Southern California Mountains Foundation's Urban Youth Tree Corp Project, exhaswa ngemali ngezibonelelo ezenziwe yiCalifornia ReLeaf, CAL FIRE, kunye ne-Arhente yoKhuseleko lokusiNgqongileyo, ibe ngumzamo ophumelele kakhulu nosebenzayo wokubandakanya idolophu yangaphakathi, ulutsha olusemngciphekweni kukhathalelo lwemithi yasezidolophini kwiipaki zendawo. nasezitratweni. Ulutsha oluyi-324 lwafunyanwa lwaza lwaqeqeshwa ngemfundo yendalo esingqongileyo engama-32, ukhathalelo lwemithi, kunye neeworkshops zamahlathi asezidolophini ngale projekthi.
Ugxininiso lweprojekthi yayikukukhathalela imithi kunye nemfundo yasendle kunye namava e-Urban Conservation Corps (UCC). ISouthern California Mountains Foundation ibonelela ngenkqubo yophuhliso lwabasebenzi enika amadoda namabhinqa aselula ithuba lokuba ngabemi abanokuqesheka ngokusebenza nzima kulondolozo lwendalo kumazantsi eeNtaba zeKhalifoniya. I-Urban Conservation Corps ye-Inland Empire ivela kule nkqubo, kwaye yongezwa kwamva nje kwi-California Association of Local Conservation Corps.
Ngexesha leprojekthi, i-UCC yabamba imisitho emininzi yoluntu eSucombe Lake Park. Le paki iphawulwe kumaphepha asekuhlaleni njengenye yeepaki ezimbi kakhulu eMazantsi eCalifornia ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho oluphezulu kunye nokungahoywa kwesiXeko saseSan Bernardino, esifake iSahluko se-9 sokungabinamali okubangele ukuphulukana nabasebenzi besixeko abangama-200. Bathandathu kuphela abasebenzi basepakini ngaphezulu kweehektare ezingama-600 zeepaki kwiSixeko sonke.
Nangona kunjalo, amavolontiya angama-530 ajoyine i-UCC ukunikela ngeeyure ezingama-3,024 zamavolontiya kwimisitho esixhenxe yoluntu ebonelela ngokhathalelo lwemithi ye-2,225 yasezidolophini. Izenzo zokunakekelwa kwemithi zikhokelwa yi-Urban Youth Conservation Corps Tree Care Manual ephuhliswe kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo ngesibonelelo esahlukileyo saseCalifornia ReLeaf. Amavolontiya kule projekthi aqeshwe kwizikolo eziphakathi, iCal State San Bernardino, imibutho yasekuhlaleni, iSan Bernardino County Public Works Dept, iiligi ezincinci, kunye nokunye.
UMlawuli we-UCC uSandy Bonilla uthi “Ngenxa yeprojekthi ye-California Releaf, kubekho umdla ohlaziyiweyo e-Sucombe Lake Park ukusuka kuluntu oluyingqongileyo kunye nezikolo. Enyanisweni, abaphulaphuli abatsha ekuye kwafikelelwa kubo liBhunga leSixeko. Amalungu amabini ebhunga lesixeko adibene neOfisi yeGqwetha leSixeko ukubona amathuba okuba i-UCC ibe ngabaphathi bomhlaba bale paki, kunye nokubonelela i-UCC ngezibonelelo, izixhobo kunye nezinto eziluncedo zokulawula iSucombe Lake Park.”