Rangarira Zvisaririra zvoRwizi

Ichi chikamu chimwe chezvikamu zvitatu-zvitatu zvakatevedzana nezvekukurumidzira kuchengetedza Mallows Bay.

Kuramba takayangarara pakati pekuchinja kwemafungu kwakakosha zvino sezvo zvaive makore makumi mapfumbamwe apfuura kune kwasara kuputsika kwechikepe cheMallows Bay. Makiromita makumi matatu kumaodzanyemba kweWashington, DC pedyo neRwizi rwePotomac, ngarava huru, yekare yemapuranga nesimbi yaimboshandira US Shipping Board Fleet, yava kushanda zvisikwa. Yakanyura uye yakabatidzwa mumatope eChesapeake Bay, iyo "Ghost Fleet" yeMallows Bay - muunganidzwa wezvikepe zana kusvika mazana maviri kubva kuChimurenga uye Hondo Yenyika Yekutanga - yachinja kubva kuita nzvimbo ine nhoroondo yemhuka dzesango dzakasarudzika.¹

Mallows Bay uye yakabatana Potomac Rwizi trail network inokwezva kazhinji vashanyi nekuda kwezvikonzero zvakawanda. Kuredza kwakakurumbira, chikepe chekunakidzwa, kutaura nyaya uye hurongwa hwekudzidzisa zvese zvinoenderana nehutano hweMallows Bay. Iyi yakasarudzika yakatambanudzwa yemvura yeMaryland inoratidza iyo Chesapeake Bay's checkered history. Muna 1917, Mutungamiri Woodrow Wilson akarayira kuvakwa kwengarava dzehondo 1,000 18 mukati memwedzi 1918. Inenge hafu chete ndiyo yakafamba nechikepe cheAtlantic Germany isati yakanda mapfumo pasi muna XNUMX ichisiya zvikepe zvasara, zvisina kushandiswa zvisina maturo.² Vanyori vezvakaitika kare veMarine vanosimbisawo kubatana kwayo kuMaryland's African American nhoroondo yevaranda panguva yeHondo yeVanhu uye kuvapo kwekuchera matongo uye tsika dzekubatana kurudzi rwePiscataway-Conoy.³ Kana yakasarudzwa seNational Marine Sanctuary neNOAA, Rwizi rweMallows Bay-Potomac ruchachengetedza zviwanikwa zveRwizi zvakatipoteredza uye zvisina kusimba, zvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana pakati pezvisaririra zvakasara.

Tine mukana wekuona kuti Mallows Bay yawana mukurumbira uye nekudaro kuchengetedzwa kwainoda kuti ibudirire kuzvizvarwa zvinotevera. Aya ndiwo masvondo ekupedzisira ekutaura rutsigiro rwako nekutaura kuNOAA kuchengetedza kuunganidzwa kwakakura kwazvo kwenhoroondo kuputsika kwechikepe muWestern Hemisphere uye nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzayo.⁴ Zvikumbiro zvina zvave kuda kukakavara pamusoro pekuti Mallows Bay ichachengetedzwa sei. Zvirongwa zvinotangira pazero kuita, kusvika kune yakazara dunhu kufukidzwa inosvika 100 square mamaira.⁵ Iyo Ocean Foundation inodada kutsigira Chesapeake Conservancy padivi peChesapeake & Coastal Service uye Maryland Dhipatimendi reZviwanikwa uye zviuru zvevatsigiri nevashanyi veMallows Bay Park mukuwana chinzvimbo cheNOAA chenzvimbo inoyevedza iyi. Hapana mubvunzo kuti ingori kuburikidza neakasiyana uye akawedzera network kuedza uye nekudyidzana munharaunda kwatinogona kutsigira nekuchengetedza Mallow's Bay.;

Unogona kuona zvikumbiro uye tumira chirevo chako kuti utsigire veruzhinji pano.

¹http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/conserve/focus-of-our-work/mallows-bay/ 
²http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/mallows-bay-kayak-tour-maryland-s-first-national-marine-sanctuary-and-first-chesapeake-b
³http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/conserve/focus-of-our-work/mallows-bay/
⁴http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/maryland_dc/explore/ghost-fleet-of-mallows-bay.xml 
⁵http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/mallows-bay/