By: Crystal Ross O'Hara
Boka diki asi rakazvitsaurira muAtwater rinonzi Tree Partners Foundation riri kushandura mamiriro nekuchinja hupenyu. Yakavambwa uye inotungamirirwa neshungu Dr. Jim Williamson, sangano idzva rakatoita hukama neMerced Irrigation District, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, National Arbor Day Foundation, Merced College, matunhu echikoro chemunharaunda uye hurumende dzeguta, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, uye Federal Penitentiary paAtwater.
Williamson, uyo akavamba sangano reTree Partners Foundation nemudzimai wake Barbara mugore ra2004, anoti sangano iri rakakura kubva mumuitiro wake wemakumi emakore wekupa miti. VaWilliamson vanokoshesa miti nekuda kwezvikonzero zvakawanda: nzira yavanobatanidza nayo vanhu kune zvakasikwa; kubatsira kwavo kumhepo yakachena nemvura; uye kugona kwavo kuderedza ruzha, kudzikisa mabhiri ekushandisa, uye kupa mumvuri.
Kudyara kwemiti, kuchengetedza, uye dzidzo yemiti inotenderedza masevhisi enheyo uye inosanganisira vese vechidiki nevakuru.
“Ini nemudzimai wangu takanga takagara tichifunga kuti, hatisi kuzorarama zvachose, saka zviri nani titange hwaro kana tichida kuti zvienderere mberi,” anodaro Williamson. The Tree Partners Foundation inoumbwa nenhengo dzebhodhi nomwe chete, asi inhengo dzine simba munharaunda, kusanganisira Dr. Williamson, meya weAtwater, purofesa wekoreji akarega basa, mutungamiriri wekuchengetedza kweAtwater Elementary School District, uye mutariri weguta weguta.
Pasinei nehukuru hwayo, nheyo yakatogadzira mapurogiramu akasiyana-siyana uye ine mamwe akawanda mumabasa. Williamson nevamwe vanotenda kubudirira kweboka kubhodhi rakasimba revatungamiriri uye kuumbwa kwekudyidzana kwakakosha kwakawanda. “Takaita rombo rakanaka,” anodaro Williamson. "Kana ndichida chimwe chinhu chinoita senge chiripo."
Zvinangwa Zvikuru
Kufanana nemasangano mazhinji asina purofiti emasango emumaguta, Tree Partners Foundation inopa mikana yedzidzo yeAtwater uye vagari venzvimbo, ichipa masemina ekudyara, kuchengetedza, uye kutarisa sango remudhorobha. Nheyo dzinotorawo nguva dzose mukudyara kwemiti, inoitisa zvinyorwa zvemiti, uye inopa kugadzirisa kwemiti.
The Tree Partners Foundation yakaita kudyidzana nemasangano ehurumende chinangwa chikuru. Boka racho rinopa mazano pamusoro pemitemo yemiti yeguta, vanobatana nemasangano emunharaunda pazvikumbiro zverubatsiro, uye vanokurudzira hurumende dzemunharaunda kuti dzisimbise kutarisira sango remumaguta.
Chimwe chiitiko chakanyanya kudada nacho kubudirira kwayo mukugonesa Guta reAtwater kuti rigadzire chinzvimbo chemusango. “Munguva dzino [dzakaoma] dzeupfumi ndakakwanisa kuvaratidza kuti zvaivabatsira mune zveupfumi kuita kuti miti ive pamberi,” anodaro Williamson.
Kukura Miti, Kuwana Unyanzvi
Imwe yekudyidzana kwakakosha iyo nheyo yakagadzira ndeye Federal Penitentiary kuAtwater. Makore akati kuti apfuura Williamson, uyo ari mwana akabatsira sekuru vake nediki remba remhuri yavo, rakabatana neaichimbova mutarisiri wejeri, Paul Schultz, uyo achiri mwana akabatsira sekuru vake mubasa rake semugadziri wenzvimbo paPrinceton University. Varume vaviri ava vairota vachigadzira kakireshi pajeri raizodzidzisa vasungwa mabasa emawoko uye miti munharaunda.
The Tree Partners Foundation ikozvino ine 26-acre nursery panzvimbo iyi, ine nzvimbo yekuwedzera. Inotungamirirwa nevazvipiri vanobva munzvimbo inochengetedzwa zvishoma yejeri vanowana dzidziso inokosha kuti vagadzirire upenyu hwavo kunze kwemasvingo ejeri. Kuna Williamson, uyo pamwe chete nemukadzi wake anove chipangamazano mumabasa epachivande, kupa mukana wekuti vasungwa vadzidze hunyanzvi hwekiresi kunopa mubayiro. “Kungori kubatana kunoshamisa,” anodaro nezveukama hwakaumbwa nejeri racho.
