Iprofayile yeLungu leLungu leNethiwekhi yaseCalifornia: Isiseko esikhulu seModesto Tree
I-Greater Modesto Tree Foundation inemvelaphi yayo kumfoti ongumFrentshi owafika edolophini ngo-1999 efuna ukufota eyona mithi mikhulu neyodwa. Wayenesivumelwano neFuji Film kwaye wayevile ngodumo lukaModesto njengeSixeko saseMthini.
U-Chuck Gilstrap, owaba ngumongameli wokuqala wesiseko, ukhumbula ibali. UGilstrap, ngoko owayengumphathi wesixeko kumahlathi asezidolophini, kunye noPeter Cowles, umlawuli wemisebenzi yoluntu, bathatha umfoti ukuba adubule imithi.
Kamva xa uGilstrap wayenceda umfoti ukuba alungiselele ukuphuma edolophini, umfoti wathetha ngesiNgesi esaphukileyo, “Singawutyala njani umthi ngalo lonke usana oluzelwe emhlabeni ngonyaka wama-2000?”
UGilstrap ukhankanye le ncoko kuCowles, othe, “Nangona singenako ukutyala umthi kuye wonke umntwana ozelwe ngo-2000, mhlawumbi besinokwenzela wonke umntwana ozalelwe eModesto.
Abazali noomakhulu nootatomkhulu bayithanda le ngcamango. Kunyaka kamva, ngenxa yenkxaso-mali yeMillennium Green yomanyano kunye namakhulu amavolontiya, iqela elisakhulayo latyala imithi engama-2,000 (kuba yayingunyaka wama-2000) ecaleni komgama weemayile ezinesiqingatha seDry Creek Regional Park Riparian Basin, isebe loMlambo iTuolomne onqumla kumazantsi edolophu.
Umbutho wafaka isicelo semeko yokungenzi nzuzo ngokukhawuleza emva koko kwaye waqhubeka nenkqubo yawo "yeMithi yeTots". Imithi ye-Tots iyaqhubeka ibe yinkqubo yokutyalwa kwemithi enkulu eququzelelwe yisiseko, ngaphezu kwe-4,600 Valley Oaks etyalwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Inkxaso-mali ivela kwizibonelelo zaseCalifornia ReLeaf.
U-Kerry Elms, uMongameli we-GMTF, utyala umthi kumsitho we-Stanislaus Shade Tree Partnership ngo-2009.
6,000 Imithi
Kwiminyaka eyi-10 yobukho bayo, i-Greater Modesto Tree Foundation ityale ngaphezu kwemithi engama-6,000, ngokutsho kukamongameli wangoku uKerry Elms (mhlawumbi igama elifanelekileyo).
"Siyiqela lamavolontiya kwaye, ngaphandle kwepolisi ye-inshurensi kunye neendleko zokugcina iwebhusayithi yethu, yonke iminikelo kunye neentlawulo zobulungu zisetyenziselwa ukubonelela ngemithi kwiinkqubo zethu ezahlukeneyo," watsho. “Wonke umsebenzi onxulumene neeprojekthi zethu wenziwa ngamalungu ethu kunye namavolontiya asekuhlaleni. Sineqela elikhulu lamaqela (aBakhweli bamakhwenkwe nabangamantombazana, izikolo, iicawe, amaqela oluntu kunye namanye amavolontiya amaninzi) ancedisa ngokutyala kunye nezinye iinzame. Amavolontiya ethu sele ewonke angaphezu kwama-2,000 ukususela oko saqalayo.”
U-Elms uthe abanangxaki yokufumana amavolontiya. Amaqela olutsha akhuthazwa ngokukhethekileyo ukuba abandakanyeke. IsiXeko saseModesto liqabane elomeleleyo kwiiprojekthi ezininzi zokutyala zesiseko.
