I-Carolina Public Press inika ingxelo enzulu yophando ngemiba echaphazela intshona yeNorth Carolina kwimeko engenzi nzuzo nengakhethi cala.
Kulo busika, inkqubo yokulungisa iindlela ezikufutshane neBoone iza kongeza iikhilomitha zeendlela zeebhayisekile zeentaba kunye neekhilomitha kwiindawo ezidumileyo zabantu abadala kwiPisgah National Forest kwintshona yeNorth Carolina. Iindlela zokuhamba ngeenyawo.
Iprojekthi yeMortimer Trails yenye yeeprojekthi ezininzi ezizayo kwiSithili sikaGrandfather Ranger. Le projekthi ixhaswa yintlangano yabucala ukuhlangabezana neemfuno ezikhulayo zokuzonwabisa ezivela kwiindawo zoluntu kwiiNtaba zeBlue Ridge eNorth Carolina.
Ukukhwela ibhayisekile ezintabeni yenye yezona zinto zidumileyo kwiHlathi leSizwe, zigxile kwiindawo ezimbalwa kwiHlathi leSizwe lasePisgah naseNantahala, kuquka iHlathi loVavanyo laseBent Creek kwiSithili saseBancombe, iTransylva Pisgah Rangers kunye neHlathi leSizwe laseDupont kwiSithili saseNiah kunye neNdawo yoLonwabo yeSithili saseTsali Swain.
UPaul Starschmidt, ilungu leNorthwest North Carolina Mountain Bike League kunye nelungu leSouthern Dirt Bike Branch, uthe ukwandisa indlela eya kwindlela ekugqibeleni kuya kuvumela abakhweli ukuba ekugqibeleni basasazeke kwihlathi lesizwe le-WNC eliyi-1 yezigidi zeehektare. Kwaye kunciphisa uxinzelelo kwinkqubo yendlela ethwele umthwalo omkhulu. I-Association, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-SORBA.
IMortimer Trail Complex-ethiywe ngegama loluntu olugawula imithi ngaphambili-ikwiWilson Creek Divide, ecaleni kweWilson Creek kunye neState Highway 181, kwiisithili zaseAvery naseCaldwell, ngokulandelelana. I-US Forest Service ibhekisa kwindawo exineneyo yomzila njenge "ndlela eyinkimbinkimbi."
Umthombo ongasentla weso sidibi ungaphantsi kweNtaba kaTatomkhulu, ecaleni kwendlela ende yeentaba zasempuma zeBlue Ridge Mountains.
Abakhweli beebhayisekile ezintabeni bafuna ukuhamba ngakumbi eWilson Creek Valley, kuba zimbalwa iindawo ezikude zamathuba okukhwela amahashe empuma ye-United States.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, nangona le ndawo ikude, uye wabona ukwehla ngokukhawuleza kwemeko yeendlela ezinemizila enye kwindawo yeprojekthi.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ezi ndlela bezizinzile ngenxa yobunzima bazo kunye nokufihlwa kwazo. UStahlschmidt uthi ezi ndlela ziya kuzilungisa njengoko amagqabi kunye nezinye izinto ezimdaka ziphila endleleni kwaye ziwakhusela ekukhukulisekeni.
Nangona kunjalo, iindlela zeMertimer complex zincinci kwaye zinomngcipheko wokuchitha amanzi, nto leyo ekhokelela ekonakaleni kwendalo. Umzekelo, xa kunemvula enkulu, inkunkuma iya kuthululelwa emanzini.
“Uninzi lwale nto lubangelwa kukwanda kokusetyenziswa kweebhayisekile zeentaba,” utshilo. “Akukho nkunkuma ingako yamagqabi kwaye kukho ukuxinana okungakumbi kwiindlela—ngesiqhelo, abantu abasebenzisa iindlela baya kuba neempawu ezininzi.”
ULisa Jennings, uMphathi weNkqubo yoLonwabo kunye neMizila, kwiSithili sikaTatomkhulu, kwiNkonzo yamaHlathi yase-US, uthe ukongeza kuluntu olukhulu lwaseBoone lwabakhweli beebhayisekile, iMortimer Trail ikufutshane kakhulu neendawo ezinabantu baseCharlotte, eRaleigh kunye neInterstate 40 Corridor.
Uthe: “Xa baya entshona ezintabeni, indawo yootatomkhulu yayiyindawo yokuqala abayichukumisayo.”
Ukusetyenziswa kakhulu akuchaphazeli nje kuphela uzinzo lwenkqubo yeendlela, kodwa neziseko zophuhliso zixinene kakhulu, njengokufikelela kulondolozo kunye neempawu kunye nokubonelela ngeendawo zokupaka.
UJennings uthe: “Sibona iindlela ezixakekileyo entshona yeNorth Carolina yonke impelaveki.” “Ukuba awukwazi ukufumana ezi ndlela kwaye zinemilo emibi, awuyi kuba namava amahle. Kumsebenzi wethu njengabaphathi bomhlaba, kubalulekile ukuba uluntu lukwazi ukuzinandipha.”
