Mtsogoleri wa USDA Forest Service, Tom Tidwell, posachedwapa analankhula pa Society of American Foresters msonkhano wapachaka. Izi ndi zomwe ananena zokhudza nkhalango za m’tauni ndi m’madera:
“Pokhala ndi Amereka oposa 80 peresenti okhala m’matauni aakulu, Bungwe la Forest Service likukulitsa ntchito yathu m’madera monga New York, Philadelphia, ndi Los Angeles. America ili ndi maekala 100 miliyoni a nkhalango zakutawuni, komanso kudzera mwathu Pulogalamu ya Urban and Community Forestry, tikupereka chithandizo ku madera 8,550, okhalamo oposa theka la anthu athu onse. Cholinga chathu ndikuphatikizana kosalekeza kwa nkhalango zathanzi, kuyambira kumadera akumidzi kupita kumidzi yamdima, mapaki, ndi misewu yobiriwira.
Mgwirizano umodzi wobwezeretsa madera akumatauni ndi Urban Waters Federal Partnership. White House idakhazikitsa mwalamulo mgwirizanowu mu June watha ku Baltimore. Mulinso mabungwe 11 osiyanasiyana aboma, ndipo adapangidwa kuti abwezeretse thanzi la madera akumidzi, ambiri aiwo ali ndi nkhalango. Malo asanu ndi aŵiri oyesapo asankhidwa, ndipo Forest Service ikutsogolera pa atatu a iwo—ku Baltimore, kumene mtsinje wa Patapsco ndi mathithi a Jones uli m’malo akumidzi kumpoto ndi kumadzulo; ku Denver, komwe tikugwira ntchito ndi Denver Water kuti tibwezeretse nkhalango zomwe zidawonongeka ndi Hayman Fire mu 2002; ndi kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Indiana, mbali ya dera lalikulu la Chicago, kumene tikugwira ntchito ku Chicago Wilderness.”