I-Carolina Public Press inikeza umbiko ojulile wophenyo ngezinkinga ezithinta intshonalanga yeNorth Carolina esimweni esingenzi nzuzo nesingesobandlululo.
Kulobu busika, uhlelo oluqhubekayo lokuvuselela imizila eduze kwaseBoone luzokwengeza amamayela emizila yamabhayisikili asezintabeni kanye namamayela ezindaweni ezidumile zabantu abadala ePisgah National Forest engxenyeni enkulu yentshonalanga yeNorth Carolina. Imizila yokuhamba ngezinyawo.
Iphrojekthi yeMortimer Trails ingenye yamaphrojekthi amaningana azayo eSifundeni sikaGrandfather Ranger. Le phrojekthi isekelwa yinhlangano yangasese ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo esikhulu sokuzijabulisa esivela ezindaweni zomphakathi eziNtabeni zaseBlue Ridge eNorth Carolina.
Ukugibela ibhayisikili ezintabeni kungenye yemisebenzi ethandwa kakhulu eHlathini Likazwelonke, egxile ezindaweni ezimbalwa eHlathini Likazwelonke lasePisgah naseNantahala, okuhlanganisa neHlathi Lokuhlola laseBent Creek eSifundeni saseBancombe, eTransylva Pisgah Rangers kanye neHlathi Likazwelonke laseDupont eSifundeni saseNiah kanye neNdawo Yokuzilibazisa yaseTsali Swain County.
UPaul Starschmidt, ilungu leNorthwest North Carolina Mountain Bike League kanye nelungu leSouthern Dirt Bike Branch, uthe ukwandisa indlela eya emzileni kuzogcina kuvumele abagibeli ukuthi bahlakazeke ehlathini lesizwe elingamahektare ayisigidi se-WNC. Futhi kunciphise ingcindezi ohlelweni lwemizila oluthwele kakhulu. Inhlangano, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-SORBA.
I-Mortimer Trail Complex—eqanjwe ngomphakathi wokugawula imithi esikhathini esidlule—itholakala eWilson Creek Divide, eduze kweWilson Creek kanye neState Highway 181, ezifundeni zase-Avery naseCaldwell, ngokulandelana. I-US Forest Service ibiza indawo ehlanganisiwe yomzila ngokuthi “inxanxathela yendlela.”
Umthombo ongaphezulu womfula wesigodi utholakala ngaphansi kweNtaba iMkhulu, eduze kwendawo ephakeme yamawa asempumalanga yezintaba zaseBlue Ridge.
Abagibeli bamabhayisikili asezintabeni bafuna ukuhamba kakhulu eWilson Creek Valley, ngoba zimbalwa izindawo ezikude zamathuba okugibela amahhashi empumalanga ye-United States.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, naphezu kokuhlukaniswa kwendawo, ubone ukwehla okusheshayo kwesimo semizila yomzila owodwa endaweni yephrojekthi.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, le mizila ihlale izinzile ngenxa yobunzima bayo kanye nokucasha kwayo. UStahlschmidt uthi le mizila izozilungisa njengoba amaqabunga kanye neminye imfucuza iphola endleleni futhi iwavikele ekugugulekeni.
Kodwa-ke, imizila ye-Mertimer complex imincane kakhulu futhi ivame ukugeleza, okuholela ekulimaleni kwemvelo. Isibonelo, ngesikhathi sezimvula ezinkulu, inhlabathi izochithelwa emanzini.
“Okuningi kwakho kungenxa yokwanda kokusetshenziswa kwamabhayisikili asezintabeni,” esho. “Akunawo amaqabunga amaningi kangaka futhi kukhona ukuminyana okwengeziwe emizileni—ngokuvamile, abantu abasebenzisa imizila bazoba nezimpawu eziningi.”
ULisa Jennings, uMphathi Wezinhlelo Zokuzilibazisa Nemizila, i-Grandfather District, i-US Forest Service, uthe ngaphezu komphakathi omkhulu wamabhayisikili eBoone, iMortimer Trail iseduze kakhulu nezindawo zokuhlala zabantu baseCharlotte, eRaleigh kanye ne-Interstate 40 Corridor.
