March 7, 2023
CAL FIRE ndi Othandizana nawo Amakondwerera Sabata la Arbor la California ndi Grants
Zokhudza Kubzala Mitengo ndi Zochitika Zophunzitsa Zosamalira Mitengo
SACRAMENTO, California - California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), USDA Forest Service (USFS), ndi California ReLeaf amalandila thandizo ndi thandizo la Edison International ndi Blue Shield waku California kukondwerera California Arbor Week, Marichi 7-14, 2023. Chaka chino, $50,000 mu Arbor Week adapangidwa kuti agwirizane ndi Arbor Week ndi chithandizo chatsopano cha Arbor Week ek Youth Art Contest. Arbor Week Grants idzapereka ndalama zothandizira ntchito 10 zokonzedwa ndi magulu a anthu komanso osapindula omwe akugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti madera awo akhale obiriwira, athanzi, komanso amphamvu ndi mitengo yakumatauni. CAL FIRE ndi USFS siolandira thandizoli. Mitengo ya ku California ndi yofunika-makamaka pamene tikukumana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Njira imodzi imene tingamangire midzi yolimbana ndi nyengo ndiyo kubzala mitengo. Mtengo uliwonse wobzalidwa umagwira ntchito yotulutsa mpweya woipa m'mlengalenga, kuyeretsa mpweya ndi madzi athu, kuziziritsa madera athu, kupereka malo okhala nyama zakutchire, kugwirizanitsa madera, ndikuthandizira thanzi lathu ndi moyo wathu.
Msonkhano wa atolankhani unachitika pa Marichi 7, 2023, ku South Prescott Park ku Oakland kulemekeza California Arbor Week ndi Arbor Week omwe adapereka chithandizo, komanso kuwulula opambana a 2023 Arbor Week Youth Art Contest. Pambuyo pa msonkhano wa atolankhani, mwambo wobzala mitengo wa Arbor Week unachitidwa ndi Common Vision yopanda phindu m'nkhalango zam'tawuni ndi anzawo ammudzi wa Oakland.
"Timakhulupirira kuti mtengo si mtengo chabe, koma chizindikiro cha chiyembekezo, kulimba mtima, ndi anthu," anatero Wanda Stewart, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Common Vision. "Anthu omwe timagwira nawo ntchito zopanda phindu komanso ammudzi akugwira ntchito molimbika kuti abweretse malo obiriwira ku West Oakland chifukwa timamvetsetsa kuti malo otukuka amatauni amadalira thanzi ndi moyo wa anthu okhalamo. Pobzala mitengo komanso kulimbikitsa kubzala m'matauni, tikupanga cholowa chokhazikika komanso chofanana kuti mibadwo yamtsogolo isangalale nayo. "
Cindy Blain, Woyang'anira wamkulu wa California ReLeaf, adati, "Ndife okondwa kugwira ntchito ndi anzathu onsewa kukondwerera Sabata la Arbor ku California ku Oakland. Sabata ya Arbor ndi chikumbutso chapachaka choyimitsa ndikukondwerera mphamvu zamitengo yathu yakutawuni komanso madera omwe amakula ndikusamalira. Mitengo ndi njira yamphamvu yochokera kuchilengedwe yolimbana ndi kusintha kwanyengo ndikupanga kusintha kwakukulu pakukweza thanzi la anthu m'mizinda yathu - ndipo ndiyenera kukondwerera!
California ReLeaf, CAL FIRE, ndi USFS amalandila thandizo la Edison International ndi Blue Shield yaku California pozindikira kufunikira kwa mitengo. Chaka chino Edison International mowolowa manja anapereka $50,000 kwa Arbor Week thandizo kubzala mitengo m'dera lawo kuthandiza kuthana ndi kutentha kwambiri zochitika ku Southern California. Edison ndi akuluakulu azaumoyo amazindikira kuti kutentha kwambiri kumakhudza kwambiri thanzi la anthu komanso kuti mitengo ndiyofunikira
kuchepetsa kutentha kwa chilumba cha m'tawuni.
"California ReLeaf ili ndi chidwi komanso ukadaulo wothana bwino ndi zovuta zachilengedwe zomwe zikukhudza madera athu, ndipo Edison International ndiyonyadira kuthandizira ndalama zobzala mitengo ya Arbor Week kwa chaka chachisanu motsatizana," atero Alejandro Esparza, Principal Manager of Corporate Philanthropy and Community Engagement for Southern California Edison. "Ndikofunikira kuti tipitirize kudziwitsa anthu ndi kuthana ndi mavuto omwe kusintha kwa nyengo kumakhudza moyo wathu watsiku ndi tsiku ndipo Sabata la Arbor limatikumbutsa kuti tonsefe tikhoza kuchita zambiri kuti tithandize."
Chaka chino Blue Shield yaku California ikuthandizira mpikisano wa California Arbor Week Youth Poster Contest kuti athandize kuphunzitsa ndi kulimbikitsa m'badwo wotsatira za kufunikira kokulitsa ndi kuteteza nkhalango zathu zakutawuni. Mutu wa chaka chino ndi wakuti “Mitengo Ibzale Tsogolo Lozizira.” Mpikisanowu umalimbikitsa ana asukulu azaka zapakati pa 5-12 kuti aganizire momwe mitengo ingathandizire kuti madera athu azikhala ozizira komanso athanzi. Opambana pampikisano adalengezedwa, ndipo zojambula zawo zidawululidwa pamsonkhano wa atolankhani.
"Mitengo ndi chisamaliro chaumoyo," atero a Antoinette Mayer, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Corporate Citizenship ku Blue Shield yaku California. “Denga lamitengo yolimba ya m’tauni limapangitsa kukhala ndi thanzi labwino m’maganizo ndi m’thupi, limalimbana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo ndi kuipitsa mpweya, ndi kuthandiza anansi athu kumanga midzi. Koma madera athu osatetezedwa nthawi zambiri amasiyidwa. Blue Shield yaku California ndiyonyadira kuyanjana ndi California ReLeaf kuti athandizire mpikisano wa California Arbor Week Youth Artist Contest wa chaka chino ndikuphatikiza achinyamata kuti akhale akazembe a chilengedwe kuti apange tsogolo loyenera komanso labwino kwa onse aku California.
California Arbor Week ili ndi chithandizo chopitilira cha USFS ndi CAL FIRE. Mabungwe onsewa amathandizira kubzala mitengo m'madera akumidzi ku California kudzera mwa ndalama zothandizira, maphunziro, ndi ukadaulo waukadaulo mosalekeza.
"Ntchito ya Forest Service idadzipereka kuti ikhale ndi nkhalango zathanzi, zolimba - kuyambira m'matauni kupita kumatauni athu akumidzi," adatero Wachiwiri kwa Forester Kara Chadwick. "Timayamikira mayanjano ambiri a omwe asonkhana kuti akumbukire Tsiku la Arbor ndikugwira ntchito m'dera lathu lonse kubzala ndi kusamalira mitengo yomwe imachotsa mpweya wa carbon, kukonza thanzi labwino ndi thanzi la anthu, ndi kukulitsa nkhalango zopirira nyengo kwa mibadwo yamtsogolo."
Walter Passmore, CAL FIRE's State Urban Forester, anati, "Mitengo ya m'tauni ya California imapereka chitetezo ku kutentha kwakukulu, kuyeretsa mpweya wathu, ndi madzi, komanso kutonthoza maganizo ndi matupi athu. Mitengo imagwira ntchito tsiku lililonse. Sabata ya Arbor ndi chikondwerero cha mitengo yonse yomwe imatichitira komanso nthawi yobzala kapena kusamalira mitengo. ”