Mu Epulo 2011, bungwe la US Forest Service ndi New York Restoration Project (NYRP) linayitanitsa gulu la Vibrant Cities and Urban Forests: A National Call to Action task Force kunja kwa Washington, DC. Msonkhano wamasiku atatu udakamba za tsogolo la nkhalango ndi zachilengedwe za dziko lathu; kuphatikiza phindu laumoyo, chilengedwe, chikhalidwe ndi zachuma zomwe amabweretsa kumizinda yokhazikika komanso yokhazikika. Gulu logwira ntchito la VCUF lidakonza zoti lipange masomphenya, zolinga ndi malingaliro omwe apititse patsogolo chisamaliro cha nkhalango ndi zachilengedwe m'zaka khumi zikubwerazi ndi kupitirira apo.
Anthu 25 omwe ali mgululi akuphatikizapo akuluakulu a masomphenya komanso olemekezeka a boma ndi maboma, atsogoleri a mayiko ndi a m'deralo omwe sali opindula, ofufuza, okonza mapulani a m'matauni, ndi oimira maziko ndi mafakitale. Mamembala a gululo adasankhidwa kuchokera pagulu la anthu oposa 150 omwe adasankhidwa.
Pokonzekera msonkhanowu, mamembala a gulu la ogwira nawo ntchito adatenga nawo gawo pamawebusaiti a mlungu ndi mlungu omwe amalongosola mbiri ya thandizo la US Forest Service pa mapulogalamu a nkhalango za m'matauni ndi m'madera komanso njira zabwino kwambiri za nkhalango za m'matauni ndi zachilengedwe komanso kukambirana za zokhumba ndi zolinga zawo za tsogolo la mizinda yathu.
M'kati mwa msonkhano wa Epulo, mamembala a gululo adayamba kupanga malingaliro ambiri omwe amakhudza mitu isanu ndi iwiri:
1. Chilungamo
2. Kudziwa ndi kufufuza kuti mupange zisankho ndi kuunika
3. Kukonzekera kogwirizana ndi kophatikizana pamlingo wa chigawo cha metropolitan
4. Kutengana, maphunziro ndi kuzindikira kuchitapo kanthu
5. Kupanga mphamvu
6. Kusinthanso zinthu
7. Makhalidwe abwino ndi machitidwe abwino
Malingaliro awa - kuti ayeretsedwe ndikumalizidwa m'miyezi ingapo ikubwerayi - amalimbikitsa chilungamo cha chilengedwe, kuthandizira kafukufuku wazachilengedwe m'mizinda, kulimbikitsa mgwirizano pakati pa mabungwe ndi mabungwe pakukonza zomangamanga zobiriwira, ndikuwonetsa njira zokulitsira ogwira ntchito obiriwira okhazikika, kukhazikitsa zothandizira ndalama zokhazikika komanso kuphunzitsa nzika ndi achinyamata kuti azilimbikitsa kuyang'anira komanso kuchitapo kanthu kwa chilengedwe. Gululi lidzagwiritsanso ntchito zitsanzo za nkhalango za m'matauni ndi zachilengedwe kuti zikhazikitse miyezo ya Vibrant Cities & Urban Forests yomwe idzagwire ntchito yokwaniritsa malingaliro onse.