Chitsuwa, Gungwa uye Kugadzirisa Ramangwana

The Colorful Blur yaOctober
Chikamu 3: Chitsuwa, Gungwa uye Kugadzirisa Ramangwana

naMark J. Spalding

Sezvandakambonyora, nguva yekudonha inguva yakabatikana yemisangano nekumwe kuungana. Mukati merwendo rwemavhiki matanhatu, ndakaita rombo rakanaka rekupedza mazuva mashoma paBlock Island, Rhode Island, ndichitarisa purazi remhepo ririkuenderera mberi, ndichidzidza zvakawanda nezve kuyedza kuchengetedza zvivakwa zvakaita seWaste Transfer Station, post Hurricane Sandy uye rimwe dutu. -kukonzera kukukurwa kwevhu, uye kunakidzwa nenzvimbo dzakasiyana dzechitsuwa dzakadzivirirwa kubva mukusimudzirwa uye dzinopa mafambiro anofadza. 

Block Island yakagarwa zviri pamutemo nevanhu vokuEurope muna 1661. Mukati memakore 60, mazhinjisa amasango ayo akanga atemwa nokuda kwokuvaka nemafuta. Matombo akawanda akatenderedzwa echando akashandiswa kugadzira madziro ematombo—ayo anomira akachengetedzwa nhasi. Minda yakashama yaipa nzvimbo yekugara yakavhurika yaitsigira mamwe marudzi akadai semakova. Chitsuwa ichi chaishaya chiteshi chezvikepe chekuchengetedza zvikepe zvakakura, asi chaive nehove dzemhiri kwemakungwa nehove dzakawanda. Zvichitevera kuvakwa kwechiteshi chemvura (Old Harbor) mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi 19, Block Island yakatumbuka senzvimbo yezhizha, ichizvikudza mahotera ekare emvura. Chitsuwa ichi chichiri chakakurumbira nzvimbo yezhizha, uye inopa vashanyi kufamba, kubata hove, kusefa, kuchovha bhasikoro, uye kusanganiswa kwemahombekombe, pakati pezvimwe zvinokwezva. Zvikamu makumi mana kubva muzana zvechitsuwa chacho zvakadzivirirwa pakusimukira, uye zhinjisa dzenzvimbo dzomusikirwo dzakazarukira veruzhinji. Huwandu hwegore rose hwave vanhu vangangosvika mazana mapfumbamwe nemakumi mashanu.

Thanks kune vaenzi vedu, Iyo Ocean View Foundation ndeye Kim Gaffett uye Rhode Island Natural History Survey's Kira Stillwell, ndakakwanisa kudzidza zvakawanda nezve zviwanikwa zvechitsuwa. Nhasi minda iri kuramba ichiwedzera kukoromoka kwemahombekombe uye nzvimbo dzekugara dzakanyanya, kuchinja musanganiswa weshiri dzinogara neshiri dzinotama. Berero repachitsuwa ichi rinobereka zvizvarwa zvakaita sewinterberry, pokeberry, uye wax myrtle, riri kushorwa neJapan knotweed, Black Swallow-wort, uye mizambiringa yemamineti (kubva kuEast Asia).

