E mālama iā Loreto Magical

Aloha mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Loreto kahi aʻu e kali nei no ka hopu ʻana i kaʻu mokulele i LAX ma hope o kahi pule paʻa loa.  

He mea maikaʻi ke hoʻi i Loreto, a ʻo ia kaʻu e haʻalele ai i ka melancholy. Makemake au e nānā i ka puka ʻana o ka lā ma luna o ka Loreto Bay National Park. Makemake au e ʻike i nā hoaaloha kahiko a hui pū me nā poʻe hou. Ua kipa au ma ʻaneʻi ma mua o iwakāluakūmālima mau makahiki—a ke mahalo nei au i nā manawa kūpono a pau i loaʻa iaʻu e hana ai i ka pale ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a me ka moʻomeheu i mea kūikawā kēia ʻāpana o Baja California Sur.

He ʻumi makahiki aku nei, ua kapa ʻia ka Loreto Bay National (Marine) Park he Natural World Heritage Site. I kēia pule, ua laki au i ka hele ʻana i ka wehe ʻana o ka plaque kūhelu e hōʻike ana i kēia inoa kūikawā o kēia wahi nani a kū hoʻokahi. ʻO ka Pāka kahi home o nā iʻa a me nā mammals moana, a he ʻāpana ia o ke ala neʻe o nā kohola polū, nā kohola hope, nā humpbacks, nā kohola pepehi kanaka, nā kohola pailaka, nā kohola sperm a me nā mea hou aku.

ʻO kekahi o nā pahuhopu o koʻu kipa ʻana, ʻo ia ka hui ʻana i ke kaiāulu e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hana ʻana o kahi paka aupuni ma ka ʻāina ma ka hema o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Loreto. Ma kahi o 30 poʻe i hele i ka papa hana mua a kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka nui a me ke ʻano o ka paka, a me ke kuleana o ke aupuni Mekiko, a me ka pono o ke kākoʻo lehulehu. Nui ka hauʻoli mua no kēia ʻāpana 2,023-hectar (5,000 ʻeka) no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pale.

He manawa kūpono hoʻi koʻu kipa ʻana e kamaʻilio me nā alakaʻi kūloko, nā ʻoihana ʻoihana, a me nā limahana waiwai ʻole e pili ana i nā ala maikaʻi loa e hōʻoia ai e hoʻokō ʻia ke kānāwai mālama ʻāina o Loreto, POEL, a i ʻole Ecological Ordinance e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. E like me kāu e noʻonoʻo ai, ua like ʻo Loreto i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o BCS - maloʻo a hilinaʻi i ka pale ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai wai no ke olakino, kaiapuni, a me ka hoʻokele waiwai. Aia ka mana'o nui i ka wā e hiki mai ai ka pō'ino i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe o ia wahi. ʻO ka lua hāmama kekahi laʻana o ka hana hoʻohaumia wai e lele ana i mua o ka POEL. Ua loaʻa iaʻu nā hālāwai koʻikoʻi he nui i kōkua i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea e hiki ke hana ʻia e hōʻoia i ka wehe ʻole ʻana o ke kaiāulu i ka puka i ka mining ma o ka haku.n o ka loaʻa kālā ma ke ʻano o ka ʻauhau waiwai eli ma ka ʻāina i kūkulu ʻole ʻia.

ʻO ka hope loa, ua hiki iaʻu ke hele i ka 8th makahiki Eco-Alianza pōmaikaʻi gala i ka pō nei, i mālama ʻia ma ka Mission Hotel ma ke kahakai o Loreto. ʻO ka poʻe i hele mai me nā kamaʻāina kūloko, nā kamaʻāina kau, nā alakaʻi ʻoihana, a me nā mea kākoʻo ʻē aʻe. Ua piha mau ke kudala leo i na mea hana nani mai na kanaka o ka aina, a me na mea e ae mai na oihana o ka aina—he hooikaika i ka hale kaiaulu ka mea nui o ʻO ka hana a Eco-Alianza. Ke lawelawe nei au ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo no Eco-Alianza, i hoʻokumu ʻia e hoʻonaʻauao, kākoʻo, a kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā ala e pili ai ke olakino o nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe o Loreto i ke olakino o nā mea āpau. He ahiahi leʻaleʻa e like me nā manawa a pau.

He paʻakikī mau ka haʻalele ʻana i kahi wahi nani me nā kamaʻāina like ʻole a hoihoi o ke kaiāulu. ʻOiai e hoʻomau ʻia kaʻu hana i ka paka aupuni, nā pilikia eli, a me nā papahana o Eco-Alianza ke hoʻi au i DC, ke kali nei au i koʻu hoʻi ʻana mai.

E kōkua iā mākou e mālama iā Loreto Magical.

Kiʻi 1: Wehe ʻia o ka plaque e ʻike ana i ka makahiki 10 o Loreto Bay National Park; Kiʻi 2: ʻO Mark lāua ʻo Linda A. Kinninger, ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Eco Alianza (hōʻaiʻē: Richard Jackson)