Tree Partners Foundation

Ngu: Crystal Ross O'Hara

Iqela elincinane kodwa elizinikeleyo e-Atwater elibizwa ngokuba yi-Tree Partners Foundation litshintsha imbonakalo yomhlaba kwaye litshintsha ubomi. Eyasekwa kwaye ikhokelwa nguDkt Jim Williamson onomdla, umbutho osemtsha sele uqulunqa intsebenziswano kunye neSithili sokuNisela iMerced, iPacific Gas & Electric Company, iNational Arbor Day Foundation, iKholeji yeMerced, izithili zezikolo zengingqi kunye noorhulumente beedolophu, iSebe laseCalifornia lezamaHlathi kunye nokuKhuselwa koMlilo, kunye ne-Federal Penitentiary e-Atwater.

UWilliamson, owaseka iTree Partners Foundation kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uBarbara ngo-2004, uthi lo mbutho ukhule kwisenzo sakhe seminyaka emininzi sokuphisa ngemithi. AbakwaWilliamson bayayixabisa imithi ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi: indlela abadibanisa ngayo abantu nendalo; igalelo labo kumoya namanzi acocekileyo; kunye nokukwazi kwabo ukunciphisa ingxolo, amatyala aphantsi asetyenziswayo, kunye nokubonelela ngomthunzi.

“Mna nenkosikazi yam sasihleli sicinga ukuba, asizukuphila ngonaphakade, kungcono siqale isiseko ukuba sifuna ukuqhubeka,” utshilo uWilliamson. I-Tree Partners Foundation yenziwe ngamalungu ebhodi asixhenxe nje, kodwa bangamalungu anempembelelo kuluntu, kuquka uGqr Williamson, usodolophu wase-Atwater, unjingalwazi wekholeji odla umhlala-phantsi, umlawuli wolondolozo lweSithili seSikole se-Atwater, kunye nehlathi ledolophu yedolophu.

Nangona ubukhulu bayo, isiseko sele siseke iinkqubo ezahlukeneyo kwaye zininzi ezininzi kwimisebenzi. UWilliamson nabanye banika impumelelo yeqela kwibhodi eyomeleleyo yabalawuli kunye nokusekwa kobudlelwane obuninzi obubalulekileyo. “Sibe nethamsanqa elikhulu,” utshilo uWilliamson. "Ukuba kukho into endiyidingayo ihlala ikhona."

Iinjongo Ezingundoqo

Njengemibutho emininzi yamahlathi asezidolophini engenzi nzuzo, iTree Partners Foundation ibonelela ngamathuba emfundo kubahlali baseAtwater kunye nabahlali bengingqi, ibonelela ngeesemina zokutyala, ukugcinwa, kunye nokubeka iliso kumahlathi asezidolophini. Isiseko sikwathatha inxaxheba rhoqo ekutyalweni kwemithi, siqhuba uluhlu lwemithi, kwaye sibonelela ngolondolozo lwemithi.

I-Tree Partners Foundation yenze intsebenziswano kunye nee-arhente zikarhulumente injongo ephambili. Iqela linika igalelo kwimigaqo-nkqubo yemithi yedolophu, amaqabane kunye nee-arhente zendawo kwizicelo zenkxaso-mali, kwaye ibongoza oorhulumente basekhaya ukuba bagxininise ekunyamekeleni amahlathi asezidolophini.

Enye impumelelo esizingca ngayo isiseko yimpumelelo yaso ekuqinisekiseni ukuba iSixeko sase-Atwater sidale indawo yamahlathi edolophu. UWilliamson uthi: “Kula maxesha [obunzima] ezoqoqosho ndiye ndakwazi ukubabonisa ukuba kwakuyingenelo kubo ngokwezoqoqosho ukwenza imithi ibe yeyona nto iphambili.

Ukukhula kwemithi, ukufumana izakhono

Olunye lolona buhlakani lubalulekileyo isiseko siye saqulunqa yiNkundla yase-Atwater. Kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo uWilliamson, owathi esengumntwana wanceda utatomkhulu wakhe ngearboretum encinci yosapho lwabo, enxibelelene nowayesakuba ngumlindi wentolongo, uPaul Schultz, owathi esengumntwana wanceda utatomkhulu wakhe emsebenzini wakhe njengomgcini-mhlaba kwiYunivesithi yasePrinceton. La madoda mabini ayenephupha lokudala indawo yokugcina abantwana kwintolongo eza kubonelela ngoqeqesho lomsebenzi kumabanjwa nemithi eluntwini.

I-Tree Partners Foundation ngoku ine-nursery yeehektare ezingama-26 kwisiza, kunye negumbi lokwandisa. Ilawulwa ngamavolontiya asuka kweyona ndawo iphantsi yokhuseleko yentolongo afumana uqeqesho olubalulekileyo oluza kubalungiselela ubomi ngaphandle kweendonga zentolongo. KuWilliamson, yena kunye nenkosikazi yakhe abacebisi emsebenzini wabucala, ukunika ithuba amabanjwa ukuba afunde izakhono zokukhulisa abantwana kuluncedo kakhulu. “Lumanyano nje olumangalisayo,” utsho ngobudlelwane obakhiwe nentolongo.

