"E hui ana ʻoe me nā kānaka maikaʻi—nā kānaka puʻuwai maikaʻi—ke kanu lāʻau," wahi a David Wilkinson, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka pelekikena papa o Woodland Tree Foundation.
I loko o kāna mau makahiki 10 o ka hana, ua kanu ke kumu ma luna o 2,100 mau kumulāʻau ma kēia Tree City USA ma ke komohana ʻākau o Sacramento. He mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Wilkinson a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua loaʻa ka inoa ʻo Woodland ma muli o ka ulu ʻana mai loko mai o ka ululāʻau ʻoka. Makemake ʻo Wilkinson a me ke kahua e mālama i kēlā hoʻoilina.
Hana pū ka hui manawaleʻa āpau me ke kūlanakauhale e kanu i nā kumulāʻau ma ke kūlanakauhale a pani i nā kumulāʻau kahiko. He iwakālua makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe lāʻau ma ke kaona. I ka makahiki 1990, kanu ke kūlanakauhale i ʻekolu a ʻehā ʻāpana lāʻau. Mai ka makahiki 2000, i ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka Woodland Tree Foundation, ua hoʻohui lākou i nā kumulāʻau.
Nā Aʻa i ka Hoʻomalu Laʻau
ʻOiai ke hana pū nei ke kūlanakauhale a me ke kahua i ka lima i kēia lā, ua ulu maoli ke kumu mai kahi hoʻopiʻi kūʻē i ke kūlanakauhale no kahi papahana hoʻonui alanui e hoʻopau ana i kahi lālani o nā lāʻau ʻoliva 100 makahiki. Aia ʻo Wilkinson ma ke komisina lāʻau kūlanakauhale. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo ia a me kahi hui o nā kamaʻāina i ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻōki i ka lawe ʻia ʻana.
Ua noho lākou ma waho o ke aloaliʻi, a ua ʻae ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻoneʻe i nā lāʻau ʻoliva. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole mālama pono ʻia lākou a make.
"ʻO ke kala kālā ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻoikaika iaʻu a me kahi pūʻulu o ka poʻe e hoʻokumu i kahi kumu lāʻau waiwai ʻole," wahi a Wilkinson. "I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua loaʻa maikaʻi kā mākou haʻawina mua mai ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao o Kaleponi."
Ma muli o ka ʻoki kālā, ke paipai nei ke kūlanakauhale i ke kumu e lawe i nā kuleana ʻoi aku.
"I ka wā ma mua, ua hana nui ke kūlanakauhale i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana a me nā mākaʻikaʻi lawelawe no nā laina lalo a me nā laina pono," wahi a Wes Schroeder, ke kūlanakauhale arborist. "He manawa nui loa ia, a ke kōkua nei mākou i ka pae kumu i loko."
Ke hoʻololi ʻia nā kumulāʻau kahiko, wili ke kūlanakauhale i nā kumu a hoʻohui i ka lepo hou. A laila hāʻawi ia i nā wahi i ke kumu e pani ai i nā kumulāʻau.
"E hana liʻiliʻi paha mākou i nā mea kanu me ka ʻole o ke kumu," wahi a Schroeder.
Hana pū me nā Kaiāulu Kūkākūkā
Loaʻa i ke kumu ke kōkua nui mai nā hui lāʻau mai ʻelua mau kūlanakauhale kokoke, ʻo Sacramento Tree Foundation a me Tree Davis. I ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa, ua loaʻa i nā hui ʻelua nā haʻawina a ua koho lākou e hana pū me ka Woodland Tree Foundation e kanu i nā kumulāʻau ma Woodland.
"Manaʻolana e lilo lākou i mau alakaʻi hui ma ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale ke hana mākou i nā mea kanu," wahi a Keren Costanzo, ka luna hoʻokele hou o Tree Davis. "Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hoʻonui i ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o nā hui a hoʻohui i kā mākou kumuwaiwai."
