ʻO Hurricane ʻIsaaka a me ka waiwai o nā ʻāina pulu kahakai

na Mark J. Spalding, Pelekikena o The Ocean Foundation

Helen Wood Park ma Alabama Ma hope o ka Hurricane Isaac (8/30/2012)
 

I ka wā ʻino ʻino, he mea maʻamau ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka pōʻino i nā kaiāulu kanaka ma luna o ka media, nā hoʻolaha kūhelu, a me nā wahi hālāwai kaiāulu. Noʻonoʻo nō hoʻi ka poʻe o mākou e hana nei i ka mālama ʻana i ka moana e pili ana i ka lilo ʻana o nā mea lawaiʻa a me nā māla ʻōpala hou ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻino ma nā kahakai. Ke hopohopo nei mākou no ka holoi ʻana i ka lepo, nā mea ʻawaʻawa, a me nā mea kūkulu hale mai ka ʻāina a i loko o ke kai, e hoʻopau ana i nā moena ʻoster huahua, limu kai na wahi ulu, a me na wahi wai. Noʻonoʻo mākou pehea e hiki ai i ka ua nui ke kahe i nā ʻōnaehana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai, e lawe mai i nā pilikia olakino i nā iʻa a me nā kānaka. Ke ʻimi nei mākou i nā moena kā, nā ʻaila ʻaila, a me nā mea haumia hou e hiki ke holoi ʻia i loko o nā kahakai kahakai, ma nā kahakai, a me nā kahakai.

Manaʻolana mākou e kōkua ana kekahi hana nalu ʻino i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka wai, e lawe mai i ka oxygen i kēlā mau wahi i kapa ʻia mākou he ʻāpana make. Manaʻolana mākou e paʻa mau a palekana nā ʻōnaehana o nā kaiāulu kahakai - nā uwa, nā alanui, nā hale, nā kaʻa kaʻa, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe a pau. A hui pū mākou i nā ʻatikala no ka nūhou e pili ana i ka hopena o ka ʻino i ko mākou kai kahakai a me nā holoholona a me nā mea kanu e ʻōlelo nei he home lākou.

Ma hope o ka Tropical Storm Hector a me Cyclone Ileana ma Loreto, Mekiko i ka mahina i hala a me ka Hurricane Isaac ma ka Caribbean a me ke Kaiwa o Mekiko, ua nui ka ua nui o ka ua. Ma Loreto, nui ka poʻe i maʻi mai ka ʻai ʻana i ka iʻa i haumia. Ma Mobile, Alabama, 800,000 galani o ka lepo i hoʻokahe ʻia i loko o nā ala wai, e alakaʻi ana i nā luna kūloko e hoʻopuka i nā ʻōlelo aʻo olakino i nā kaiāulu i hoʻopilikia ʻia. Ke nānā nei nā luna i nā wahi palupalu no nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe o nā mea haumia, nā hopena kemika a me ka ʻaila. E like me ka Seafood News i hōʻike ʻia i kēia pule, "ʻO ka hope, ua hōʻoia nā hoʻokolohua ua holoi ʻo Hurricane Isaac i nā ʻāpana o ka ʻaila BP, i koe mai ka 2010 spill, ma nā kahakai ʻo Alabama a me Louisiana. Ua manaʻo ka poʻe luna e hiki mai ana kēia me nā limahana e hana nei e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ʻaila. Eia kekahi, ua wikiwiki ka poʻe akamai i ka kuhikuhi ʻana i ka nui o ka ʻaila i hōʻike ʻia he 'pō a me ke ao' i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2010.

A laila aia nā kumukūʻai hoʻomaʻemaʻe āu e noʻonoʻo ʻole ai. No ka laʻana, ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā tona o nā kupapaʻu holoholona. Ma hope o ka ʻino pinepine ʻana o ka Hurricane Isaac, ua manaʻo ʻia he 15,000 mau nutria i holoi ʻia ma nā kahakai o Hancock County, Mississippi. Ma kahi kokoke i ke Kalana ʻo Harrison, ua hoʻoneʻe nā poʻe limahana ma mua o 16 tons o nā holoholona, ​​​​me ka nutria, mai kona kahakai i nā lā mua ma hope o ka luku ʻana o ʻIsaaka i kahakai. ʻO nā holoholona make—ʻo ia hoʻi nā iʻa a me nā mea ola ʻē aʻe o ka moana—ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau ma muli o ka nui o ka ʻino a i ʻole ka ua nui o ka wai-ʻoiai nā kahakai o Lake Pontchartrain i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā kupapaʻu o nā nutria, puaʻa puaʻa, a me kahi alligator, e like me nā hōʻike nūpepa. ʻIke loa, ʻo kēia mau kupapaʻu he kumu kūʻai hou aku i nā kaiāulu e makemake ana e wehe hou no ka mākaʻikaʻi kahakai ma hope o ka ʻino. A, aia nō paha ka poʻe i mahalo i ka nalowale ʻana o ka nutria—he ʻano ʻano hoʻopiʻi kūleʻa maikaʻi e hoʻohua maʻalahi a pinepine, a hiki ke hōʻeha nui.

