Lā: Pōʻakahi, ʻAukake 20, 2012, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Kahi: 3268 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, Kaleponi
Hoʻokipa ʻia e: Urban Releaf
Hoʻokaʻaʻike: Joann Do, (510) 552-5369 cell, info@urbanreleaf.org
E kipa ana ʻo US Forest Service Tom Tidwell i Oakland ma ka Pōʻakahi, ʻAukake 20, 2012 e nānā i nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā hana kūkulu kaiāulu a Urban Releaf.
E hāʻawi ana ʻo Chief Tidwell iā Urban Releaf me kahi helu $181,000 o USDA Urban Community and Forestry kālā e kākoʻo i kā mākou Green Street Research, Demonstration and Education Project a me ke kanu ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Oakland.
ʻO nā mea haʻiʻōlelo no ka hana ʻo ia ʻo US Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, Regional Forester Randy Moore, CALFIRE Director Ken Pimlott, City of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, a me Rebecca Kaplan.
No ka mahalo ʻana i ke kipa ʻana a ke Aliʻi Tidwell, e mālama ʻo Urban Releaf i kahi kanu lāʻau ma kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna me nā mea manawaleʻa mai ka hui kumu ʻo Causa Justa :: Just Cause.
ʻO Urban Releaf he hui waiwai ʻole 501(c)3 i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Oakland, Kaleponi no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pono o nā kaiāulu liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe mea uliuli a i ʻole nā kumu lāʻau. Hoʻopaʻa mākou i kā mākou mau hana i nā kaiāulu i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ka maikaʻi ʻole o ke kaiapuni a me ka pōʻino waiwai.
Ua kūpaʻa ʻo Urban Releaf i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o ko lākou mau kaiāulu ma o ke kanu ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana; ka hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni a me ka mālama ʻana; a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā kamaʻāina e hoʻonani i ko lākou mau kaiāulu. Hoʻohana ikaika a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Urban Releaf i nā ʻōpio pilikia a me nā mākua paʻakikī e hoʻolimalima.
Aia ka 31st Street Green Street Demonstration Project ma ke kaiāulu ʻo Hoover ma West Oakland, ma ʻelua mau poloka ma waena o Market Street a me Martin Luther King, Jr. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo Kauka Xiao i nā luawai lāʻau hou me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pōhaku kūikawā a me ka lepo e mālama ai i ka wai ma nā ʻano ʻelua: 1) ʻo ka hui ʻana o ka pōhaku pele ʻulaʻula a me ka lepo e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai ʻino e holo pololei ana i loko o ka ʻawaʻawa o ke kūlanakauhale, e hoʻomaha ana i ke kaumaha o ka ʻōnaehana o ke kūlanakauhale i ka wā e hiki mai ana 2) kōkua nā kumulāʻau a me ka lepo e kānana i nā mea haumia i loko o ka wai ʻino a pale iā lākou mai ke komo ʻana o ke kai kūʻono. Wahi a ka Center for Urban Forest Research, ʻo nā kumu lāʻau ma ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻēmi i ka haumia o ka ea, hoʻonani i ke kaiāulu ma o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka malu, e mālama i nā kumukūʻai mehana a me ka hoʻoluʻu, kūkulu i ke ʻano o ke kaiāulu, a hāʻawi i nā manawa no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo - ʻo nā mea a pau i ka mālama wai.
Aia nā hoa hana i kēia mau mea: US Forest Service, California Releaf, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, CALFIRE, CA Department of Water Resources, City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Odwalla Plant a Tree Program