Iphrofayela Yelungu Lenethiwekhi Ye-California ReLeaf: I-Greater Modesto Tree Foundation

I-Greater Modesto Tree Foundation isuka kumthwebuli wezithombe waseFrance owafika edolobheni ngo-1999 efuna ukuthwebula izihlahla ezinkulu nezihluke kakhulu. Wayenenkontileka neFuji Film futhi wayezwile ngodumo lukaModesto njengeDolobha Lesihlahla.

U-Chuck Gilstrap, owaba ngumongameli wokuqala wesisekelo, ukhumbula le ndaba. UGilstrap, owayengunsumpa wedolobha wamahlathi asemadolobheni, kanye noPeter Cowles, umqondisi wemisebenzi yomphakathi, bathatha umthwebuli wezithombe bamzungeza ukuze bathwebule izihlahla.

Kamuva lapho uGilstrap esiza umthwebuli wezithombe ukuthi alungele ukuhamba edolobheni, umthwebuli wezithombe wathi ngesiNgisi esiphukile, "Singatshala kanjani isihlahla sayo yonke ingane ezelwe emhlabeni ngonyaka ka-2000?"

UGilstrap ukhulume ngale ngxoxo noCowles, othe, “Yize singeke sitshale isihlahla kuyo yonke ingane ezelwe ngo-2000, mhlawumbe besingayenza kuyo yonke ingane ezalwa eModesto.

Abazali nogogo nomkhulu bawuthanda lo mbono. Ngemva konyaka, ngenxa yesibonelelo sikahulumeni se-Millennium Green kanye namakhulu amavolontiya, leli qembu elisafufusa lalitshale izihlahla ezingu-2,000 (ngoba kwakuwunyaka ka-2000) endaweni eyikhilomitha nengxenye ye-Dry Creek Regional Park Riparian Basin, i-tributary yoMfula iTuolomne onqamula ingxenye yedolobha eseningizimu.

Inhlangano yafaka isicelo sesimo sokungenzi inzuzo maduzane futhi yaqhubeka nohlelo lwayo “lwezihlahla zamaTots”. Izihlahla ze-Tots ziyaqhubeka nokuba uhlelo olukhulu kakhulu lokutshala izihlahla oluhlelwe yi-foundation, olutshalwe ngaphezu kwe-4,600 Valley Oaks kuze kube manje. Uxhaso luvela kwizibonelelo zaseCalifornia ReLeaf.

6,000 Izihlahla

Eminyakeni eyi-10 ikhona, i-Greater Modesto Tree Foundation itshale izihlahla ezingaphezu kwezi-6,000, ngokusho kukamongameli wamanje u-Kerry Elms (mhlawumbe igama elifanele).

“Siyiqembu lamavolontiya futhi, ngaphandle kwenqubomgomo yomshwalense nezindleko zokunakekela isizindalwazi sethu, yonke iminikelo nezimali zobulungu zisetshenziselwa ukunikeza izihlahla zezinhlelo zethu ezihlukahlukene,” esho. “Wonke umsebenzi ohlobene namaphrojekthi wethu wenziwa ngamalungu ethu namavolontiya omphakathi. Sinamaqembu amaningi (ama-Boy and Girl Scouts, izikole, amasonto, amaqembu omphakathi kanye namanye amavolontiya amaningi) asizayo ngokutshala neminye imizamo. Amavolontiya ethu asephelele angaphezu kuka-2,000 kusukela saqala.”

U-Elms uthe abakaze babe nenkinga yokuthola amavolontiya. Amaqembu entsha akhuthazwa ngokukhethekile ukuba ahlanganyele. Idolobha laseModesto libambisene abaqinile kumaphrojekthi amaningi okutshala esisekelo.