Uthe: “Lapho beya entshonalanga ezintabeni, indawo yomkhulu yindawo yokuqala abayithinta.”
Ukusetshenziswa kabanzi akugcini nje ngokuphazamisa ukuzinza kohlelo lwemizila, kodwa nengqalasizinda nayo incane kakhulu, njengokufinyelela ekulungiseni kanye nezimpawu kanye nokuhlinzekwa kwezindawo zokupaka.
UJennings uthe: “Sibona imizila ematasa entshonalanga yeNorth Carolina njalo ngempelasonto.” “Uma ungakwazi ukuthola le mizila futhi inezimo ezimbi kakhulu, ngeke ube nesipiliyoni esihle. Emsebenzini wethu njengabaphathi bezindawo, kubalulekile ukuthi umphakathi ukwazi ukuyijabulela.”
Njengoba isabelomali silinganiselwe, i-Forest Service Bureau ihlose ukuthembela kubalingani bayo ukuze balondoloze, bathuthukise futhi bandise ijubane lamamayela ukuze bazivumelanise nokuchuma kokuzilibazisa nokuzijabulisa.
Ngo-2012, i-Forest Service yabamba umhlangano womphakathi ukuthuthukisa isu lokuphatha imizila engeyona eyezimoto emahlathini kazwelonke asePisgah naseNantahala. Umbiko olandelayo othi “Isu Lomzila WaseNantahala nasePisgah 2013″ wathi amamayela angu-1,560 emizila yokuhamba ngezinyawo nokugibela amabhayisikili yadlula kakhulu umthamo wayo.
Ngokusho kwesiphetho sombiko, imizila ivame ukubekwa ngokungahleliwe, ingenalo umklamo ohlangabezana nezidingo zabasebenzisi futhi ivame ukugqwala.
Lezi zinkinga zabeka izinselele ezinkulu kule nhlangano, futhi ukuqina kwesabelomali sikahulumeni kwafaka le nhlangano enkingeni, ngakho-ke kwakudingeka ukubambisana nabanye abaphathi bezindawo kanye namaqembu okuzithandela (njenge-SORBA).
Ukubambisana namaqembu abasebenzisi nakho kuyingxenye ebalulekile yohlaka lwe-Pisgah and Nantahala National Forest Land Management Plan, olwakhishwa ngoFebhuwari 2020 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi luqedwe engxenyeni yesibili ka-2021.
UStahlschmidt wabamba iqhaza enqubweni yomphakathi yokuthuthukisa uhlelo lokuphatha oluhleliwe futhi wabamba iqhaza emihlanganweni yamasu okunqamula izwe ka-2012 no-2013. Wabona ithuba lokubambisana ne-Forest Service Bureau ukuze kwandiswe imizila yokugibela amabhayisikili.
I-Northwest NC Mountain Bike Alliance yasayina isivumelwano sokuzithandela ne-Forest Service ngo-2014, futhi kusukela lapho yahola ekuqhubeni amaphrojekthi okuthuthukisa imizila emincane endaweni eyinkimbinkimbi yemizila yaseMortimer.
UStahlschmidt uthe abashayeli bebelokhu bebonisa ubumbano ngokuntuleka kwezimpawu ezindaweni ezithile (njengeMortimer). Kunezindlela ezingamakhilomitha angu-70 eWilson Creek Basin. Ngokusho kukaJennings, ama-30% kuphela abo angagibela amabhayisikili ezintaba.
Iningi lesistimu liqukethe izindlela zakudala ezisesimweni esibi. Izindlela nezindlela ezisele ziyizinsalela zemigwaqo yasendulo yokugawula imithi kanye nemigqa yomlilo yasendulo.
Uthe: “Akukaze kube khona uhlelo olungaphandle komgwaqo olwenzelwe ukugibela amabhayisikili ezintabeni.” “Leli yithuba lokwengeza imizila ezinikele ekukhuphukeni izintaba kanye nokugibela amabhayisikili ezintabeni ngendlela eqhubekayo.”