Ke hana pū nei ka Woodland Tree Foundation me Tree Davis e kanu i nā kumulāʻau ma ke alaloa 113 e hui pū ana i nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua.
"Ua lawe mākou i ʻehiku mau mile ma ke ala nui," wahi a Wilkinson. "Ua hoʻopau ʻia he 15 mau makahiki i hala a he liʻiliʻi loa nā lāʻau."
Ua kanu ʻia ke kumu ma laila no ʻewalu mau makahiki, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nui o nā ʻoka a me kekahi mau ʻulaʻula a me nā pistache.
"Ke kanu nei ʻo lāʻau Davis ma ko lākou hopena, a ua aʻo mai lākou iā mākou pehea e hana ai i ko mākou hopena, pehea e ulu ai i nā mea kanu mai nā acorns a me nā hua buckhorn," wahi a Wilkinson.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 2011 e hui pū nā hui ʻelua e kanu i nā kumulāʻau ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua.
“I nā makahiki ʻelima e hiki mai ana, e loaʻa ana paha nā kumulāʻau ma ke alahele. Manaʻo wau he mea kupanaha ia i ka hala ʻana o nā makahiki. "
ʻO ka mea hoihoi, ua hoʻolālā mua nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua e hui pū i ko lākou mau kūlanakauhale me nā lāʻau i ka makahiki 1903, e like me Wilkinson. Ua hui pū kekahi hui civic wahine ma Woodland, no ka pane ʻana i ka lā Arbor, me kahi hui like ma Davis e kanu i nā lāʻau pāma.
“ʻO nā lāʻau pāma ka huhū. Ua makemake ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Kaleponi e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻano wela no laila e hauʻoli ka poʻe hikina e hele mai i Kaleponi.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka papahana, akā aia nō nā lāʻau pāma i kanu ʻia i kēlā au.
Pōmaikaʻi o kēia wā
Ua loaʻa i ka Woodland Tree Foundation nā haʻawina mai California ReLeaf, ka California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection a me PG&E (ʻo ka mea hope e hōʻoia i ka ulu ʻana o nā kumulāʻau kūpono ma lalo o nā laina mana). Aia ka papa inoa o 40 a i ʻole 50 mau mea manawaleʻa e kōkua me ʻekolu a ʻehā mau mea kanu i ka makahiki, ʻo ka hapa nui i ka hāʻule a ma ka lā Arbor. Ua kōkua nā haumāna mai UC Davis a me nā keikikāne a me nā kaikamahine.
I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻopili kekahi wahine ma ke kūlanakauhale nona kahi hilinaʻi aloha ʻohana i ke kahua. Pīhoihoi ʻia ʻo ia i ka moʻolelo o ke kahua a me ka ʻuhane manawaleʻa.
"Makemake ʻo ia e hana ʻo Woodland i kūlanakauhale ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me ka malu," wahi a Wilkinson. "Ua hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iā mākou i makana nui e uku no kahi hoʻolālā hoʻolālā ʻekolu makahiki a me nā kālā e hoʻolimalima i kā mākou luna hoʻonohonoho hapa manawa. ʻO kēia ka mea e hiki ai iā Woodland Tree Foundation ke komo hohonu i loko o ke kaiāulu.
Manaʻoʻo Wilkinson i ke kumu
n ke waiho nei i kahi hoʻoilina lāʻau kupaianaha.
"Ke manaʻo nei ka nui o mākou he mea kūikawā kā mākou e hana nei. Pono nā lāʻau e mālama, a ke waiho maikaʻi nei mākou iā lākou no ka hanauna e hiki mai ana.
Woodland Tree Foundation
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kau: 2000
Hui Pū ʻIa: 2004
Nā lālā o ka papa: 14
Staff:ʻAʻohe
Aia nā papahana
: Kakauhale a me na mea kanu alanui i piha i ka wai, kahi hanana Arbor Day, a me na mea kanu ma ke Alanui 113
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