Na Keith McAleer
He leʻaleʻa ka hōʻike ʻana iā Tree Davis i kēia makahiki ʻo Partners in Community Forestry National Conference in Pittsburgh (he mahalo nui iā ʻoe Kaleponi ReLeaf no ka hiki ana i ko'u hele ana!). ʻO ka hālāwai kūkā o nā hoa makahiki he manawa kūʻokoʻa ia no nā mea waiwai ʻole, arborists, nā keʻena aupuni, nā ʻepekema a me nā ʻoihana lāʻau ʻē aʻe e hui pū i ka pūnaewele, hui pū, a aʻo e pili ana i ka noiʻi hou a me nā hana maikaʻi loa e lawe mai i ka home e kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i ke ʻano i loko o ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale. .
ʻAʻole au i hele i Pittsburgh ma mua, a ua hauʻoli wau i kona waihoʻoluʻu nani, nā mauna, nā muliwai a me ka mōʻaukala waiwai. ʻO ka hui ʻana o ke kaona o ka hale hoʻolālā hou a me nā skyscrapers i hui pū ʻia me nā pōhaku colonial kahiko i hana i kahi lani maikaʻi, a hana ʻia no kahi huakaʻi hoihoi. Hoʻopuni ʻia ke kaona e nā muliwai e hana ana i kahi peninsula e like me Manhattan a i ʻole Vancouver, BC. Ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ke kaona, hui ka muliwai ʻo Monongahela (kekahi o nā muliwai liʻiliʻi o ka honua e kahe ana i ka ʻākau) a me ka muliwai Allegheny e hana i ka Ohio ikaika, e hana ana i kahi ʻāina triangular i kapa ʻia e nā kamaʻāina me ke aloha ʻo "The Point". Nui ka hana noʻeau a ua piha ke kūlanakauhale me ka poʻe ʻōpio e hana nei e kūkulu i nā ʻoihana. ʻO ka mea nui (no mākou nā mea aloha lāʻau), nui nā kumulāʻau ʻōpiopio i kanu ʻia ma nā kahawai a me ke kaona. He wahi maikaʻi loa ia no kahi hālāwai lāʻau!
Ua ʻike koke au e pili ana i ke ʻano o kēia kanu lāʻau hou. Ma kekahi o na hoike poina ole o ka aha. Laau Pittsburgh, ka ʻO ke Komohana Pennsylvania Conservancy, a me Davey Resource Group i hōʻike i kā lākou Hoʻolālā Kūleʻa ʻo Urban Forest no Pittsburgh. Ua hōʻike maoli kā lākou hoʻolālā i ke ʻano o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka pilina ma waena o nā mea waiwai ʻole a me nā keʻena aupuni ma ka pae kūloko, kūloko, a me ka mokuʻāina e hiki ke hoʻopuka i kahi hopena i hiki ʻole i kekahi hui ke loaʻa iā ia iho. He mea hōʻoluʻolu ka ʻike ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā kaiāulu no nā kumulāʻau ma nā pae āpau o ke aupuni, no ka mea, ʻo ka mea a kekahi kaiāulu e hana ai, e pili ana i kona hoalauna a me ka hope. No laila, he hoʻolālā lāʻau nui ʻo Pittsburgh. Akā, pehea ka ʻike ʻana o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma ka honua?
Ma hope o ke kakahiaka nui i ka lā 1 o ka hālāwai kūkā, ua hiki i nā mea hele ke koho e hele i kahi huakaʻi e ʻike i nā kumulāʻau (a me nā mea ʻē aʻe) ma Pittsburgh. Ua koho au i ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa a ʻaʻole au i hoka. Ua ʻike mākou i nā ʻoka a me nā maple hou i kanu ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai - ua kanu ʻia ka nui o lākou ma nā wahi ʻoihana mua i hoʻopiha mua ʻia i nā nāhelehele. Ua hele paʻa kaʻa mākou ma mua o ka mōʻaukala i mālama ʻia a hoʻohana mau ʻia Duquesne incline, he alahao inclined (a i ʻole funicular), hoʻokahi o ʻelua i koe ma Pittsburgh. (Ua aʻo mākou he mau kakini ma mua, a he ala maʻamau kēia e hele ai ma Pittsburgh ʻoihana ʻoihana i hala). ʻO ka mea nui ka ʻike ʻana i ka 20,000th kumulāʻau i kanu ʻia e ka Western Pennsylvania Conservancy's Tree Vitalize program i hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2008. He iwakālua kaukani lāʻau i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki he hana kupaianaha. Me he mea lā, ʻo ka 20,000th he laau oka keokeo, he 6,000 paona kona kaumaha i ka wa i kanuia ai! Me he mea lā ke kūkulu ʻana i ka Hoʻolālā Hoʻolālā ʻĀina Kūleʻa a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā hoa he nui i maikaʻi pū kekahi.
