Tree Partners Foundation

Wolemba: Crystal Ross O'Hara

Gulu laling'ono koma lodzipereka ku Atwater lotchedwa Tree Partners Foundation likusintha malo ndikusintha miyoyo. Yakhazikitsidwa ndi kutsogoleredwa ndi Dr. Jim Williamson wokondwa, bungwe latsopanoli lapanga kale mgwirizano ndi Merced Irrigation District, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, National Arbor Day Foundation, Merced College, zigawo za sukulu za m'deralo ndi maboma a mumzinda, Dipatimenti ya California ya Forestry and Fire Protection, ndi Federal Penitentiary ku Atwater.

Williamson, yemwe adayambitsa nawo Tree Partners Foundation ndi mkazi wake Barbara mchaka cha 2004, akuti bungweli lidakula chifukwa cha zomwe adachita kwazaka zambiri zopatsa mitengo. A Williamsons amayamikira mitengo pazifukwa zambiri: momwe amalumikizira anthu ku chilengedwe; kuthandizira kwawo pa mpweya ndi madzi oyera; ndi kuthekera kwawo kuchepetsa phokoso, kuchepetsa ndalama zothandizira, komanso kupereka mthunzi.

“Ine ndi mkazi wanga tinkangoganiza kuti, sitikhala ndi moyo kosatha, ndiye kuti kuli bwino tiyambe maziko ngati tikufuna kuti izi zipitirire,” akutero Williamson. Tree Partners Foundation imapangidwa ndi mamembala asanu ndi awiri okha a board, koma ndi mamembala otchuka ammudzi, kuphatikiza Dr. Williamson, meya wa Atwater, pulofesa wopuma pantchito waku koleji, mkulu woyang'anira chigawo cha Atwater Elementary School, komanso woyang'anira nkhalango zamtawuni.

Ngakhale kukula kwake, mazikowo adakhazikitsa kale mapulogalamu osiyanasiyana ndipo ali ndi zina zambiri m'ntchito. Williamson ndi ena amayamikira kupambana kwa gululi ku gulu lolimba la oyang'anira komanso kupanga mayanjano ofunikira kwambiri. “Takhala ndi mwayi waukulu,” akutero Williamson. "Ngati ndikusowa chinachake nthawi zonse zimawoneka kuti zilipo."

Zolinga Zazikulu

Monga mabungwe ambiri osapindula a nkhalango zakumidzi, Tree Partners Foundation imapereka mwayi wophunzira kwa Atwater ndi okhala mdera, kupereka masemina obzala, kusamalira, ndi kuyang'anira nkhalango zakutawuni. Maziko amakhalanso nawo nthawi zonse pobzala mitengo, amayendetsa mitengo yamtengo wapatali, komanso amasamalira mitengo.

Tree Partners Foundation yapanga mgwirizano ndi mabungwe a boma kukhala cholinga chachikulu. Gululi limapereka malingaliro pa ndondomeko za mitengo ya mizinda, ogwira nawo ntchito ndi mabungwe a m'deralo pa zopempha zothandizira, ndipo akupempha maboma kuti azitsindika za kusamalira nkhalango za m'tauni.

Chinthu chimodzi chomwe mazikowo amanyadira nacho ndikuchita bwino kwawo pakukopa Mzinda wa Atwater kuti ukhazikitse nkhalango zamtawuni. “M’nthaŵi [zovuta] zachuma zino ndinatha kuwasonyeza kuti kunali kwa phindu lachuma chawo kuika mitengo pamalo oyamba,” akutero Williamson.

Kukula Mitengo, Kupeza Maluso

Chimodzi mwamaubwenzi ofunikira omwe mazikowo adapanga ndi Federal Penitentiary ku Atwater. Zaka zingapo zapitazo Williamson, yemwe ali mwana anathandiza agogo ake ndi nyumba yaing'ono ya banja lawo, yolumikizana ndi woyang'anira ndende wakale, Paul Schultz, yemwe ali mwana adathandizira agogo ake pantchito yake yoyang'anira malo ku yunivesite ya Princeton. Amuna awiriwa amalota kuti apange kanyumba kakang'ono kundende komwe kungapereke maphunziro a ntchito kwa akaidi komanso mitengo kwa anthu ammudzi.

Tree Partners Foundation tsopano ili ndi nazale ya maekala 26 pamalopo, yokhala ndi malo oti ikule. Imayendetsedwa ndi anthu ongodzipereka ochokera m'malo otetezedwa pang'ono andendeyo omwe amaphunzitsidwa bwino kuti akonzekere moyo wawo kunja kwa mpanda wandendeyo. Kwa Williamson, yemwe pamodzi ndi mkazi wake ndi mlangizi payekha, kupereka mwayi kwa akaidi kuti aphunzire luso la nazale ndikopindulitsa kwambiri. “Ndi mgwirizano wabwino chabe,” iye akutero ponena za unansi umene unapangidwa ndi ndendeyo.

