Mookameli oa Tšebeletso ea Meru ea USDA, Tom Tidwell, o sa tsoa bua ho Mokhatlo oa American Foresters kopano ya selemo le selemo. Sena ke seo a ileng a se bua ka meru ea litoropo le sechaba:
“Ka lebaka la karolo e fetang 80 lekholong ea Maamerika a lulang metseng e meholo, Lefapha la Forest Service le atolosa mosebetsi oa rōna libakeng tse kang New York, Philadelphia le Los Angeles. Amerika e na le lihekthere tse limilione tse 100 tsa meru ea litoropong, le ka rona Lenaneo la Meru ea Litoropo le Sechaba, re fana ka thuso ho baahi ba 8,550, lehae la batho ba fetang halofo ea baahi bohle ba rona. Sepheo sa rona ke marang-rang a tsoelang pele a libaka tse nang le meru e phetseng hantle, ho tloha libakeng tse ka thōko tsa lefeella ho ea metseng ea litoropo e nang le moriti, lirapeng tsa boikhathollo le litsela tse tala.
Tšebelisano e 'ngoe ea tsosoloso bakeng sa libaka tsa litoropo ke Urban Waters Federal Partnership. White House e phatlalalitse ka molao tšebelisano 'moho ka Phuptjane e fetileng Baltimore. E akarelletsa mekhatlo e 11 e fapaneng ea 'muso, 'me e etselitsoe ho tsosolosa bophelo bo botle ba libaka tsa metse ea litoropo, tseo boholo ba tsona li nang le meru e itseng. Ho khethiloe libaka tse supileng tsa liteko, ’me Forest Service e etella pele ho tse tharo tsa tsona—Baltimore, moo mohloli oa Nōka ea Patapsco le Liphororo Tsa Jones li leng libakeng tsa mahaeng ka leboea le bophirimela; Denver, moo re sebetsang le Denver Water ho tsosolosa meru e senyehileng ke Hayman Fire ka 2002; le karolong e ka leboea-bophirimela ea Indiana, e leng karolo ea sebaka se seholo sa Chicago, moo re sebetsang teng Chicago Wilderness.”