E like me ka hōʻike mai ka papahana Wildlife Services o ka USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service states¹, ʻO ka nutria, he ʻiole semi-aquatic nui, ua lawe mua ʻia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1889 no kona hulu. I ka hāʻule ʻana o kēlā mākeke i ka makahiki 1940, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā tausani o nā nutria i ka nahele e nā poʻe kahu hānai ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa hou iā lākou…Ua nui loa ka Nutria ma nā mokuʻāina ʻo Gulf Coast, akā ke hoʻopilikia pū nei lākou i nā mokuʻāina hikina hikina a me ka ʻAkelanika. kahakai… hoʻopau ka nutria i nā kapa o nā ʻauwai, nā loko, a me nā kino wai ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke koʻikoʻi nui naʻe, ʻo ka pōʻino paʻa o ka nutria e hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā marshes a me nā ʻāina pulu ʻē aʻe.

Ma kēia mau wahi, hānai ʻia ka nutria i nā mea kanu ʻōiwi e hoʻopaʻa pū i ka lepo lepo. ʻO ka luku ʻia ʻana o kēia mau mea kanu e hoʻoikaika i ka nalo ʻana o nā kahakai kahakai i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka piʻi ʻana o ke kai.
No laila, hiki paha iā mākou ke kapa i ka make ʻana o nā tausani o nā nutria he ʻano kala kala no nā ʻāina wai e emi ana i hana koʻikoʻi i ka pale ʻana i ke Kaiwa a hiki ke hana hou me ke kōkua. ʻOiai ʻo kā mākou mau hoa a me nā mea hāʻawi kālā ma ke Kaiwaʻi e hakakā nei me ke kahe ʻana, ka nalowale ʻana o ka uila, a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe ma hope o ka Hurricane Isaac, aia kekahi nūhou maikaʻi.

Ua ʻike ʻia ke kuleana koʻikoʻi o nā ʻāina wai ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma lalo o ka Ramsar Convention, kahi mea i hoʻopuka mua ʻia ma TOF intern, Luke Elder ma ka blog TOF. Kākoʻo ʻo TOF i ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻāina pulu ma nā wahi he nui. Aia kekahi o lākou ma Alabama.

Hoʻomanaʻo paha kekahi o ʻoukou i nā hōʻike mua e pili ana i ka papahana hui hui 100-1000 i mālama ʻia e TOF ma Mobile Bay. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka papahana, ʻo ia ke kūkulu hou ʻana i 100 mau mile o ka ʻāʻī a me 1000 mau ʻeka o nā kahakai kahakai ma nā kahakai o Mobile Bay. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻoikaika ʻana ma kēlā me kēia kahua me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻaʻa ʻooster ma kahi mau iwilei wale nō mai ka ʻāina ma luna o kahi substrate i hana ʻia e ke kanaka. Ke kūkulu ʻia ka sediment ma hope o ke kai, hoʻokumu hou nā mauʻu marsh i ko lākou ʻāina mōʻaukala, e kōkua ana i ka kānana wai, e hoʻēmi i ka pōʻino o ka ʻino, a me ka kānana wai e puka mai ana mai ka ʻāina i loko o ke Kai. He wahi hānai koʻikoʻi ia no nā iʻa ʻōpiopio, ʻōpae a me nā mea ola ʻē aʻe.

ʻO ka mua o nā papahana e hoʻokō i ka pahuhopu 100-1000 i hana ʻia ma Helen Woods Memorial Park, kokoke i ke alahaka i ka mokupuni ʻo Dauphin ma Mobile Bay. ʻO ka mua, he lā hoʻomaʻemaʻe nui aʻu i hui pū ai me nā mea manawaleʻa hoʻoikaika ikaika mai Mobile Baykeeper, Alabama Coastal Foundation, National Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy a me nā hui ʻē aʻe i ka huki ʻana i nā kaila, ʻōpala, a me nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe. Ua kanu ʻia ke kanu maoli i kekahi mau mahina ma hope mai i ka wā i mahana ai ka wai. Ua piha maikaʻi nā mauʻu o ka pāhana. He mea hauʻoli ka ʻike ʻana pehea e hiki ai i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ke komo ʻana o ke kanaka (a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana iā mākou iho) ke kākoʻo i ka hoʻihoʻi maoli ʻana o nā wahi marshy kahiko.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o kā mākou kali ʻana i nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka papahana ma hope o ke kahe ʻana o ka wai a me ka ʻino i hana ʻia e ka Hurricane Isaac. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻole? Pono e hoʻoponopono koʻikoʻi nā ʻōnaehana hana kanaka o ka paka. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi? Paʻa mau nā wahi marsh hou a hana i kā lākou hana. He mea hōʻoluʻolu ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e hoʻokō ʻia ai ka pahuhopu 100-1000, e pōmaikaʻi nā kānaka a me nā kaiāulu ʻē aʻe o Mobile Bay mai nā ʻāina marshlands hou-i ka wā ʻino a me ke koena o ka makahiki.

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