Izihlahla Musketeers yaklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-California Urban Forestry Award for Outstanding Urban Forestry Project of the Year ngephrojekthi yabo ethi “Izihlahla Eziya Olwandle”. Umklomelo, onikezwe ngabakwa California Urban Forests Council, yethulwa enhlanganweni noma emphakathini oqedele iphrojekthi yamahlathi asemadolobheni:
• Yabhekana nezindaba ezimbili noma ngaphezulu zemvelo noma zokuphepha komphakathi
• Ubandakanya umphakathi kanye/noma ezinye izinhlangano noma ama-ejensi kanye
• Kuthuthukise kakhulu amahlathi asemadolobheni kanye nokuphila komphakathi.
UGail Church, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Tree Musketeers, uchaza le phrojekthi ngale ndlela:
“I-Trees to the Sea iyinganekwane yezingane ezilokotha ziphuphe isenzo abangasithatha ukuze baxazulule izinkinga zendawo ezungezile, uhambo lweminyaka engu-21 ngokusebenzisa ama-red tape, kanye nokunqoba okukhulu okulethe izihlahla eziluhlaza ezweni elingenamuntu. Isimo siwukuthi idolobha elincane laseMidwestern elibonakala liwele ngokungazi endaweni yedolobha elikhulu. Ukuqamba okusha kulukwa kuyo yonke indaba. Abantu abasha babone ngeso lengqondo umgwaqo onguthelawayeka olayini wezihlahla futhi bathola usizo oluvela kozakwethu ukuze benze umbono ube ngokoqobo. Nakuba lokhu kuyibhizinisi njengenjwayelo kwa-Tree Musketeers, isimilo sentsha ekuguquleni lo mphakathi omncane obhekene nezinkinga ezinkulu zasemadolobheni ngokusebenzisa i-Trees to the Sea iyamangalisa. "
“Indima yezihlahla nayo ayijwayelekile ngoba izihlahla eziya olwandle zinciphisa ukungcoliswa komsindo wesikhumulo sezindiza, zinciphise ukugeleza okungcolile okufinyelela olwandle, zinciphise ukungcoliswa komoya futhi ubuhle bazo bubamba iqhaza elibalulekile ohlelweni lokuvuselela idolobha, ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye izinzuzo ezilethwa izihlahla emphakathini. Abalingiswa abalingiswa kufanele banakwe njengoba bekuwubambiswano olubanzi lomphakathi/lwangasese okuhlanganisa amadolobha amabili, izikhungo zesifunda, uhulumeni wobumbano, amabhizinisi amakhulu namancane, amavolontiya entsha nabadala angu-2,250, kanye nezinhlangano ezingenzi inzuzo ezinemishini eyahlukene.”
“Itulo ligqamisa ubudlelwano obuzuzisayo phakathi kwe-Tree Musketeers neDolobha lase-El Segundo obubeka indinganiso okufanele ilingiswe lapho amadolobha angagcini ngokusizakala ngobudlelwano bokusebenza nezinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo zendawo, kodwa nentsha yomphakathi. Umfundi uthola ngokushesha ukuthi i-Trees to the Sea iwumsebenzi idolobha noma inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ebingeke iwufeze lodwa.”
Siyakuhalalisela, Tree Musketeers!