Re-Oaking California

Kukonzanso dera lanu: Njira zitatu zobweretsera mitengo yathundu kumizinda yaku California

ndi Erica Spotswood

Kodi kubwezeretsa mitengo ya oak m'mizinda kungapangitse ana athu kukhala ndi nkhalango yokongola, yogwira ntchito, komanso yogwirizana ndi nyengo? Mu lipoti lomwe langotulutsidwa kumene “Kukonzanso Silicon Valley: Kumanga Mizinda Yokhala Ndi Chilengedwe”, San Francisco Estuary Institute amayankha funso ili. Mothandizidwa ndi Google Ecology Program, pulojekitiyi ndi gawo la Resilient Silicon Valley, ntchito yokhazikitsa maziko asayansi kuti aziwongolera mabizinesi azaumoyo komanso kulimba mtima kwa chilengedwe.

Mitengo ya oak ikhoza kukhala yabwino kwambiri m'misewu, kumbuyo kwa nyumba, ndi malo ena. Kufuna madzi pang'ono akakhazikitsidwa, mitengo ya thundu imatha kupulumutsa ndalama pochepetsa zofunikira za ulimi wothirira kwinaku akutenga mpweya wochulukirapo kuposa mitengo ina yambiri yakumizinda ku California. Oaks nawonso ndi mitundu yoyambira, yomwe imapanga maziko azakudya zovuta zomwe zimathandizira mtundu wachilengedwe wolemera kwambiri ku California. Kugwirizanitsa madera ndi zachilengedwe za m'madera, kukonzanso kungathenso kugwirizanitsa mozama ndi chilengedwe komanso malo ochulukirapo m'madera akumidzi.

The Kukonzanso Silicon Valley lipoti lili ndi malangizo ochuluka okhudzana ndi nkhalango za m'tauni ndi eni malo kuti akhazikitse mapulogalamu okonzanso mitengo. Kuti muyambe, nazi zina zazikulu:

Bzalani mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mitengo yathundu

California ndi malo omwe ali ndi zamoyo zosiyanasiyana, zapadera padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo amalemekezedwa chifukwa cha kukongola kwake. Kuphatikizira mitengo ya oak m'mapulogalamu ankhalango zam'matauni ndi kukongoletsa kwina kumabweretsa kukongola kwa nkhalango za oak kuseri kwathu ndi misewu, ndikupangitsa kuti mizinda yaku California ikhale yapadera. Mitengo ya mitengo yamtengo wapatali imatha kuphatikizidwa ndi zamoyo zina zomwe zimakula bwino m'chilengedwe monga manzanita, toyon, madrone, ndi California buckeye. Kubzala mitundu ingapo kumapangitsa kuti chilengedwe chikhale cholimba komanso kuchepetsa chiopsezo cha matenda.

Tetezani mitengo ikuluikulu

Mitengo ikuluikulu ndi malo osungiramo mpweya komanso nyama zakutchire. Kusunga kaboni wambiri pachaka kuposa mitengo yaying'ono, ndikusunga kaboni yomwe idasungidwa kale zaka zapitazo, mitengo yayikulu imasunga ndalama za kaboni kubanki. Koma kuteteza mitengo ikuluikulu yomwe ilipo ndi gawo chabe la zovuta. Kusunga mitengo ikuluikulu pamtunda kumatanthauzanso kuika patsogolo mitundu yobzala yomwe idzakhala yaikulu pakapita nthawi (monga mitengo ya thundu!), Kuonetsetsa kuti mbadwo wotsatira wa mitengo ya m'tawuni idzaperekanso phindu lomwelo.

Siyani masamba

Kuweta mitengo ya thundu ndi mtima wosasamalira bwino kudzachepetsa mtengo woikonza ndi kupanga malo okhala nyama zakuthengo. Kuti musamasamalidwe bwino, siyani zinyalala za masamba, zipika zogwetsedwa, ndi mistletoe zili zonse pamene n’kotheka, ndipo chepetsani kudulira ndi kukongoletsa mitengo. Zinyalala za masamba zimatha kuchepetsa kukula kwa udzu pansi pa mitengo ndikuwonjezera chonde m'nthaka.

Asanafike minda ya zipatso, ndiye mizinda, zachilengedwe za oak zinali zodziwika bwino za malo a Silicon Valley. Kukula kopitilira muyeso ku Silicon Valley kumapereka mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito kukonzanso kukonzanso zinthu zina zachilengedwe za m'derali. Komabe mwayi uwu uliponso kwina. Nkhalango zamatawuni ku California zidzafunika kusintha pazaka makumi angapo zikubwerazi kuti athane ndi zovuta zachilala komanso kusintha kwanyengo. Izi zikutanthauza kuti zisankho zathu zitha kuthandiza kulimba kwa nkhalango zamtawuni kwazaka zambiri zikubwerazi.

Kodi mitengo ya thundu imatanthauza chiyani kwa inu ndi dera lanu? Tiuzeni pa twitter - tikufuna kumva kuchokera kwa inu! Kuti mufunse mafunso, tiuzeni za thundu mumzinda wanu, kapena funsani upangiri wokhudza kukodza mitengo m'dera lanu, funsani mtsogoleri wa polojekiti, Erica Spotswood.