Muchirimo, nhamba dzisingaverengeki dzeshiri dziri kutama dzinomira paBlock Island kuti dzizorore uye dziwedzere mafuta dzisati dzaenderera mberi nenzendo dzadzo dzekuenda kunzvimbo dziri kure dzekumaodzanyemba. Kazhinji kazhinji, kwavanosvika zviuru zvemamaira kure kuCentral neSouth America. Kwemakore makumi mashanu apfuura, imwe mhuri yakabata chiteshi chebhande pedyo nechokuchamhembe kweBlock Island, kusiri kure neClayhead Bluffs iyo inoita chishamiso chinoshamisa parwendo rwechikepe kubva kuPoint Judith. Pano, shiri dzinotama dzinobatwa mumambure emhute, dzobviswa zvinyoronyoro pasati papera awa, dzoyerwa, dzoyerwa, dzinosungwa, dzosunungurwa zvakare. Block Island chizvarwa uye nyanzvi yekubatanidza shiri, Kim Gaffett apedza makumi emakore ari pachiteshi muchirimo nekudonha. Shiri imwe neimwe inogamuchira bhandi rakagadzirirwa ukuru uye uremu hwayo, rudzi rwayo runotarwa, mafuta ayo akasarudzwa, kureba kwebapiro rayo kuyerwa kubva ku“gokora,” uye kuyerwa. Kim anotarisawo kusanganiswa kwedehenya kuti aone zera reshiri. Mubatsiri wake anozvipira Maggie anocherekedza data pashiri yega yega. Shiri dzinobatwa zvinyoro-nyoro dzinobva dzasunungurwa.  

Handina kuona kuti ndaigona sei kubatsira bhendi, kana kuyera, kana kuyera. Ini zvechokwadi ndakanga ndisina ruzivo rwaKim pakusarudza huwandu hwemafuta, semuenzaniso. Asi zvakazoitika, ndakafara zvikuru kuva murume akabetsera tushiri tuduku kudzoka munzira yadzo. Nguva nenguva, sezvakaitika kune imwe vireo, shiri yaigara yakadzikama kwechinguvana pamunwe wangu, ichitarisa-tarisa, uye zvichida ichitonga mhepo, isati yabhururuka ichienda - ichimhara mukati-kati mukukwesha zvakada kumhanyisa kwatiri. maziso ekutevera.  

Kufanana nenharaunda zhinji dzemahombekombe, zvivakwa zveBlock Island zviri panjodzi yekukwira kwemakungwa uye nekukukurwa kwechisikigo. Sechitsuwa, kudzoka haisi sarudzo, uye dzimwe nzira dzinofanirwa kuwanikwa kune zvese kubva pakubata tsvina, kugadzira mugwagwa, kune simba. Kim nedzimwe nhengo dzenharaunda vakabatsira kufambisa danho rekusimudzira simba rechitsuwa ichi - nepurazi remhepo rekutanga rekuUS riri kuvakwa kubva kumabvazuva kwechitsuwa.  

Basa rinoitwa naKim neboka rake revanozvipira kuverenga shiri dzinotama, sebasa re Biodiversity Research Institute chikwata che raptor chichatibatsira kunzwisisa zvakawanda pamusoro pehukama huripo pakati pematurbine aya uye kutama kweshiri. Nharaunda zhinji dzichabatsirikana kubva muzvidzidzo zvakadzidzwa kubva mumaitiro arikuitwa nenharaunda yeBlock Island apo inofamba zvese kubva kunobva magetsi kumahombekombe, kusvika panomira zvikepe zvepurazi remhepo, kuenda kunovakwa chiteshi chemagetsi. Vatinoshanda navo kuIsland Institute muMaine vari pakati peavo vakagovana, uye vakabatsira kuzivisa, maitiro.

Iyo Ocean Foundation yakavambwa, muchikamu, kubatsira mabhiriji zviwanikwa zvekuchengetedza gungwa-kubva paruzivo kuenda kune mari kusvika kune kugona kwevanhu-uye nguva muBlock Island yakatiyeuchidza kuti hukama hwedu negungwa hunotangira padanho renzvimbo. Kumira uye kutarisa kunze kweAtlantic, kana kumaodzanyemba kuMontauk, kana kudzokera kumahombekombe eRhode Island kuziva kuti uri munzvimbo inokosha zvikuru. Kune chikamu changu, ndinoziva kuti ndine rombo rakanaka uye ndinotenda zvikuru kuti ndakadzidza zvakawanda munguva pfupi pachitsuwa chakanaka kudaro. 

Mufananidzo 1: Block Island, Mufananidzo 2: Mark J. Spalding achibatsira nekuburitswa kweshiri dzemuno