ʻOiai, ʻaʻole makemake kekahi o mākou e aloha lāʻau, ʻo ka politika ke ʻano o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kaiāulu ikaika me nā lāʻau. He manawa kūpono ko ka Hui Hoa e pili ana i kēia, ʻoiai ʻo ka Poalua ka lā koho. ʻO ke kuhina nui o Pittsburgh i koho hou ʻia ma ka papa manawa e kamaʻilio ai, a ʻo koʻu manaʻo mua He aha inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i lanakila i ke koho balota i ka pō nei…e ʻōlelo paha ke kanaka ʻē aʻe? Ua ʻike koke au, ʻo ka meia hou, ʻo Bill Peduto, he haʻiʻōlelo hilinaʻi e like me nā mea a pau, ʻoiai ua lanakila ʻo ia i ke koho balota i ka pō i hala me ka 85% o ka balota! ʻAʻole maikaʻi no ka mea hana ʻole. Ua hōʻike ʻo Mekia Peduto i kona hoʻolaʻa ʻana i nā kumulāʻau a me nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka lehulehu o nā mea aloha lāʻau ma mua o 2 mau hola o ka hiamoe. Ua paʻi ʻo ia iaʻu ma ke ʻano he mayor e pili ana i ka ʻōpio, ʻano hou, ʻike ʻia ʻo Pittsburgh aʻu e ʻike nei. I kekahi manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo Pittsburgh ka "Seattle" o ka US a ua mākaukau ʻo ia no Pittsburgh e manaʻo hou ʻia he hub no nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mea hana, nā mea hou, a me nā mea hoʻonaninani.
Ma ka lā 2, ua kamaʻilio ʻo Senator Jim Ferlo i ka ʻaha kumu lāʻau. Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo ia i ka manaʻo maikaʻi o Mayor Peduto e pili ana i ka manaʻo o ka mokuʻāina i ka wā e hiki mai ana, akā ua hāʻawi pū ʻo ia i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i ka hopena o ka hydraulic fracturing (fracking) i Pennsylvania. E like me kāu e ʻike ai ma kēia palapala ʻāina o Pennsylvania fracking, ua hoʻopuni maoli ʻia ʻo Pittsburgh e ka fracking. ʻOiai inā hana ikaika nā Pittsburghers e kūkulu i ke kūlanakauhale hoʻomau i loko o nā palena o ke kūlanakauhale, aia nā pilikia kūlohelohe ma waho o nā palena. Me he mea lā he mea hōʻike hou aʻe kēia he mea koʻikoʻi ka hana like ʻana o nā hui kaiapuni kūloko, kūloko, a me ka mokuʻāina e hoʻokō i ka hoʻomau a me kahi kaiapuni maikaʻi aʻe.
ʻO kekahi o kaʻu mau hōʻikeʻike punahele ma ka lā 2 ʻo ia ʻo Kauka William Sullivan Hōʻike Nā lāʻau a me ke ola kanaka. ʻO ka hapa nui o mākou me he mea lā he "Maikaʻi nā lāʻau," a ʻo mākou ma ke kula ululāʻau kūlanakauhale e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā pono o nā lāʻau no ko mākou kaiapuni, akā pehea ka hopena o nā kumulāʻau i ko mākou ʻano a me ka hauʻoli. ? Ua hōʻike ʻo Kauka Sullivan i nā ʻumi makahiki o ka noiʻi e hōʻike ana he mana ka lāʻau e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻōla, hana pū, a hauʻoli. Ma kekahi o kāna mau haʻawina hou loa, ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Kauka Sullivan i nā kumuhana ma o ka hana ʻana iā lākou e hana mau i nā pilikia unuhi no 5 mau minuke (he kani koʻikoʻi!). Ua ana ʻo Kauka Sullivan i nā pae cortisol o ke kumuhana (ka hormone hoʻoponopono koʻikoʻi) ma mua a ma hope o nā minuke 5. Ua ʻike ʻo ia he kiʻekiʻe ka cortisol kiʻekiʻe o nā kumuhana ma hope o 5 mau minuke o ka unuhi ʻana e hōʻike ana ua koʻikoʻi lākou. Ma hope mai, hōʻike ʻo ia i kekahi mau kumuhana kiʻi o nā ʻāina paʻa ʻole, nā ʻāina paʻa, a me kekahi mau ʻāina me nā lāʻau liʻiliʻi, a me kekahi mau ʻāina me nā lāʻau he nui. He aha ka mea i loaʻa iā ia? ʻAe, ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo ka poʻe i nānā i nā ʻāina me nā kumulāʻau ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka cortisol ma mua o ka poʻe i nānā i nā ʻāina me nā lāʻau liʻiliʻi ʻo ia hoʻi ka nānā ʻana i nā kumulāʻau hiki ke kōkua iā mākou e hoʻoponopono i ka cortisol a emi ke kaumaha. Kupaianaha!!!
Ua aʻo nui au ma Pittsburgh. Ke waiho nei au i ka ʻike pono pau ʻole e pili ana i nā ʻano media media, nā hana ʻohi kālā maikaʻi loa, ka wehe ʻana i nā nahele me nā hipa (ʻoiaʻiʻo!), A me ka holo ʻana o ka muliwai nani i hiki ai i ka poʻe i hele mai ke hoʻohui hou aku a kōkua iā mākou e ʻike i kā mākou hana mai kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe. E like me ka mea e manaʻo ai, ʻokoʻa maoli ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale ma Iowa a me Georgia ma mua o Davis. ʻO ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i nā manaʻo like ʻole a me nā pilikia i kōkua iaʻu e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole e pau ke kanu lāʻau a me ke kūkulu kaiāulu i nā palena o ke kūlanakauhale a aia mākou a pau i loko o kēia. Manaʻo wau ua like ka manaʻo o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, a hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi pūnaewele ma ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale, mokuʻāina, ʻāina, a me ka honua e hoʻolālā i kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wā e hiki mai ana. Inā loaʻa kekahi mea e hiki ai ke hōʻuluʻulu iā mākou a pau i mea e hauʻoli, olakino, honua, ʻo ia ka mana o nā kumulāʻau.
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ʻO Keith McAleer ka Luna Hoʻokele o Laau Davis, he lālā o Kaleponi ReLeaf Network.