USDA Forest Service Chief, Tom Tidwell, kwuru na nso nso a na Society of American Foresters nzukọ kwa afọ. Nke a bụ ihe o kwuru gbasara oke ọhịa obodo na obodo:
“Ebe ihe karịrị pasenti 80 nke ndị America bi n’ime obodo mepere emepe, ndị ọrụ ọhịa na-agbasa ọrụ anyị n’ebe ndị dị ka New York, Philadelphia, na Los Angeles. America nwere 100 nde acres nke ọhịa mepere emepe, na site na nke anyị Mmemme ọhịa na obodo, anyị na-enye aka na obodo 8,550, ebe ihe karịrị ọkara nke ndị bi na ya bi. Ebumnuche anyị bụ netwọkụ na-aga n'ihu nke oke ọhịa nwere ahụike siri ike, site na mpaghara ọzara dịpụrụ adịpụ ruo n'akụkụ obodo mepere emepe, ogige ntụrụndụ, na okporo ụzọ ndụ ndụ.
Otu mmekorita mweghachi maka mpaghara ime obodo bụ Urban Waters Federal Partnership. Ndị White House weputara mmekorita a na June gara aga na Baltimore. Ọ na-agụnye ụlọ ọrụ gọọmenti etiti iri na otu dị iche iche, ma e mere ya iji weghachi ahụike nke ala mmiri ndị mepere emepe, ọtụtụ n'ime ha dịkarịa ala ntakịrị ọhịa. A họrọla saịtị ndị na-anya ụgbọelu asaa, ndị ọrụ ọhịa na-ebute ụzọ na atọ n'ime ha-na Baltimore, ebe isi mmiri nke Osimiri Patapsco na Jones Falls dị n'ime ime obodo n'ebe ugwu na n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ; na Denver, ebe anyị na Denver Water na-arụkọ ọrụ iji weghachi ala ọhịa ndị ọkụ Hayman mebiri na 11; na n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ Indiana, akụkụ nke mpaghara Chicago ka ukwuu, ebe anyị na-arụ ọrụ site na Chicago Wilderness."