Isikhulu se-USDA Forest Service, uTom Tidwell, usanda kukhuluma emhlanganweni Inhlangano Yezazi ZaseMelika umhlangano wonyaka. Yilokhu abekusho ngamahlathi asemadolobheni nasemphakathini:
“Njengoba abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-80 abahlala emadolobheni amakhulu, iForest Service yandisa umsebenzi wethu ezindaweni ezinjengeNew York, Philadelphia, neLos Angeles. IMelika inamahektha ayizigidi eziyi-100 zamahlathi asemadolobheni, futhi ngokusebenzisa yethu Uhlelo lwezamahlathi emadolobheni kanye nomphakathi, sihlinzeka ngosizo emiphakathini engu-8,550, eyikhaya labantu abangaphezu kwengxenye yabo bonke abantu. Inhloso yethu inethiwekhi eqhubekayo yezindawo ezinamahlathi anempilo, kusukela ezindaweni ezikude zasehlane kuya ezindaweni zasemadolobheni ezinomthunzi, amapaki, kanye nemigwaqo eluhlaza.
Ubambiswano olulodwa lokubuyisela ezindaweni zasemadolobheni i-Urban Waters Federal Partnership. I-White House yethule ngokusemthethweni ubudlelwano ngoJuni odlule e-Baltimore. Ihlanganisa izinhlangano zombuso ezihlukene eziyi-11, futhi iklanyelwe ukubuyisela impilo ezindaweni ezinamanzi emadolobheni, iningi lazo okungenani linamahlathi ngokwengxenye. Kukhethwe izindawo eziyisikhombisa zokuhlola, futhi iNkonzo Yehlathi iyahola kwezintathu kuzo—eBaltimore, lapho umthombo woMfula iPatapsco neziMpophoma zaseJones kusezindaweni zasemaphandleni enyakatho nasentshonalanga; e-Denver, lapho sisebenzisana ne-Denver Water ukubuyisela izindawo ezinamahlathi ezilinyazwa yi-Hayman Fire ngo-2002; nasenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Indiana, ingxenye yendawo enkulu yaseChicago, lapho sisebenza khona e-Chicago Wilderness.”