I ʻApelila 2011, ua hui ka US Forest Service a me New York Restoration Project (NYRP) i ka Vibrant Cities and Urban Forests: A National Call to Action task force ma waho o Wakinekona, DC. Ua kamaʻilio ka papa hana ʻekolu lā i ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me nā kaiaola o ko kākou lāhui; e hoʻopili ana i nā pono olakino, kaiapuni, ka pilikanaka a me ka hoʻokele waiwai a lākou e lawe mai ai i nā kūlanakauhale hoʻomau a olaola. Hoʻomaka ka pūʻulu hana VCUF e hana i kahi hihiʻo, hoʻonohonoho i nā pahuhopu a me nā ʻōlelo paipai e holomua ai ka mālama ʻana i nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me nā waiwai kūlohelohe i nā makahiki he ʻumi aʻe.
ʻO nā kānaka he 25 i loko o ka pūʻulu hana, ʻo ia nā luna aupuni a me ka mokuʻāina i ʻike nui ʻia a mahalo nui ʻia, nā alakaʻi waiwai ʻole a me ka ʻāina, nā mea noiʻi, nā mea hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale, a me nā ʻelele kumu a me nā ʻoihana. Ua koho ʻia nā lālā o ka pūʻulu hana mai kahi wai o nā koho koho ʻoi aku ma mua o 150.
I ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka papa hana, ua komo nā lālā hana i nā webinars i kēlā me kēia pule e kamaʻilio ana i ka mōʻaukala o ke kākoʻo ʻana o ka US Forest Service i nā papahana ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me ke kaiāulu a me nā hana maikaʻi loa i nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me nā kaiaola a me ke komo ʻana i kahi kūkākūkā o ko lākou mau manaʻo a me nā pahuhopu no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale.
I ka wā o ka papa hana o ʻApelila, ua hoʻomaka nā lālā hana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi pūʻulu o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ʻehiku mau kumuhana ākea:
1. Kaulike
2. ʻIke a me ka noiʻi no ka hoʻoholo ʻana a me ka loiloi
3. Hoʻolālā hui a hoʻohui pū ʻia ma kahi pālākiō āpana metropolitan
4. Hoʻopili, hoʻonaʻauao a ʻike i ka hana
5. Ke kūkulu hale
6. Hoʻoponopono hou i nā kumuwaiwai
7. Nā hana maʻamau a maikaʻi loa
ʻO kēia mau manaʻo - e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia a hoʻopau ʻia i nā mahina e hiki mai ana - e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻoponopono kaiapuni, kākoʻo i ka noiʻi kaiaola kaiaola kūlanakauhale, paipai i ka hui ʻana o ke keʻena a me ka hui i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a manaʻo i nā ala e ulu ai i nā limahana hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo hoʻomau, hoʻokumu i nā kumu waiwai kālā mau a hoʻonaʻauao i nā kamaʻāina a me nā ʻōpio e paipai i ka mālama a me ka hana kaiapuni. E hoʻohana hou ka pūʻulu hana i nā kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi loa o nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a me nā kaiaolaola i kēia manawa e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā kūlana Vibrant Cities & Urban Forests e hana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā manaʻo āpau.