Mapulani okulirapo a nazale ali mkati. Maziko akugwira ntchito ndi Merced College kuti apereke makalasi a satellite kwa akaidi omwe angapereke pulogalamu yovomerezeka yantchito. Akaidiwo aziphunzira mitu monga kuzindikira zomera, biology ya mitengo, kugwirizana kwa mitengo ndi nthaka, kasamalidwe ka madzi, kadyedwe ka mitengo ndi feteleza, kusankha mitengo, kudulira, ndi kuzindikira za matenda a zomera.

Nazareti Imabala Othandizana Nawo

Nazale imapereka mitengo ku mabungwe ndi mabungwe osiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza maboma, masukulu, ndi matchalitchi. "Sitikanatha kuyika mitengo ya m'misewu yomwe tili nayo ndikusamalira mitengo ya m'misewu yomwe tili nayo ngati sikunali kwa Tree Partners Foundation," atero a Atwater Mayor and Tree Partners Foundation Board Member Joan Faul.

Nazaleyi imaperekanso mitengo yoyenera kubzalidwa pansi pa zingwe zamagetsi ku PG&E kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito ngati mitengo yolowa m'malo. Ndipo nazale imalima mitengo yamtengo wamakasitomala wapachaka wa Merced Irrigation District. Chaka chino maziko akuyembekeza kupereka mitengo 1,000 ya magaloni 15 kuti agwire ntchito yopatsa m'chigawo cha ulimi wothirira. "Izi zimawachotsera ndalama zambiri, komanso zimapereka ndalama ku bungwe lathu," akutero membala wa Board ya Atwater's Urban Forester and Tree Partners Foundation Bryan Tassey, yemwe ntchito zake zambiri zimaphatikizapo kuyang'anira nazale.

Tassey, yemwenso amaphunzitsa ku Merced College, akuti akudabwa ndi kuchuluka kwa nazale ndi pulogalamuyo zasintha pakanthawi kochepa. Iye anati: “Chaka chapitacho kunali malo opanda kanthu. "Tabwera njira zingapo."

Ndalama Zambewu

Zambiri zomwe a Tree Partners adachita zitha kukhala chifukwa cholemba bwino ndalama zothandizira.

Mwachitsanzo, mazikowo adalandira thandizo la $50,000 USDA Forest Service. Kuwolowa manja kwa mabungwe am'deralo - kuphatikiza ndalama zokwana $17,500 zochokera ku Atwater Rotary Club komanso zopereka zapamabizinesi am'deralo - zathandiziranso kuti Tree Partners achite bwino.

Williamson wati bungweli silikufuna kupikisana ndi anazale akumaloko, koma kufuna kupeza ndalama zokwanira kuti apitilize ntchito yake m’deralo. "Cholinga changa m'moyo wanga ndikupangitsa kuti nazale ikhale yokhazikika ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti tidzatero," akutero.

Cholinga chimodzi chomwe Tree Partners Foundation yakhala ikuyesetsa kukwaniritsa kwa zaka zingapo ndi mgwirizano ndi National Arbor Day Foundation (NADF) zomwe zingalole Tree Partners Foundation kukhala ngati opereka komanso otumiza mitengo yonse ya NADF yotumizidwa kwa mamembala ake aku California.

Mabungwe ndi mabizinesi otumiza mitengo kuchokera kunja kwa California amakumana ndi zofunikira zaulimi. Zotsatira zake n'zakuti anthu okhala ku California akalowa nawo NADF, amalandira mitengo yopanda mizu (mitengo ya mainchesi 6 mpaka 12 yopanda dothi lozungulira mizu) yotumizidwa kuchokera ku Nebraska kapena Tennessee.

Tree Partners Foundation ikukambirana kuti ikhale yoperekera mamembala a NADF aku California. The Tree Partners apereka mapulagi amitengo—zomera zamoyo zokhala ndi dothi pamizu yake—zomwe maziko akukhulupirira kuti zingatanthauze mitengo yathanzi, yatsopano kwa mamembala a NADF.

Poyamba, a Tassey akuti, a Tree Partners angafunike kukagwira ntchito ku nazale zamitengo yambiri. Koma akuti sakuwona chifukwa chomwe nazale ya mazikoyo sinathe tsiku limodzi kupereka mitengo yonse kwa mamembala a NADF aku California. Malinga ndi Tassey, zotumiza za National Arbor Day Foundation za masika ndi kugwa pano zimapereka mitengo pafupifupi 30,000 pachaka kupita ku California. "Zothekera ku California ndi zazikulu, zomwe Arbor Day Foundation ikukondwera nazo," akutero. “Ndiko kukanda pamwamba. Tikuyembekezera mitengo miliyoni imodzi m'zaka zisanu. ”

Izi, akutero Tassey ndi Williamson, zitha kukhala gawo limodzi lothandizira kukhazikika pazachuma ku bungweli komanso nkhalango yathanzi yamtawuni ya Atwater ndi kupitirira apo. “Ife sitiri olemera, koma ife tiri bwino pa njira yathu kukhala zisathe,” akutero Williamson.