Ukuntuleka kwemizila kungaholela “ekubanjweni ngokungekho emthethweni” noma “ekubanjweni ngenkani” kwemizila engekho emthethweni, njengeLost Bay kanye noMfula iHarper e-Avery County kanye neCaldwell County ngaphakathi kweWilson Creek Basin, izindawo ezimbili zocwaningo lwasendle noma imizila ye-WSA.
Nakuba kungeyona ingxenye eqokiwe yeNational Wilderness System, ukugibela ibhayisikili ezintabeni emizileni ye-WSA akuvumelekile.
Abasekeli behlane kanye nabahamba ngamabhayisikili bayajabula ngokuba kude kwale ndawo. Nakuba abanye abagibela amabhayisikili ezintaba befuna ukubona izindawo ehlane, lokhu kudinga izinguquko emithethweni kahulumeni.
Isivumelwano sokusebenzisana esasayinwa ngo-2015 yizinhlangano zesifunda ezingu-40 ezihlose ukudala indawo yokuzilibazisa kazwelonke endaweni yaseGrandfather Ranger sidale impikiswano phakathi kwabagibela amabhayisikili ezintaba kanye nabameli basendle.
Abanye abasekeli bezindawo zasendle bakhathazekile ngokuthi le memorandamu iyithuluzi lokuxoxisana ngezingxoxo. Ishiya ubunjalo bayo besikhathi esizayo bezindawo zasendle ukuze ithole ukwesekwa kwabagibeli bamabhayisikili ezintaba ukuze ibubone ubunjalo bezindawo zasendle kwezinye izindawo ehlathini likazwelonke.
UKevin Massey, umqondisi wephrojekthi waseNorth Carolina wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo yokuthola umhlaba womphakathi iWild South, uthe ingxabano phakathi kwabagibela amabhayisikili ezintaba nabameli basendle ayilungile.
Uthe nakuba inhlangano yakhe ikhuthaza izindawo eziningi zasehlane, bobabili abameli bezindawo zasehlane kanye nabagibela amabhayisikili ezintaba banesithakazelo ezindleleni eziningi zokuhamba ngezinyawo futhi bayasekelana.
UStahlschmidt uthe umgomo weMortimer Trail Project awukona ngempela ukugcina abantu kude nemizila ephangiwe.
Uthe: “Asiwona amaphoyisa.” “Okokuqala, azikho izindlela ezanele zokuhlangabezana nezidingo kanye nezinhlobo zokuhlangenwe nakho kokugibela abantu abakufunayo. Sisebenza kanzima ukuthola ukufinyelela okwengeziwe kanye nezinkomba ezengeziwe.”
Ngo-2018, i-Forest Service yabamba umhlangano nomphakathi wamabhayisikili asezintabeni endaweni yokudlela eBanner Elk ukuze kuxoxwe ngomsebenzi wokusheshisa imizila endaweni.
“Into engiyithandayo kakhulu ukukhipha imephu engenalutho, ngibheke indawo, bese ngicabanga ngalokho esingakwenza,” kusho uJennings we-Forest Service.
Umphumela uba uhlelo lomzila olubukezwe esidlangalaleni lokuthuthukisa amamayela angu-23 amanje emizila yamabhayisikili asezintabeni e-Mortimer complex, kuncishiswe amamayela amaningana, bese kwengezwa amamayela ayi-10 emizila.
Lolu hlelo luphinde lwathola ama-culvert omgwaqo angasebenzi kahle. Ama-culvert angasebenzi kahle andisa ukuguguleka komhlabathi, abhubhisa ikhwalithi yamanzi, futhi abe yizithiyo ezinhlotsheni ezifana ne-trout ne-sal ezithuthela ezindaweni eziphakeme.
Njengengxenye yephrojekthi yeMortimer, iTrout Unlimited yaxhasa ukwakhiwa kwesakhiwo se-arch esingenasisekelo kanye nokufakwa esikhundleni kwemisele eyonakele, ehlinzeka ngendlela ebanzi yokudlula kwezinto eziphilayo kanye nemfucumfucu ngesikhathi sezimvula ezinkulu.
