Cheyenne, Wyoming — Ma hope o ke kau ahi weliweli o 2024, ua lilo ka kaohi mauʻu makahiki komohewa i mea nui ma Wyoming e pale i nā lau nahele i koe a me nā holoholona hihiu a paipai i ka hoʻōla ʻana o nā ʻano ʻōiwi i nā wahi i hōʻino ʻia e ke ahi.
ʻO ka ʻoka hihiu, ka mauʻu hulu manu, a me ka palaoa hihiu he mau nāhelehele komohewa e hoʻokūkū me nā mea kanu kūloko a hiki ke lilo i mea nui. He liʻiliʻi ko lākou pono ma ke ʻano he meaʻai no nā holoholona a me nā holoholona hihiu, e hāʻawi ana i ka meaʻai no ka manawa pōkole wale nō. Inā aia ma mua o ke ahi, hana lākou i nā nui he nui o nā mea maikaʻi a lapalapa, e kōkua ana i ka laha ʻana o ke ahi.Eia kekahi, ma ke ʻano he mau mea kanu makahiki, hoʻōla koke lākou ma hope o ke ahi a lawe i nā mea kanu kūloko, e pale ana iā lākou mai ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka manawa.
"ʻO ka hana ʻana i nā hana proactive e kāohi i nā ʻano invasive ma mua o ko lākou hoʻomaka ʻana e puhi e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā ahi weliweli ma Wyoming," wahi a Garrett Fockenberg, luna hoʻomalu o ke Komisina Weed and Pest o Wyoming. "I ka laha ʻana o kēia ʻano invasive ma ka mokuʻāina, pono mākou e kāohi iā ia ma mua a ma hope o ke ahi e pale i nā mea kanu pono mai ka laha hou ʻana. Ke hana pū nei ke Komisina Weed and Pest o Wyoming me ka Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resources Trust e hoʻomohala i nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele no nā kūlana ʻelua. He pāʻani mau ia o ka pōpoki a me ka ʻiole."
I ka makahiki 2025, ua hoʻomaka ka Wyoming Weed and Pest Management Agency, me ka hui pū ʻana me WWNRT, e hakakā i nā mauʻu invasive ma nā haneli haneli o nā ʻeka. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia e ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Mark Gordon, ua hoʻokaʻawale kēia hana i kokoke i $50 miliona i loko o nā kālā ʻahaʻōlelo no nā papahana kula e pale aku i ka laha ʻana o nā mauʻu invasive a hoʻihoʻi i nā kula a me nā wahi hānai mauʻu.
Ua hoʻohana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i ka herbicide Rejuvra (indoxacarb), i hana ʻia e Envu Environmental Sciences. He kūpono ʻo Rejuvra i nā nāhelehele hina-ʻōmaʻomaʻo invasive no ka mea pepehi ia i nā mea kanu hou i hoʻokumu ʻia me ka ʻole o ka hōʻino ʻana i nā ʻano mau makahiki maoli. I nā hihia he nui, ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻana o Rejuvra, ua hiki i nā ʻano maoli ke hoʻōla ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻokūkū no nā kumuwaiwai. Ua hoʻololi kēia i ka kaohi ʻana i nā nāhelehele hina-ʻōmaʻomaʻo invasive ma ka mokuʻāina.
"He hoa hoʻokele a noiʻi koʻikoʻi ʻo Envu no Wyoming," wahi a Bob Budd, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resources Trust. "Hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻo Envu i ka ʻāina kūlohelohe o Wyoming e like me kā mākou hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana iā mākou iho."
I mea e hoʻomaʻalahi ai i ka kaohi ʻana i nā mauʻu makahiki invasive, ua uku hou ʻo Envu i ka Wyoming Natural Resources Conservation Society (WWNRT) a me ka Wyoming Natural Resources Conservation Commission (WWPC) he $1,099,534 no ke kūʻai ʻana iā Rejuvra, kahi e hoʻohana ʻia no nā papahana i ka makahiki 2025. ʻO kēia uku e ʻae i ka WWNRT e hana i nā hana kaohi mauʻu makahiki invasive ma Wyoming. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau kālā e kaohi i nā mauʻu makahiki invasive ma kahi o 17,000 ʻeka.
Kūlana manawa piha ma ka hana mauʻu a me nā holoholona. Pono ka ʻike ma nā ʻano āpau o ka hana mauʻu, me, akā ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i: …
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻApelila-21-2026
