WASHINGTON, ʻOkakopa 7, 2010 – He hōʻike hou a ka USDA Forest Service, Sustaining America's Urban Trees and Forests, e hōʻike ana i ke kūlana o kēia manawa a me nā pōmaikaʻi o nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale o ʻAmelika e pili ana i nā ola o kahi kokoke i 80 pakeneka o ka heluna kanaka US.
"No nā ʻAmelika he nui, ʻo nā pāka kūloko, nā pā a me nā kumulāʻau alanui wale nō nā nahele a lākou i ʻike ai," wahi a Tom Tidwell, Luna Nui o ka US Forest Service. "Ma mua o 220 miliona ʻAmelika e noho ana ma nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale a ke hilinaʻi nei lākou i nā pono kaiapuni, hoʻokele waiwai a me ka pilikanaka i hāʻawi ʻia e kēia mau lāʻau a me nā ululāʻau. Hōʻike kēia hōʻike i nā pilikia e kū nei i nā ululāʻau pilikino a me ka lehulehu a hāʻawi i kekahi mau mea hana pono e hoʻoikaika i ka pono o ka hoʻokele ʻāina e hiki mai ana.
ʻOkoʻa ka māhele ʻana o nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale mai kēlā me kēia kaiāulu, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o nā pono like i hāʻawi ʻia e nā kumulāʻau o ke kūlanakauhale: hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka wai, hoʻemi ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu, nā wahi noho holoholona like ʻole a hoʻonui i ka maikaʻi o ke ola a me ka maikaʻi o nā kamaʻāina.
I ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā wahi ākea a puni ka ʻāina, e piʻi aʻe ka waiwai o kēia mau ululāʻau a me nā pono o lākou, a me nā pilikia e mālama a mālama iā lākou. Hiki i nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā hui kaiāulu ke pōmaikaʻi mai kekahi mau mea hana hoʻokele i helu ʻia i loko o ka hōʻike, e like me TreeLink, kahi pūnaewele pūnaewele e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻike loea e pili ana i nā kumu kumu ulu lāʻau kūlanakauhale i mea kōkua no nā pilikia e kū nei i ko lākou mau kumulāʻau a me nā ululāʻau.
Hoʻomaopopo pū ka hōʻike e kū nei nā kumulāʻau kūlanakauhale i nā pilikia i nā makahiki he 50 e hiki mai ana. No nā laʻana nā mea kanu invasive a me nā iniseti, ke ahi ahi, ka haumia o ka ea a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau e loaʻa i nā hopena āpau i ke kumu lāʻau o nā kūlanakauhale ma waena o ʻAmelika.
"ʻO nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o nā kaiaola kaiāulu, me nā mea he nui e hoʻopilikia nui i ka maikaʻi o ke ola o ke kūlanakauhale," wahi a David Nowak, kahi mea noiʻi US Forest Service Northern Research Station. "ʻAʻole hāʻawi kēia mau lāʻau i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi akā hoʻonui pū i nā waiwai waiwai a me nā pono pāʻoihana."
ʻO ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kumulāʻau a me nā ululāʻau o ʻAmelika i hana ʻia e ka papahana Forests on the Edge.
ʻO ka mikiona o ka USDA Forest Service ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino, ka ʻokoʻa, a me ka huahana o nā ululāʻau a me nā mauʻu o ka Lahui no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pono o kēia manawa a me nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. Mālama ka ʻOihana i 193 miliona ʻeka o ka ʻāina aupuni, hāʻawi i ke kōkua i ka mokuʻāina a me nā mea nona ka ʻāina pilikino, a mālama i ka hui noiʻi ulu lāʻau nui loa ma ka honua.