Mbiri Ya Amembala a California ReLeaf Network: Greater Modesto Tree Foundation

The Greater Modesto Tree Foundation idachokera kwa wojambula zithunzi wa ku France yemwe adabwera ku tawuni mu 1999 akufuna kujambula mitengo yayikulu komanso yapadera kwambiri. Anali ndi mgwirizano ndi Fuji Film ndipo adamva za kutchuka kwa Modesto ngati Tree City.

Chuck Gilstrap, yemwe adakhala pulezidenti woyamba wa maziko, akukumbukira nkhaniyi. Gilstrap, yemwe panthawiyo anali woyang’anira nkhalango za m’tauniyo, ndi Peter Cowles, mkulu wa ntchito za anthu, anatenga wojambulayo pozungulirapo kuti awombere mitengo.

Pambuyo pake pamene Gilstrap ankathandiza wojambula zithunzi kukonzekera kuchoka m’tauniyo, wojambulayo ananena m’Chingelezi chosweka mtima, “Kodi tingabzale bwanji mtengo wa mwana aliyense wobadwa padziko lapansi m’chaka cha 2000?”

Gilstrap adatchula zomwe adakambirana ndi Cowles, yemwe adati, "Ngakhale sitingathe kubzala mtengo kwa mwana aliyense wobadwa m'chaka cha 2000, mwina tikhoza kutero kwa mwana aliyense wobadwira ku Modesto."

Makolo ndi agogo anakonda lingalirolo. Chaka chotsatira, chifukwa cha thandizo la feduro la Millennium Green ndi mazana a anthu odzipereka, gulu latsopanolo linadzala mitengo 2,000 (chifukwa chinali chaka cha 2000) m'dera la Dry Creek Regional Park Riparian Basin. mtsinje wa Tuolomne womwe umadutsa kumwera kwa tawuni.

Bungweli linafunsira kusachita phindu posakhalitsa ndipo linapitiriza pulogalamu yake ya "Mitengo ya Tots". Mitengo ya Tots ikupitirizabe kukhala pulogalamu yayikulu kwambiri yobzala mitengo yokonzedwa ndi maziko, ndi oposa 4,600 Valley Oaks omwe adabzalidwa mpaka pano. Ndalamazo zimachokera ku California ReLeaf grants.

Mitengo 6,000

Pazaka 10 za kukhalapo kwake, Greater Modesto Tree Foundation yabzala mitengo yopitilira 6,000, malinga ndi Purezidenti wapano Kerry Elms (mwina dzina loyenera).

"Ndife gulu lodzipereka ndipo, kupatulapo inshuwalansi ndi mtengo wosamalira webusaiti yathu, zopereka zonse ndi ndalama za umembala zimagwiritsidwa ntchito popereka mitengo ya mapulogalamu athu osiyanasiyana," adatero. "Ntchito zonse zokhudzana ndi ntchito zathu zimachitidwa ndi mamembala athu komanso anthu odzipereka ammudzi. Tili ndi magulu ambiri (Oyang'anira Anyamata ndi Atsikana, masukulu, mipingo, magulu a anthu wamba ndi ena ambiri odzipereka) omwe amathandizira kubzala ndi ntchito zina. Odzipereka athu aposa 2,000 kuchokera pamene tinayamba.”

Elms adati sakhala ndi vuto kupeza anthu odzipereka. Magulu a achinyamata amalimbikitsidwa makamaka kutenga nawo mbali. Mzinda wa Modesto ndiwothandizana nawo pama projekiti ambiri obzala maziko.

Stanislaus Shade Tree Partnership

Maziko amabzala mitengo pafupifupi 40 kasanu pachaka ngati gawo la Stanislaus Shade Tree Partnership, yomwe imabzala mitengo yamithunzi m'malo opeza ndalama zochepa. Kuyambira pachiyambi, bungweli lapanga mgwirizano wodabwitsa, ndipo ntchitoyi ikuchitika mogwirizana ndi Modesto Irrigation District (MID), Dipatimenti ya Sheriff, Dipatimenti ya Police, City Urban Forestry Division ndi odzipereka ambiri.

Maziko amatumiza arborist sabata imodzi asanabzalidwe kuti atsimikizire kuti kukula kwa mtengo ndi malo ndi koyenera (osati kumbali ya kumpoto kapena pafupi kwambiri ndi nyumba). MID amagula mitengo Ndipo a Sheriff's department amawapatsa. Nyumba iliyonse imatha kulandira mitengo isanu.

"Chifukwa chomwe MID ikuchirikiza izi ndikuti ngati mitengoyo itabzalidwa moyenera, idzakhala mthunzi wa nyumbayo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti 30 peresenti yopulumutsira mphamvu ikhale ndi mpweya wochepa wofunikira m'miyezi yotentha," anatero Ken Hanigan, wogwirizanitsa ntchito zothandizira anthu ku MID. . “Tapeza kuti mwininyumba amayenera kukhala ndi chiwongola dzanja chokhazikika ndiyeno banja limakhala ndi chizolowezi chosamalira mitengo. Choncho, banja limafunika kukumba mabowo.

"Ndi ntchito yachikondi komanso kuyesetsa kwa anthu ammudzi zomwe ndi zodabwitsa," adatero Hanigan.

Zobzala pa Chikumbutso

Maziko amapangitsa kuti zikhale zotheka kuti chikumbutso kapena mitengo yaumboni yamoyo ibzalidwe polemekeza abwenzi kapena achibale. Maziko amapereka mtengo ndi satifiketi ndipo amathandiza woperekayo kusankha mitundu ndi malo a mtengowo. Othandizira amapereka ndalama.

Kudzipatulira kumeneku ndikosangalatsa kwa opereka, ndipo akhoza kukhala ndi maziko osangalatsa. Elms anasimba za kubzala posachedwapa pa bwalo la gofu. Gulu la amuna linasewera gofu kwa zaka zambiri pabwaloli ndipo pamene mmodzi wa mamembalawo anamwalira, enawo anaganiza zomulemekeza posintha mtengo umene unagwa m’bwalo pambuyo pa kusefukira kwa madzi mu 1998. Malo amene anasankha anali pomwepo. kukhota kwa njira yowongoka yomwe idakhalapo nthawi zonse panjira ya osewera gofu. Mtengowo ukadzakula, ochita gofu ambiri adzatsutsidwa ndi mtengowo.

Grow Out Center

Pofuna kukulitsa mitengo yawo, maziko agwirizana ndi a Sheriff's Department Honor Farm, omwe amaphunzitsa anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chochepa kubzala ndi kusamalira mbande mpaka zitakula bwino.

Maziko amagawanso ndikubzala mitengo pa Tsiku la Dziko Lapansi, Tsiku la Arbor ndi Tsiku la Arbor la Ayuda.

Modesto wakhala Mzinda wa Tree kwa zaka 30, ndipo anthu ammudzi amanyadira nkhalango yake yakumidzi. Koma, monga m'mizinda yonse yaku California, Modesto yakhala ikuvutika kwambiri ndi zachuma kwazaka zingapo zapitazi ndipo alibenso antchito kapena ndalama zosamalira mapaki ndi mitengo.

The Greater Modesto Tree Foundation ndi odzipereka ake ambiri amayesa kudzaza kusiyana komwe angathe.

Donna Orozco ndi wolemba pawokha wokhala ku Visalia, California.