ʻO Georgia Strait Alliance: Hoa o ka Moana

Na Ben Scheelk, Program Associate, The Ocean Foundation

Hamau. ʻO ka leo maʻemaʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, a me ke kuli hoʻi e manaʻo ai kekahi me he mea lā aia ʻoe i loko o kahi hakahaka. ʻO ia koʻu manaʻo mau loa i kahi kihi liʻiliʻi o ke koʻo o Kolombia ʻo Georgia i kapa ʻia ʻo "Desolation Sound."

Ma waena o nā hōkū kai violet a me ka tangerine, nā sila awa e nānā nei iā ʻoe me nā maka ʻeleʻele e like me ka hohonu a me ka ʻeleʻele e like me nā fjord kahiko e laina ana i ke kahakai idyllic, a me ka ʻole o nā contrails, ke kani ʻana o ke kaʻa, a kokoke i nā hōʻailona āpau. civilization, ua ʻauʻau au i ka mālie—a me ka ua pinepine—o kēia wao nahele moana nui i ka wā o kahi huakaʻi hele. Ua hoʻokomo ka ʻike iaʻu i loko o ka hui pili o kekahi o The Ocean Foundation's Friends of Funds: the Friends of Georgia Strait Alliance.

No ʻelua mau makahiki ʻoi aku ka ʻO Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA), he hui ma ka Mokupuni ʻo Vancouver, "ʻo ia wale nō ka hui kamaʻāina i kālele i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni kai i loko a ma kahi o ko Strait of Georgia holoʻokoʻa - kahi kahi e noho ai ka hapa nui o ko Kolombia Pelekane, hana, a pāʻani." I loko o ko lākou ola ʻana, ua hakakā ʻo GSA no ka pale ʻana i kēia paradaiso kai kū hoʻokahi, e hoʻokō i nā moratoriums ma nā hana iʻa iʻa salmon, e koi ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā hana ʻoihana, e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻana i ka wai, e hāpai ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā National Marine Conservation Areas, a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i kahi makana- lanakila ma ka "Green Boating."

ʻO ka hana e "hoʻonui i ka ʻike o ka lehulehu a lanakila i nā loli kulekele lehulehu e pili ana i nā pilikia e like me ka pulp a me ka haumia o ka wai, nā pōʻino o ka ʻaila, ka nalowale ʻana o ka noho ʻana o ka estuary koʻikoʻi a me nā kahawai salmon, nā hopena mahiʻai salmon a me ka pono no ka pale ʻana i ka nohona kai," he mea nui loa ka GSA- ʻike ʻia i nā hui nui e pili ana i ke Strait, a he kākoʻo a he paionia o nā noiʻi ʻepekema, nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha, nā hana mālama, a me nā hana kānāwai. Mai ka pale ʻana i nā kohola orca, a i ka mālama ʻana i ka pono o kēia kaiaola ʻāhiu a huahua, ke alakaʻi nei ʻo GSA i nā hana e hōʻoia i ka mālama ʻia ʻana o kēia waiwai waiwai no nā kaiāulu kanaka a me nā holoholona hihiu, e noho nei i kēia wao nahele nui, no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.

Mai ka makahiki 2004, ua hāʻawi ka Ocean Foundation i ke kākoʻo kākoʻo kālā i The Georgia Strait Alliance, nāna i hāʻawi i ka hui i ka hiki ke hāpai i ke kākoʻo ʻauhau ʻauhau mai nā mea hāʻawi, nā kumu pilikino, a me nā kumu aupuni i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. I koʻu huakaʻi ʻana ma British Columbia, ua hoʻopili au iā GSA ma hope o koʻu hoʻolilo ʻana i nā lā he nui i ka kayak a me ka hoʻomoana ma ke kahawai e noʻonoʻo i koʻu ʻike a mahalo iā lākou no kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e pale i kēia wahi kupaianaha. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Michelle Young, ka mea hoʻoponopono kālā o ka hui, i koʻu mau manaʻo a ua ʻae ʻo ia ua "hoʻopiha pinepine ʻo ia i ka hoe ʻuhane a me ka waʻa Desolation Sound a me Georgia Strait."

Ke hoʻonui nei nā mea hoʻoweliweli i kēia kaiaola, a ua mākaukau ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau e hoʻololi i nā pōʻai biogeochemical koʻikoʻi i ke olakino a me ka paʻa o ka pūnaewele meaʻai o ka ʻāina, hauʻoli ʻo The Ocean Foundation i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hui ikaika ma Georgia Strait Alliance no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka nui o ke kaiapuni. nā pilikia e kū nei i kēia wahi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ala ʻepekema e alakaʻi i ke kaiāulu no ka pale ʻana i kēia wahi koʻikoʻi.

Ma hope o Wakinekona DC, ʻo ka haunaele i hoʻomalu ʻia o ka noho ʻana o ke kaona me he mea lā e hoʻopau i nā leo o ke ʻano. Aka, i ke kani ana o na kikina, makapo na kukui o ke kaa, hookaumaha ka wela o ke kaona i huli ia, a me ka mamao loa o ka moana, ke hoao nei au e pakele i kela wahi mamao ma British Columbia, kahi o na kulu ua. wawahi i ka aniani ili e like me ka miliona crystalline punawai, ka gauzy uliuli silhouette o ke kahakai laina scratches ma ka haʻahaʻa ao kaupaku, a me ka leo wale, he mea ole loa.

Hana pū ka Georgia Strait Alliance me The Ocean Foundation ma ke ʻano he "Friends of Funds," he pilina hāʻawi mua i ʻae ʻia e hiki ai i nā hui honua ke ʻimi i ke kākoʻo mai nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā o ʻAmelika. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ke kumu hoʻohālike Friends of Fund a me ka Fiscal Sponsorship Program ma The Ocean Foundation, e ʻoluʻolu e kipa mai iā mākou ma: https://oceanfdn.org/ocean-conservation-projects/fiscal-sponsorship. Eia kekahi, inā ʻoe ma ia wahi, e ʻoluʻolu e kākoʻo iā GSA i kā lākou hanana kūikawā e hiki mai ana, "An Evening With the Strait," e mālama ʻia ana ma ʻOkakopa 24, 2013 ma Victoria, BC. No nā kikoʻī hou aku, e ʻoluʻolu e kipa i ka ʻaoʻao hanana ma kā lākou pūnaewele: http://www.georgiastrait.org/?q=node/1147.