Ua hoʻokuʻu ka US Forest Service a me kāna mau hoa i kēia kakahiaka i ka mana hou o kā lākou manuahi i-Tree lako polokalamu, i hoʻolālā ʻia e helu i nā pono o nā lāʻau a kōkua i nā kaiāulu i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kākoʻo a me ke kālā no nā kumulāʻau ma ko lākou mau paka, nā pā kula a me nā kaiāulu.
i-Laau v.4, i hiki i ka lehulehu-private partners, e hoʻolako i nā mea hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale, nā luna ululāʻau, nā mea kākoʻo kaiapuni a me nā haumāna he mea hana manuahi e ana i ka waiwai kaiaola a me ka waiwai o nā kumulāʻau ma ko lākou mau kaiāulu a me nā kūlanakauhale. Hāʻawi ka Forest Service a me kāna mau hoa i ke kākoʻo ʻenehana manuahi a maʻalahi hoʻi no ka suite i-Tree.
"ʻO nā kumulāʻau kūlanakauhale ka lāʻau paʻakikī loa ma ʻAmelika," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Nahele ʻo Tom Tidwell. "Ua paʻa nā aʻa o nā kumulāʻau kūlanakauhale, a ua hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka haumia a me ka pau, akā hoʻomau lākou e hana no mākou."
Ua kōkua ka hui i-Tree o nā mea hana i nā kaiāulu e loaʻa kālā no ka mālama ʻana i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me nā papahana ma ka helu ʻana i ka waiwai o kā lākou mau kumulāʻau a me nā kumu lāʻau lawelawe kaiapuni.
Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi hou i-Tree ua hāʻawi nā kumulāʻau alanui ma Minneapolis i $25 miliona ma nā pōmaikaʻi mai ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu a hiki i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā waiwai waiwai. Ua hiki i nā mea hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale ma Chattanooga, Tenn., ke hōʻike i kēlā me kēia kālā i hoʻokomo ʻia i ko lākou mau ululāʻau kūlanakauhale, ua loaʻa i ke kūlanakauhale he $12.18 i nā pōmaikaʻi. Ua hoʻohana ʻo New York City i ka i-Tree e hōʻoia i $220 miliona no ke kanu ʻana i nā kumulāʻau i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana.
"ʻO ka noiʻi ʻo Forest Service a me nā hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i nā pono o nā kumulāʻau kūlanakauhale i kēia manawa i ka lima o ka poʻe e hiki ke hoʻololi i ko mākou kaiāulu," wahi a Paul Ries, ka luna o Cooperative Forestry for the Forest Service. "ʻO ka hana a nā mea noiʻi ʻo Forest Service, ka mea maikaʻi loa ma ka honua, ʻaʻole ia e noho wale ma luna o kahi papa, akā ua hoʻohana nui ʻia i nā kaiāulu o nā ʻano āpau, a puni ka honua, e kōkua i ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo a hoʻohana i nā pono o nā lāʻau i ko lākou kaiāulu."
Mai ka hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia ʻana o nā mea hana i-Tree i ʻAukake 2006, ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau kaiāulu, hui waiwai ʻole, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me nā kula i hoʻohana i ka i-Tree e hōʻike i nā lāʻau pākahi, nā ʻāpana, nā kaiāulu, nā kūlanakauhale, a me nā mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa.
"Haʻaheo wau i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kahi papahana e hana maikaʻi loa ana i ko mākou kaiāulu," wahi a Dave Nowak, alakaʻi i-Tree noiʻi no ka Forest Service Keena Imi Akau. "E hoʻoulu ʻo i-Tree i kahi ʻike maikaʻi aʻe i ke koʻikoʻi o nā wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale a me nā kaiāulu, he mea koʻikoʻi ia i kahi honua kahi i hoʻomohala ʻia ai ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kaiapuni."
ʻO nā hoʻomaikaʻi nui loa i ka i-Tree v.4:
- E hiki aku ana ka i-Tree i ka lehulehu ma ke ao ana i ka waiwai o na laau. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka i-Tree Design e maʻalahi e hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea hale, nā kikowaena māla, a me nā lumi kula. Hiki i nā kānaka ke hoʻohana i ka i-Tree Design a me kāna loulou i nā palapala ʻāina Google e ʻike i ka hopena o nā kumulāʻau ma ko lākou pā hale, nā kaiāulu a me nā lumi papa, a me nā pōmaikaʻi e ʻike ai lākou ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kumulāʻau hou. ʻO i-Tree Canopy a me VUE me kā lākou mau loulou i nā palapala ʻāina Google i kēia manawa ua maʻalahi a emi ke kumukūʻai no nā kaiāulu a me nā luna e nānā i ka nui a me nā waiwai o kā lākou canopy kumulāʻau, nā loiloi a hiki i kēia manawa ua pāpā ʻia no nā kaiāulu he nui.
- E hoʻonui aku ʻo i-Tree i kāna poʻe ʻike i nā ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai ʻē aʻe. Hāʻawi ʻo i-Tree Hydro i kahi mea hana maʻalahi no ka poʻe ʻoihana e pili ana i ka wai ʻino a me ka maikaʻi o ka wai a me ka hoʻokele nui. ʻO ka Hydro kahi mea hana hiki ke hoʻohana koke ʻia e kōkua i nā kaiāulu e loiloi a hoʻoponopono i nā hopena o ko lākou mau ululāʻau kūlanakauhale ma ke kahe ʻana o ke kahawai a me ka maikaʻi o ka wai e hiki ke kōkua i ka hālāwai ʻana i ka wai maʻemaʻe o ka mokuʻāina a me ka ʻāina (EPA).
- Me kēlā me kēia hoʻokuʻu hou o i-Tree, ua maʻalahi nā mea hana e hoʻohana a pili pono i nā mea hoʻohana. Ke kamaʻilio mau nei nā mea hoʻomohala i-Tree i nā manaʻo mai nā mea hoʻohana a hoʻoponopono a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mea hana i maʻalahi lākou e hoʻohana ʻia e ka lehulehu ākea. E kōkua wale kēia i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ka hopena ʻaʻole wale ma United States akā a puni ka honua.