoLayers ke kōkua i ka poʻe nona nā hale noho e koho i kēia mau pono pono.
Ke hoʻohana nei i kahi kikowaena Google Maps, ecoSmart Landscapes (www.ecosmartlandscapes.org) hiki i nā mea hale ke ʻike i nā kumulāʻau e kū nei ma ko lākou waiwai a i ʻole koho i kahi e waiho ai i nā kumulāʻau hou i hoʻolālā ʻia; koho a hoʻoponopono i ka ulu lāʻau ma muli o ka nui o kēia manawa a i ʻole ka lā kanu; a e helu i nā hopena kalapona a me ka ikehu o nā lāʻau e kū nei a i hoʻolālā ʻia. Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana, e hoʻonui ʻia ʻo Google Maps i ka wahi o kāu waiwai e pili ana i kāu helu alanui. E hoʻohana i ka wahi maʻalahi o ka mea hana a kaomi i nā hana e ʻike ai i kāu ʻāpana a me nā palena kūkulu ma ka palapala ʻāina. A laila, e hoʻokomo i ka nui a me ke ʻano o nā lāʻau ma kāu waiwai. A laila e helu ka mea hana i nā hopena ikehu a me ka waiho kalapona i hāʻawi ʻia e kēlā mau lāʻau i kēia manawa a i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Hiki i ia ʻike ke kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana iā ʻoe i ke koho ʻana a me ke kau ʻana i nā kumulāʻau hou ma kāu waiwai.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā helu kalapona ma ke ʻano hana wale nō i ʻae ʻia e ka Climate Action Reserve's Urban Forest Project Protocol no ka helu ʻana i ke kalapona dioxide mai nā papahana kanu lāʻau. Hāʻawi ka papahana i nā kūlanakauhale, nā hui pono, nā ʻāpana wai, nā waiwai ʻole a me nā hui aupuni ʻole e hoʻohui i nā papahana kanu lāʻau ākea i kā lākou carbon offset a i ʻole nā papahana ululāʻau kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka beta o kēia manawa e pili ana i nā ʻāpana aniau Kaleponi āpau. Loaʻa ka ʻikepili no ke koena o ka US a me kahi mana ʻoihana i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā mea hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale a me nā papahana nui i ka hapaha mua o 2013.
"ʻO ke kanu ʻana i kahi lāʻau e malu ai i kou home ʻo ia kekahi o nā ala ʻoi loa ka uku e mālama ai i ka ikehu a kōkua i ke kaiapuni," wahi a Greg McPherson, he mea noiʻi nahele ma ka Pacific Southwest Research Station nāna i kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mea hana. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kēia hāmeʻa e hoʻonohonoho pono i nā kumulāʻau e hoʻokomo i ke kālā i loko o kāu ʻeke i ko lākou ulu ʻana."
ʻO nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana o nā ʻāina ecoSmart e hiki mai ana, e holo nei i kēia manawa ma Google Chrome, Firefox, a me Internet Explorer 9 polokalamu kele pūnaewele, e loaʻa nā mea hana loiloi no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka wai, ka mālama ʻana i ka wai, infiltration ma muli o nā hoʻonohonoho ʻāina, ka ʻae ʻana i ka wai ua ma muli o nā kumu lāʻau, a me ke ahi i nā hale.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ma Albany, Calif., ka Pacific Southwest Research Station e hoʻomohala a kamaʻilio i ka ʻepekema pono e mālama i nā kaiaola ululāʻau a me nā pono ʻē aʻe i ke kaiāulu. Loaʻa iā ia nā keʻena noiʻi ma Kaleponi, Hawaii a me nā Mokupuni Pākīpika pili i ka US. No ka 'ike hou aku, e kipa www.fs.fed.us/psw/.