Gcina Isenzo Sisebenza

Siyazi ukuthi yini esengozini. Ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha-skwele angama-50 ezinhlobonhlobo zezilwane ezihlala emanzini agcwele amagugu okushisekela izwe ngokungafani nanoma yini enye emhlabeni. I-Mallows Bay, ikhaya lamakhulu emikhumbi ye-steam eyashona kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe I, muva nje ibe yikhaya lezilwane zasendle ezicebile kanye nejimu yokuzijabulisa yasehlathini yohlobo lwezinhlobo zama-kayaker, abadobi nabahloli bamazwe. Kodwa kungani kufanele sikhathazeke kangaka ngomphumela wesinqumo sayo sesimo seNational Marine Sanctuary (NMS) esisalindile esivela ku-NOAA?

Njengoba esethemba ukuthi kuzoba ngenye yezindawo zokuqala eziqokwe kuzwelonke eminyakeni eyi-15, iMallows Bay iyilabhorethri ephilayo ye-ecosystem yamanyuvesi esifunda kanye nocwaningo lwamanzi kanye neyabafundi abangenakubalwa abafunda ngebhayoloji nesayensi yezemvelo ohambweni lokufunda lwesikole. Ukuqokwa kuzoguqula isayithi libe yindawo ehehayo ngokusemthethweni, limeme izivakashi ukuthi zisebenzise umlando waso, iminikelo yokuzijabulisa kanye nobuhle bemvelo. Iminotho ezungezile yaseMallows Bay nayo izobona ukukhushulwa kwemali engenayo¹.

Ngomhla ziyisi-7 kuNdasa, i-NOAA yabamba umhlangano womphakathi we-scoping e-La Plata (MD) ukuzwa imibono yabavoti ngokuthi yiluphi uhlelo olulungele ukuqokwa okulindile.². Ubusuku bugcizelele inselelo inqubomgomo yomphakathi ebhekana nayo lapho udaba nezisombululo ezihambisanayo kungezona ezimnyama nezimhlophe. Abasebenzi bamanzi, ngokumelene nendawo enkulu evikelwe, babonakale benamandla, bezwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngomthelela womthetho ekufinyeleleni kokudobela inzuzo kanye nokuma ekukhetheni kwabo “Okunye A” – akukho simo sendawo engcwele.³. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, othisha, abacwaningi kanye nezakhamuzi - ezikhathazekile ngokungcoliswa kwe-Chesapeake - besaba ukuthi igama eliwubukhazikhazi lingenza iMallows Bay ibe uphawu, yenze okuncane ezindabeni zangempela zezemvelo kanye nomnotho wemvelo.⁴.

Ukuvikelwa kombuso waseMallows Bay, okwake kwabonakala kabanzi ukuthi kugunyazwe ngokuvumelana, manje sekubhekwe ngabomvu. Angikwazi ukukutshela ukuthi kungani wena njengomuntu ngamunye kufanele ukhathalele, noma yini eyenza iMallows Bay ibaluleke encazelweni yempilo yakho noma ukuthi isekela kanjani izimiso zakho siqu. Ukuqokwa kweNational Marine Sanctuary yase-Mallows Bay kumelela amandla esinawo njengezakhamuzi okugxilisa amazwi ethu emabuthweni akwazi ukuthonya isenzo. I-Mallows Bay ibe yindawo ehlonishwayo ekuyo, hhayi nje yodwa, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi labo abathembele kuyo kudala beqonda ukubaluleka nokubaluleka kwayo.

Anginazo izimpendulo eziphelele zalokhu kukhathazeka, futhi ngifisa sengathi ngabe ngikwenzile. Kungenzeka ukuthi igama lendawo engcwele lizonikeza i-Mallows isivikelo esingaphezu kwalokho abanye abebengathanda, kungafaki izinhlobo ezithile zemisebenzi nokuheha abanye. Kodwa okungenani, inqubo ibilokhu ibheke phezulu, ikhombisa ababambiqhaza abehlukene abazwakalisa imibono yabo. Kubo bonke abakholelwa ukuthi umphumela mubi, kuzoba sengathi izifiso zabo azizwakalanga, imibono yabo kanye nokukhathazeka kwabo kubukelwa phansi.

Kimina, ngokuhambisana nenkolelo yami emandleni okulingana okuhle kwabantu nezindawo zemvelo, i-Mallows Bay ichaza ingqikithi yobuhle bemfundo yezemvelo. Esiboniswa yile mihlangano yomphakathi ukwehlukahlukana kwezimiso zomuntu ngamunye kanye nesimo esiguquguqukayo senkulumo-mpikiswano ekulawuleni iqoqo lethu eliyigugu lemvelo—izinsiza zethu zomphakathi. Noma ngabe yimuphi umphumela, kufanele sicabangele impumelelo yenqubo yomphakathi, ukuthi isinqumo senziwe ngezindlebe ezivulekile futhi kucatshangwa ngezinhloso ezinhle. Ukuvuleleka kwaveza ukubaluleka, hhayi nje kweMallows Bay kuphela kodwa nokongiwa kwezinsiza zomphakathi kabanzi – kulokho esikuzuzayo uma kuzwakala wonke amazwi, imbala nemvelo kanye nomlando.

Isikhathi sokuphawula sesiphakamiso se-NOAA se-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary sivala ngoMashi 31. Sekuvele kukhona ukuphawula okungaphezu kuka-700, nokunye okuzayo, okuhlanganisa neyakho! Lizwe izwi lakho lapha.

1 http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Mallows-Bay-DEIS-Highlights.pdf 
2 http://www.somdnews.com/independent/sports/outdoors/why-so-much-for-mallows-bay/article_3a0a671d-0cfd-5724-99af-6d6522b2cd31.html 
3 http://www.bayjournal.com/article/plan_to_protect_ghost_fleet_on_potomac_river_hits_rough_water