Ngokusho kukaJennings, izindleko ngemayela ngalinye lemizila zingaba ngu-$30,000. Kule nhlangano kahulumeni enenkinga, ukwengeza amamayela ayi-10 kuyisinyathelo esikhulu, futhi le nhlangano ayizange ichithe iminyaka embalwa edlule ibeka izimali zokuzijabulisa endaweni ebaluleke kakhulu.
Iphrojekthi yeMortimer ixhaswe yisibonelelo seSanta Cruz Bicycles PayDirt esiya enhlanganweni yeStahlschmidt kanye nesibonelelo se-NC Recreation and Trail Program eya eSifundeni sikaGrandfather Ranger sasePisgah National Forest.
Kodwa-ke, njengoba abantu abaningi bevakashela izindawo zomphakathi, isidingo sokuzilibazisa ngaphandle singase sithathe indawo yezimboni zendabuko ezifana nokugawula imithi futhi sibe injini yentuthuko yezomnotho ezindaweni zasemakhaya entshonalanga yeNorth Carolina, ebezilokhu zilwela ukuthola ukuzinza. Isisekelo sezomnotho.
UMassey waseWild South uthi enye inselele ukuthi ukugcinwa kwemizila ngemuva kungase kubangele i-Forest Service ukuthi ithathe isinyathelo esisha.
Uthe: “Phakathi kovivinyo olunzima lwengcindezi yezokuzijabulisa kanye nendlala yeCongress, iNational Forest yaseNorth Carolina inekhono elihle kakhulu lokusebenza nabalingani.”
Iphrojekthi yeMortimer ikhombisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukubambisana okuphumelelayo phakathi kwamaqembu ahlukahlukene anentshisekelo. I-Wild South ihlanganyela ekuhleleni nasekwakheni indawo yephrojekthi yeMortimer. Ithimba liphinde lihileleke kuphrojekthi yokuthuthukisa iLinville Canyon Trail futhi liyingxenye yephrojekthi yendlela ende eduze ne-Old Fort.
UJennings uthe iphrojekthi ye-Old Castle Trail eholwa ngumphakathi ithole isibonelelo sika-$140,000 sokuxhasa iphrojekthi ezohlanganisa amamayela angu-35 emizila emisha enezinhloso eziningi exhumanisa umhlaba womphakathi neMcDowell Old Fort Town esifundeni. I-Forest Service izokhombisa umphakathi uhlelo lwemizila oluhlongozwayo ngoJanuwari futhi inethemba lokuthi luzoqala ukusebenza ngo-2022.
UDeirdre Perot, ummeleli womhlaba womphakathi wabagibeli bamahhashi ezindaweni ezikude zaseNorth Carolina, uthe inhlangano idumele ngokuthi iphrojekthi yeMortimer ayizange ichaze umzila wabagibeli bamahhashi.
Kodwa-ke, le nhlangano ingumlingani kwamanye amaphrojekthi amabili eSifundeni SaseGrandfather Ranger, ngenhloso yokwandisa amathuba okugibela amahhashi eBoonfork nase-Old Fort. Ithimba lakhe lithole uxhaso lwangasese lokuhlela imizila yesikhathi esizayo nokuthuthukisa izindawo zokupaka ukuze kuhlaliswe ama-trailer.
UJennings uthe ngenxa yendawo ende, iphrojekthi yeMortimer ibaluleke kakhulu ekugibeleni amabhayisikili ezintabeni nasekuhambeni ngezinyawo.
UStahlschmidt uthe kulo lonke ihlathi, amaphrojekthi engeziwe, njengeMertimer ne-Old Fort, azosabalalisa umthwalo wokwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwemizila kwezinye izindawo zokugibela amabhayisikili ezintabeni.
Uthe: “Ngaphandle kwezinhlelo ezithile, ngaphandle kokuxhumana okuseqophelweni eliphezulu, ngeke kwenzeke.” “Lesi isibonelo esincane sendlela lokhu okwenzeke ngayo kwezinye izindawo.”
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