ʻO ka US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners me Ocean Connectors ma kahi papahana hoʻomalu ʻōpio kūwaho

San Diego, CA, Iulai 30, 2019 – Nā mea hoʻohui moana, he papahana kākoʻo kālā o The Ocean Foundation, e hana ana mai ka makahiki 2007 e hoʻokomo i nā tausani o nā keiki ma nā kaiāulu o San Diego County a me nā ʻāpana o Mexico e hoʻoulu i ka hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni a me ka mālama kai. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i nā kaiāulu pilikia ka nui o nā pāka, nā leʻaleʻa palekana i waho, a me nā wahi ākea, e hopena pinepine ai i ka nele o ka ʻike a me ka ʻike kaiapuni. Ua alakaʻi ʻia kēia i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Ocean Connectors, me kahi ʻike e hoʻohui i nā ʻōpio no ka mālama ʻana ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke ola moana migratory e hoʻoulu a hoʻopili i nā poʻe i mālama ʻole ʻia e noho ana ma nā kaiāulu kahakai o ka Pākīpika. 

Ma kahi hui kū hoʻokahi ma waena o Ocean Connectors a me ka ʻO ka lawelawe ʻana i ka iʻa a me ka holoholona hihiu o US, ke nānā aku nei nā hui kūloko i nā ala e hoʻopili ai i nā ʻōpio kūlanakauhale i nā ʻano huakaʻi huakaʻi moana a me nā seminar hoʻonaʻauao. ʻO ka US Fish and Wildlife Service, ma o kāna Ka Papahana Hoola Ola Ola Kaona, manaʻoʻiʻo i kahi "ʻano e hoʻoikaika i nā hui kūloko, nā kūlanakauhale, a me nā kaona ma ka ʻāina e ʻimi i nā hoʻonā kaiāulu hou no ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu."

Aia nā haumāna haumāna no kēia papahana he 85% mau haumāna Latino. ʻO 15% wale nō o nā Latinos ma luna o 25 mau makahiki e paʻa i kahi kekelē ʻehā makahiki ma US, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o 10% o nā kekelē laepua ma ka ʻepekema a me ka ʻenekinia i hāʻawi ʻia i nā haumāna Latino. ʻO ke kaiāulu o National City, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo Ocean Connectors, aia ma ka 10% kiʻekiʻe o nā zip-codes a puni ka mokuʻāina no nā hopena hui o ka pollution a me nā nāwaliwali o ka lehulehu. Hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia kēia mau manaʻo i ka nele o ka hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni a me ke komo ʻana i nā paka a me nā wahi ākea ma National City. Ma o kēia papahana, e hoʻolako ʻo Ocean Connectors i ka hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni i mākaukau no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena lōʻihi no nā keiki kula haʻahaʻa a me nā ʻohana, e kōkua ana iā lākou e komo, komo pū, a hoʻomaopopo i ko lākou ʻano kūlohelohe. 

Ua loaʻa i ka papahana nā manaʻo maikaʻi mai nā poʻe komo, e like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana a kekahi o nā kumu kūloko, “He papahana kupaianaha kēia. Ua hauʻoli loa nā limahana o kā mākou kula i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka huakaʻi kula a me nā hōʻike i hāʻawi ʻia. Manaʻo mākou e hana me ka papahana i kēia makahiki aʻe!

Hāʻawi ʻia nā hōʻike papa Ocean Connectors ʻelua manawa i kēlā me kēia makahiki kula. Ma ka mākaʻikaʻi lumi papa, alakaʻi ʻo Ocean Connectors i kahi "hoʻololi ʻike" e pili ana i nā kamaʻilio ʻepekema ʻelua ma waena o nā haumāna ma National City a me nā keiki e noho ana ma ka hopena o ka Pacific Flyway. Hoʻokumu kēia ʻenehana aʻo mamao i kahi kamaʻilio peer-to-peer e hāpai ana i ka mālama like ʻana o nā holoholona hihiu.

Wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o Ocean Connectors, ʻo Frances Kinney, "ʻO kā mākou hui pū ʻana me US Fish and Wildlife Service he mea nui i ke kōkua ʻana i nā Ocean Connectors e ulu, hoʻohui i nā lālā hou i kā mākou hui, a ma hope e hoʻonaʻauao i nā keiki kula kūloko e hoʻohana ana i ka Urban Refuges ma ke ʻano he lumi papa waho no ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i ka ʻepekema kaiapuni a me ka mālama ʻana. ʻO nā limahana o ka US Fish and Wildlife Service he kumu hoʻohālike e hāʻawi i nā haumāna i ka ʻike mua ʻana i nā ala ʻoihana waho.

Ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o ka lumi papa, ma kahi o 750 mau haumāna papa ʻeono e hana hou i ka noho ʻana ma luna o ʻelua ʻeka ma San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, me ka wehe ʻana i nā ʻōpala, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka uhi mea kanu invasive, a me ke kau ʻana i nā mea kanu maoli. I kēia lā, ua kanu nā haumāna ma luna o 5,000 mau mea kanu maoli ma kēia wahi. Hele lākou i nā keʻena hoʻonaʻauao like ʻole e hoʻohana i nā microscopes a me nā binoculars e hoʻokō i nā mākau ʻepekema honua maoli. 

ʻO ka US Fish and Wildlife Service Urban Wildlife Conservation Program e kālele ana i kahi hoʻoilina o ka mālama ʻana ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi kumu hoʻohālike e pili ana i ke kaiāulu no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hopena o nā kaiāulu kūloko a me ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hana e pili ana i ia. Hoʻokumu ka papahana i nā kūlanakauhale a kokoke i kahi o 80% o nā ʻAmelika e noho a hana. 

Ke hana pū me nā hoa like e like me Ocean Connectors, hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā manawa kūpono no nā kaiāulu e pili ana i ka National Wildlife Refuges.

Ua haʻi ʻo US Fish and Wildlife Service Urban Refuge Coordinator, ʻo Chantel Jimenez, i ka manaʻo o ka papahana, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "Ke hāʻawi nei kā mākou mau hoa i ka uila a me ke komo ʻana i nā kaiāulu, nā kaiāulu, nā kula a me nā ʻohana e hoʻokipa ʻia i ka National Wildlife Refuge System. Ua wehe ʻo Ocean Connectors i nā puka no nā haumāna ma National City e hoʻopili i ke ʻano a hoʻoikaika ʻia e lilo i mau kahu no ka ʻāina i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

I ka makahiki i hala, ua hāʻawi ʻo Ocean Connectors i nā hōʻikeʻike lumi papa he 238 no ka huina o 4,677 mau haumāna, a ua alakaʻi i 90 mau huakaʻi ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Mekiko no nā mea komo 2,000. ʻO kēia mau mea a pau he mau kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe no Ocean Connectors, e ʻimi nei e kūkulu ma luna o ia manawa i kēia makahiki. 
 
Ma o kēia hui ʻana, hoʻohana ʻo Ocean Connectors i kahi ʻano hoʻonaʻauao makahiki he nui e kūkulu i ke kumu o ka ʻike kaiapuni, a hoʻohana i ka ʻike o ka US Fish and Wildlife Service e aʻo i nā haumāna e pili ana i nā mea ulu a me nā holoholona maoli, mālama kaiapuni, a me nā kaiaola o San Diego Bay. Kūlike nā haʻawina ʻo Ocean Connectors me nā Urban Wildlife Refuge Standards of Excellence, Common Core, Ocean Literacy Principles, a me nā Generation Science Standards. 

Kiʻi Kiʻi: Anna Mar