I-Stanislaus Shade Tree Partnership

Isisekelo sitshala cishe izihlahla ezingama-40 izikhathi ezinhlanu ngonyaka njengengxenye ye-Stanislaus Shade Tree Partnership, etshala izihlahla zomthunzi ezindaweni ezihola kancane. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo, le nhlangano idale ubudlelwano obuhle kakhulu, futhi le phrojekthi yenziwa ngokubambisana neSifunda Irrigation sase-Modesto (MID), uMnyango kaSheriff, uMnyango Wamaphoyisa, i-City Urban Forestry Division kanye namavolontiya amaningi.

Isisekelo sithumela i-arborist yaso ngesonto ngaphambi kokutshala ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ubukhulu besihlahla kanye nesayithi kufanelekile (hhayi ohlangothini olusenyakatho noma eduze kakhulu nemizi). UMID uthenga izihlahla Futhi uMnyango kaSherifu uyazihambisa. Ikhaya ngalinye lingathola izihlahla ezingafika ezinhlanu.

"Isizathu sokuthi i-MID isekela lo mzamo ukuthi uma izihlahla zitshalwe ngendlela efanele, zizoba nomthunzi ekhaya, okubangela ukonga amandla okungamaphesenti angu-30 nge-air conditioning encane edingekayo ezinyangeni ezishisayo zasehlobo," kusho u-Ken Hanigan, umxhumanisi wezinzuzo zomphakathi we-MID. “Sithole ukuthi umnikazi womuzi udinga ukuba nenzalo etshaliwe bese umndeni usujwayele ukunakekela izihlahla. Ngakho-ke, umndeni uyadingeka ukuba umbe imigodi.

"Kuyisenzo sothando nomzamo womphakathi omangalisayo," kusho uHanigan.

Izitshalo zeSikhumbuzo

Isisekelo senza ukuthi kutshalwe izihlahla zobufakazi zesikhumbuzo noma eziphilayo ukuze kuhlonishwe abangani noma umndeni. Isisekelo sinikeza isihlahla nesitifiketi futhi sisiza onikelayo ukuba akhethe ukuhlukahluka nendawo yesihlahla. Abaxhasi banikela ngemali.

Lokhu kuzinikela kuyafudumeza inhliziyo kubanikeli, futhi bangaba nezizinda ezithakazelisayo. U-Elms ukhulume ngokutshalwa kwakamuva enkundleni yegalofu. Iqembu lamadoda lalidlale igalofu iminyaka eminingi kule nkundla futhi lapho elinye lamalungu lifa, amanye anquma ukumhlonipha ngokushintsha isihlahla esasiwele enkundleni ngemva kwezikhukhula zango-1998. Indawo elakhetha kuyo kwakusekujikeni komgwaqo owawuhlale usendleleni yabadlali begalofu. Lapho isihlahla sesikhulile, abanye abadlali begalofu abaningi bazophonselwa inselelo yileso sihlahla.

Grow Out Centre

Emzamweni wokutshala izihlahla zabo, isisekelo sibambisene neSheriff's Department Honor Farm, eqeqesha abantu abasengozini encane ukuba batshale futhi banakekele izithombo zize zibe zikhulu ngokwanele ukuba zingatshalwa.

Isisekelo siphinde sisabalalise futhi sitshale izihlahla ngoSuku Lomhlaba, Usuku Lwe-Arbor kanye noSuku Lwezihlahla LwamaJuda.

IModesto isineminyaka engu-30 iyiDolobha Lezihlahla, futhi umphakathi uyaziqhenya ngehlathi lawo lasemadolobheni. Kodwa, njengakuwo wonke amadolobha aseCalifornia, iModesto ibingaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu yezezimali kule minyaka embalwa edlule futhi ayisenabo abasebenzi noma imali yokunakekela ipaki nezihlahla zayo.

I-Greater Modesto Tree Foundation kanye namavolontiya ayo amaningi azama ukugcwalisa igebe lapho engakwazi khona.

UDonna Orozco ungumbhali ozimele ozinze eVisalia, eCalifornia.