Zvirongwa zvakakura zvekireshi zviri kuitika. Hwaro huri kushanda neMerced College kupa satellite makirasi kuvasungwa ayo anozopa chirongwa chehunyanzvi chehunyanzvi. Vasungwa vachadzidza nyaya dzakaita sekuzivikanwa kwechirimwa, biology yemiti, hukama hwemiti nevhu, kutonga kwemvura, kudya kwemiti uye fetiraiza, kusarudzwa kwemiti, kuchekerera, uye kuongororwa kwezvinonetsa zvirimwa.
Nursery Inobereka Vashandi Vemunharaunda
Iyo nursery inopa miti kune akasiyana masangano nemasangano, kusanganisira hurumende dzemunharaunda, zvikoro, uye machechi. “Hatingadai takakwanisa kuisa miti yemumigwagwa yatinayo nekuchengetedza miti yemumigwagwa yatinayo dai pasina Tree Partners Foundation,” anodaro Atwater Mayor and Tree Partners Foundation Board Member Joan Faul.
Nursery inopawo miti yakakodzera kudyara pasi petambo dzemagetsi kuPG&E kuti ishandiswe semiti inotsiva. Uye kireshi inorima miti yeMerced Irrigation District yegore negore mutengi muti unopa. Gore rino faundesheni inotarisira kupa 1,000 15 XNUMX-gallon miti yechirongwa chekudiridzira chedunhu rekupa-kupa. "Kuvachengetera mari yakawanda, uye kunopa mari kusangano redu," anodaro Atwater's Urban Forester and Tree Partners Foundation Board Member Member Bryan Tassey, ane mabasa akawanda anosanganisira kutarisira vana.
Tassey, uyo anodzidzisawo paMerced College, anoti ari kushamiswa zvikuru nekukura kwakaita vanamukoti pamwe nechirongwa ichi munguva pfupi yakadai. “Gore rakapfuura pakanga pasina chinhu,” anodaro. "Tauya nenzira dzakawanda."
Mbeu Mari
Zvakawanda zvezvakaitwa neMuti Partners zvinogona kuve zvakakonzerwa nekunyora kwakabudirira kwerubatsiro.
Semuenzaniso, hwaro hwakagamuchira $50,000 USDA Forest Service rubatsiro. Rupo rwemasangano emunharaunda-kusanganisira mupiro we $17,500 kubva kuAtwater Rotary Club uye zvipo zvepachena kubva kumabhizinesi emunharaunda-zvakatsigirawo kubudirira kweTree Partners.
VaWilliamson vanoti sangano iri harina chido chekukwikwidzana nevanochengeterwa vana vana veko, asi kuti vawane mari yekuti rienderere mberi nebasa raro munharaunda. "Chinangwa changu muhupenyu hwangu ndechekuita kuti nursery ienderere mberi uye ndinotenda kuti tichadaro," anodaro.
Chimwe chinangwa icho Tree Partners Foundation chave kushanda nacho kwemakore akati wandei mubatanidzwa neNational Arbor Day Foundation (NADF) iyo yaizobvumira Tree Partners Foundation kuita semupi uye mutakuri wemiti yese yeNADF inotumirwa kunhengo dzayo dzeCalifornia.
Masangano nemabhizinesi anotakura miti kubva kunze kweCalifornia anotarisana nezvinodiwa zvekurima. Mhedzisiro yacho ndeyekuti vagari veCalifornia pavanobatana neNADF, vanogashira miti isina midzi (6- kusvika 12-inch miti isina ivhu rakatenderedza midzi) inotumirwa kubva kuNebraska kana Tennessee.
Tree Partners Foundation iri munhaurirano dzekuva mupi wenhengo dzeNADF dzeCalifornia. The Tree Partners vaizopa mapulagi emiti—zvinomera mhenyu zvine ivhu pamidzi—izvo nheyo dzinotenda kuti zvingareva miti ine utano, mitsva kunhengo dzeNADF.
Pakutanga, Tassey anoti, VeMuti Vadyidzani vaizoda chibvumirano kuenda kunzvimbo dzekugara kune yakawanda yemiti. Asi anoti haaone chikonzero nei nheyo yenheyo isingakwanise kupa miti yese kunhengo dzeNADF dzeCalifornia. Sekureva kwaTassey, iyo National Arbor Day Foundation inotakura uye yekudonha inotakura ikozvino inopa inosvika zviuru makumi matatu emiti gore negore kuCalifornia. "Zvinogona kuitika muCalifornia zvakakura, izvo Arbor Day Foundation iri kufara nazvo," anodaro. “Ndiko kukwenya pamusoro. Tiri kutarisira miti ingangoita miriyoni mumakore mashanu. "
Izvo, anodaro Tassey naWilliamson, ingave imwe nhanho yekudzikama kwemari kusangano uye sango remaguta rine hutano kuAtwater nekumhiri. “Hatina kupfuma, asi tave munzira kuti tirambe tichirarama,” anodaro Williamson.