Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo USDA Forest Service Chief, Tom Tidwell, ma ka Ka Ahahui o na Nahelehele o Amerika halawai makahiki. ʻO kēia kāna ʻōlelo e pili ana i nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me nā kaiāulu:
"Me ka 80 pakeneka o nā ʻAmelika e noho ana ma nā wahi metropolitan, ke hoʻonui nei ka Forest Service i kā mākou hana ma nā wahi e like me New York, Philadelphia, a me Los Angeles. He 100 miliona ʻeka o nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻAmelika, a ma o kā mākou Polokalamu ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me ke kaiāulu, ke hāʻawi nei mākou i ke kōkua i nā kaiāulu 8,550, kahi home o ka hapalua o ko mākou heluna holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu he pūnaewele hoʻomau o nā ʻāina ululāʻau olakino, mai nā wahi wao nahele mamao a i nā kaiāulu malu o ke kūlanakauhale, nā paka, a me nā ala ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
ʻO kahi hui hoʻihoʻi hou no nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Urban Waters Federal Partnership. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo White House i ka hui ʻana i Iune i hala ma Baltimore. Loaʻa iā ia he 11 mau keʻena pekelala ʻokoʻa, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻihoʻi i ke olakino o nā kahawai wai o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou he wahi ulu lāʻau. ʻEhiku mau wahi pailaka i koho ʻia, a ke alakaʻi nei ka ʻOihana Nahele ma luna o ʻekolu o lākou—ma Baltimore, kahi o ke poʻo o ka muliwai ʻo Patapsco a me ka wailele ʻo Jones ma nā ʻāina kuaʻāina ma ka ʻākau a me ke komohana; ma Denver, kahi mākou e hana nei me Denver Water no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā ʻāina ululāʻau i hoʻopau ʻia e ke ahi Hayman ma 2002; a ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana ʻākau o Indiana, kahi hapa o ka ʻāpana nui o Chicago, kahi a mākou e hana nei ma waena o Chicago Wilderness.