UStanislaus Shade Tree Partnership
Isiseko sityala phantse imithi engama-40 kahlanu ngonyaka njengenxalenye yeStanislaus Shade Tree Partnership, etyala imithi yomthunzi kwiindawo ezinemivuzo ephantsi. Ukususela ekuqaleni, umbutho udale ubambiswano olumangalisayo, kwaye le projekthi yenziwa ngokubambisana neSithili sokunkcenkceshela saseModesto (MID), iSebe likaSherifu, iSebe lamaPolisa, iCandelo lamaHlathi eDolophu yeSixeko kunye namavolontiya amaninzi.
Isiseko sithumela i-arborist kwiveki ngaphambi kokutyala ukuqinisekisa ukuba ubungakanani bomthi kunye nesayithi zifanelekile (kungekhona kwicala elingasentla okanye kufuphi kakhulu nemizi). UMID uthenga imithi Kwaye iSebe likaNothimba liyayizisa. Ikhaya ngalinye linokufumana ukuya kutsho kwimithi emihlanu.
"Isizathu sokuba i-MID ixhase lo mzamo kukuba ukuba imithi ityalwe ngokufanelekileyo, iya kuba ngumthunzi wekhaya, ibangele i-30 yepesenti yokonga amandla kunye ne-air conditioning encinci efunekayo kwiinyanga ezishushu zasehlotyeni," kusho uKen Hanigan, umququzeleli weenzuzo zoluntu kwi-MID. “Siye safumanisa ukuba umninimzi kufuneka abe nenzala etyaliweyo kwaye ke usapho luya kuba nomkhwa wokunyamekela imithi. Ngoko ke, intsapho ifunwa ukuba yombe imingxuma.
“Ngumsebenzi wothando kunye nomzamo woluntu omangalisayo,” utshilo uHanigan.
Izityalo zeSikhumbuzo
Isiseko senza ukuba kube lula ukuba isikhumbuzo okanye imithi ephilayo yobungqina ityalwe ngokuhlonipha abahlobo okanye intsapho. Isiseko sibonelela ngomthi kunye nesatifikethi kwaye sinceda umnikeli ukuba akhethe iindidi kunye nendawo yomthi. Abaxhasi babonelela ngenkxaso-mali.
Amavolontiya e-Greater Modesto Tree Foundation atyala umthi ngexesha lemibhiyozo yoSuku lwe-Arbor Day.
Olu nikezelo lufudumeza intliziyo kubaxhasi, kwaye banokuba nemvelaphi enomdla. U-Elms ubalise ngokutyalwa kwamva nje kwibala legalufa. Iqela lamadoda lalidlale igalufa iminyaka emininzi ebaleni yaye xa elinye lamalungu lafayo, amanye agqiba kwelokuba amnike imbeko ngokutshintsha umthi owawuwe ebaleni emva kwesikhukula sowe-1998. Xa umthi ukhulile, abanye abadlali begalufa abaninzi baya kucelwa umngeni ngulo mthi.
IZiko lokuKhula
Kwiinzame zokukhulisa imithi yabo, isiseko siye sasebenzisana neSebe likaNothimba leFama yokuHlonipha, eqeqesha aboni abasemngciphekweni omncinci ukuba batyale kwaye banakekele izithole de zibe nkulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba zingatyala.
Isiseko sikwasasaza kwaye sityale imithi ngoMhla woMhlaba, uSuku lwe-Arbor kunye noSuku lwe-Arbor yamaYuda.
IModesto isisiXeko saseMthini iminyaka engama-30, kwaye uluntu luyazingca ngehlathi laso lasezidolophini. Kodwa, njengakuzo zonke izixeko zaseCarlifonia, iModesto ibiphantsi koxinzelelo olukhulu lwezemali kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo kwaye ayisenabo abasebenzi okanye inkxaso-mali yezinye ipaki kunye nokugcinwa kwemithi.
I-Greater Modesto Tree Foundation kunye namavolontiya ayo amaninzi azama ukugcwalisa isithuba apho banakho.
UDonna Orozco ngumbhali ozimeleyo ozinze eVisalia, eCalifornia.