US Forest Service Funds Tree Inventory for Urban Planners

Kafukufuku watsopano wothandizidwa ndi American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 adzathandiza okonza mizinda kupanga zisankho zabwino zokhudzana ndi mitengo yawo yakumatauni kuti apindule nawo, kuphatikiza kupulumutsa mphamvu komanso kupititsa patsogolo mwayi wopezeka zachilengedwe.

Ofufuza, motsogozedwa ndi asayansi a US Forest Service, alemba ganyu anthu ogwira ntchito m'munda kuti asonkhanitse zambiri za momwe nkhalango zilili kuchokera kumadera pafupifupi 1,000 m'maiko asanu akumadzulo - Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon ndi Washington - kuti alembe zidziwitso za kafukufuku wofananira pa thanzi la mitengo m'matauni. Chotsatiracho chidzakhala maukonde a ziwembu zokhazikika m'madera akumidzi omwe angathe kuyang'aniridwa kuti adziwe zambiri za thanzi lawo ndi kulimba mtima.

"Ntchitoyi ithandiza okonza mizinda kukhala ndi moyo wabwino m'mizinda ya ku America," adatero John Mills wa Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station's Resource Monitoring and Assessment Program. "Mitengo ya m'tawuni ndi mitengo yomwe ikugwira ntchito mwakhama kwambiri ku America - imakongoletsa madera athu ndikuchepetsa kuipitsa."

Aka ndi koyamba kuti ku Pacific kukhale zidziwitso zolongosoledwa bwino za thanzi la mitengo m'matauni. Kuzindikira za thanzi lamakono ndi kukula kwa nkhalango za m’matauni kudzathandiza oyang’anira nkhalango kumvetsa bwino mmene nkhalango za m’tauni zimasinthira ku kusintha kwa nyengo ndi nkhani zina. Mitengo ya m’matauni imaziziritsa mizinda, imapulumutsa mphamvu, imakonza mpweya wabwino, imalimbitsa chuma cha m’deralo, imachepetsa kusefukira kwa madzi a mkuntho ndi kuchititsa madera oyandikana nawo kukhala osangalala.

Kafukufukuyu amathandizira Purezidenti Obama America's Great Outdoors Initiative (AGO) pothandiza okonza mapulani kudziwa komwe angakhazikitse malo osungiramo mapaki akutawuni ndi malo obiriwira komanso momwe angawasamalire. AGO imaona kuti chitetezo cha cholowa chathu ndi cholinga chomwe anthu onse aku America amagawana nawo. Mapaki ndi malo obiriwira amathandizira kuti pakhale chuma, thanzi, moyo wabwino komanso mgwirizano pakati pa anthu. M'mizinda ndi matauni m'dziko lonselo, mapaki amatha kupanga ndalama zokopa alendo ndi zosangalatsa ndikuwongolera ndalama ndi kukonzanso. Nthawi yothera m’chilengedwe imathandizanso kuti ana ndi akulu azisangalala m’maganizo ndi mwakuthupi.

Nkhalango za m'tauni zidzasintha pamene nyengo ikusintha - kusintha kwa mitundu, kukula, kufa komanso kutengeka ndi tizilombo ndizotheka. Kukhala ndi maziko a chikhalidwe cha nkhalango za m'matauni kudzathandiza oyang'anira madera ndi okonza mapulani kumvetsetsa ndi kufotokoza momveka bwino zopereka zomwe nkhalango za m'tauni zimapereka, monga kuchotsedwa kwa mpweya, kusunga madzi, kupulumutsa mphamvu ndi moyo wabwino wa anthu okhalamo. M'kupita kwa nthawi, kuyang'anira kudzathandiza kudziwa ngati nkhalango za m'tauni zikugwirizana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo komanso momwe zingakhalire, ndipo zingathandizenso kudziwa zomwe zingachepetse.

Ntchitoyi ikuchitika mogwirizana ndi Oregon Department of Forestry, California Polytechnic State University, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Alaska Department of Natural Resources ndi Hawaii Urban Forestry Council.

Ntchito yoyika chiwembu choyambirira idzapitilira mpaka 2013, ndikusonkhanitsa zambiri zomwe zakonzedwa mu 2012.

Ntchito ya US Forest Service ndikuthandizira thanzi, mitundu yosiyanasiyana, ndi zokolola za nkhalango ndi udzu wa dzikolo kuti zikwaniritse zosowa za mibadwo yapano ndi yamtsogolo. Monga gawo la dipatimenti ya zaulimi ku US, bungweli limayang'anira maekala 193 miliyoni a malo aboma, limapereka thandizo kwa eni malo aboma ndi anthu wamba, komanso limasunga bungwe lalikulu kwambiri lofufuza zankhalango padziko lonse lapansi.