Izicwangciso ezinkudlwana zale nursery ziyaqhubeka. Isiseko sisebenzisana neKholeji yaseMerced ukubonelela ngeeklasi zesathelayithi kumabanjwa eziya kubonelela ngeprogram yoqeqesho eqinisekisiweyo. Amabanjwa aya kufunda izihloko ezifana nokuchongwa kwezityalo, ibhayoloji yemithi, unxulumano lwemithi nomhlaba, ulawulo lwamanzi, isondlo semithi nokuchumisa, ukukhetha imithi, ukuthenwa kunye nokuxilongwa kokuphazamiseka kwezityalo.

I-Nursery ivelisa amaQela eNgingqi

I-nursery ibonelela ngemithi kwii-arhente ezahlukeneyo kunye nemibutho, kubandakanya oorhulumente basekhaya, izikolo kunye neecawe. “Besingenakukwazi ukubeka kwimithi yesitrato esinayo kwaye sigcine imithi yesitrato esinayo ukuba ibingekho iTree Partners Foundation,” utshilo uSodolophu we-Atwater kunye neLungu leBhodi yesiSeko seTree Partners uJoan Faul.

I-nursery ikwabonelela ngemithi elungele ukutyalwa phantsi kweentambo zombane kwi-PG&E ukuze isetyenziswe njengeminye imithi. Kwaye indawo yokugcina izityalo ikhulisa imithi yeSithili sokunkcenkceshela seMerced yoMthi wonyaka wokunika abathengi. Kulo nyaka isiseko silindele ukubonelela ngemithi ye-1,000 15-gallon yenkqubo yokunikezelwa kwesithili sokunkcenkceshela. “Kukongiwa kweendleko ezinkulu kubo, kwaye ibonelela ngenkxaso-mali kumbutho wethu,” utshilo iLungu leBhodi yeBhodi ye-Atwater's Urban Forester kunye neTree Partners uBryan Tassey, omisebenzi yakhe emininzi iquka ukongamela i-nursery.

UTassey, okwafundisa kwiKholeji yaseMerced, uthi umangaliswe yindlela ethe yavela ngayo i-nursery kunye nenkqubo ngexesha elifutshane. Uthi: “Kunyaka odluleyo bekugalelekile. "Size ngeendlela ezininzi."

Imali yembewu

Uninzi lwezinto eziphunyeziweyo zeTree Partners zinokunxulunyaniswa nokubhalwa kwegranti eyimpumelelo.

Ngokomzekelo, isiseko sifumene i-50,000 ye-USDA yeNkonzo yeHlathi yegranti. Ububele bemibutho yasekuhlaleni-kuquka umnikelo we-$ 17,500 ovela kwi-Atwater Rotary Club kunye neminikelo yobubele evela kumashishini asekuhlaleni-kwaye kwaqinisa impumelelo ye-Tree Partners.

UWilliamson uthi lo mbutho awunamdla wokukhuphisana namaziko asekuhlaleni, koko ufuna ukufumana imali eyaneleyo ukuze uqhubeke nomsebenzi wawo eluntwini. “Injongo yam ebomini bam kukwenza i-nursery igcineke kwaye ndiyakholelwa ukuba siyakwenza njalo,” utshilo.

Enye injongo iSiseko seTree Partners sisebenzela kuyo iminyaka eliqela lubambiswano kunye neNational Arbor Day Foundation (NADF) eya kuvumela iTree Partners Foundation ukuba isebenze njengomboneleli kunye nomthumeli wayo yonke imithi yeNADF ethunyelwe kumalungu ayo aseCalifornia.

Imibutho kunye namashishini athumela imithi evela ngaphandle kweCalifornia ajongene neemfuno ezingqongqo zezolimo. Isiphumo kukuba xa abahlali baseCalifornia bejoyina i-NADF, bafumana imithi yeengcambu ezingenanto (i-6- ukuya kwi-12-intshi yemithi engenamhlaba ojikeleze iingcambu) ithunyelwe ukusuka eNebraska okanye eTennessee.

I-Tree Partners Foundation ikukuthethathethwano ukuba ibe ngumboneleli wamalungu e-NADF's California. Amaqabane oMthi angabonelela ngeeplagi zemithi-izityalo eziphilayo ezinomhlaba kwibhola yeengcambu-nto leyo isiseko sikholelwa ukuba iya kuthetha imithi ephilileyo, emitsha kumalungu e-NADF.

Ekuqaleni, uTassey uthi, abaHlanganisi beMithi kuya kufuneka benze ikhontrakthi kwiindawo zogcino lwezityalo zemithi emininzi. Kodwa uthi akasiboni isizathu sokuba i-nursery yesiseko ingakwazi ngenye imini ukubonelela yonke imithi kumalungu e-NADF's California. NgokukaTassey, iSiseko soSuku lweSizwe lweMithi yeMithi yeSiseko sentwasahlobo kunye nokuwa ngoku kubonelela ngemithi engama-30,000 ngonyaka ukuya eCalifornia. “Amandla eCarlifonia makhulu, apho iSiseko soSuku lweArbor sivuya kakhulu,” utshilo. “Kukukrwela phezulu oko. Silindele isigidi semithi kwiminyaka emihlanu.”

Oko, utsho uTassey noWilliamson, iya kuba linyathelo elinye elikhokelela kuzinzo lwezemali kumbutho kunye nehlathi elisempilweni ledolophu yase-Atwater nangaphaya. “Asizozityebi, kodwa sisendleleni eya kuzinza,” utshilo uWilliamson.