Ngenxa yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali olulinganiselweyo, i-Forest Service Bureau iceba ukuthembela kumaqabane ukugcina, ukuphucula nokwandisa isantya seemayile ukuze ivumelane nokuchuma kokuzonwabisa nokuzonwabisa.
Ngowama-2012, iNkonzo yamaHlathi yabamba intlanganiso kawonke-wonke ukuze kuphuhliswe isicwangciso sokulawula iindlela ezingezizo iimoto kwiHlathi leSizwe lasePisgah naseNantahala. Ingxelo elandelayo ethi “Nantahala and Pisgah Trail Strategy 2013″ yathi iindlela zokuhamba ngeenyawo neebhayisekile eziziikhilomitha ezili-1,560 zidlule kakhulu umthamo wazo.
Ngokwesiphelo sengxelo, iindlela zihlala zibekwe ngokungacwangciswanga, zingenalo uyilo oluhlangabezana neemfuno zabasebenzisi kwaye zisengozini yokugqwala.
Le miba ibe yimingeni emikhulu kwi-arhente, kwaye ukuqiniswa kohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lukarhulumente kwabeka i-arhente engxakini, ngoko ke kwakufuneka ukusebenzisane nabanye abaphathi bomhlaba kunye namaqela okuzithandela (afana ne-SORBA).
Intsebenziswano namaqela abasebenzisi nayo iyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yoyilo lweSicwangciso soLawulo loMhlaba weSizwe sasePisgah naseNantahala, esakhutshwa ngoFebruwari 2020 kwaye kulindeleke ukuba sigqitywe kwisiqingatha sesibini sowama-2021.
UStahlschmidt uthathe inxaxheba kwinkqubo kawonke-wonke yokuphuhlisa isicwangciso solawulo esiyilwayo kwaye wathatha inxaxheba kwiintlanganiso zesicwangciso sokuhamba phakathi kwamazwe ngo-2012 nango-2013. Wabona ithuba lokusebenzisana ne-Forest Service Bureau ukwandisa iindlela zokuhamba ngebhayisekile.
I-Northwest NC Mountain Bike Alliance yasayina isivumelwano sokuzithandela ne-Forest Service ngo-2014, kwaye ukususela ngoko iye yakhokela ekuqhubeni iiprojekthi zokuphucula iindlela ezincinci kwi-Mortimer trail complex.
UStahlschmidt uthe abaqhubi bebebonisa umanyano nokungabikho kweempawu kwiindawo ezithile zejografi (ezifana neMortimer). Kukho iikhilomitha ezingama-70 zeendlela kwiWilson Creek Basin. Ngokutsho kukaJennings, yi-30% kuphela kubo abanokukhwela iibhayisekile zeentaba.
Uninzi lwenkqubo luquka iindlela zakudala ezikwimeko embi. Ezinye iindlela kunye neendlela zintsalela zeendlela zakudala ezigawulwe ngamaplanga kunye neentambo zomlilo zakudala.
Uthe: “Akukaze kubekho inkqubo engaphandle kwendlela eyenzelwe ukukhwela iibhayisekile ezintabeni.” “Eli lithuba lokongeza iindlela ezinikezelwe ekunyukeni intaba kunye nokukhwela iibhayisekile ezintabeni ngendlela ezinzileyo.”
Ukungabikho kweendlela kunokukhokelela “ekubanjweni ngokungekho mthethweni” okanye “ekubanjweni” kweendlela ezingekho mthethweni, ezifana neLost Bay kunye noMlambo iHarper e-Avery County kunye neCaldwell County ngaphakathi kweWilson Creek Basin, iindawo ezimbini zophando lwasendle okanye iindlela ze-WSA.
Nangona ingeyona nxalenye ikhethiweyo yeNkqubo yeSizwe yaseHlala, ukukhwela ibhayisekile ezintabeni kwiindlela ze-WSA akuvumelekanga.
Abaxhasi bentlango kunye nabakhweli beebhayisekile bayavuya ngokuba kude kwale ndawo. Nangona abanye abakhweli beebhayisekile zeentaba befuna ukubona iindawo eziya entlango, oku kufuna utshintsho kwimithetho karhulumente.
Isivumelwano sokuqonda esasayinwa ngo-2015 yimibutho yengingqi engama-40 ejolise ekudaleni indawo yokuzonwabisa yesizwe kwindawo yeGrandfather Ranger sibangele impikiswano phakathi kwabakhweli beebhayisekile zeentaba kunye nabameli bezilwanyana zasendle.
Abanye abameli behlathi bakhathazekile kukuba le memorandam yindlela yokuxoxisana. Iyayishiya ikamva layo elihlala lihleli lelizwe ukuze ifumane inkxaso yabakhweli beebhayisekile zeentaba yokubanika imbonakalo yehlathi elikwenye indawo ehlathini lesizwe.
UKevin Massey, umlawuli weprojekthi yaseNorth Carolina kwintlangano engenzi nzuzo yokufumana umhlaba kawonke-wonke yaseWild South, uthe ingxabano phakathi kwabakhweli beebhayisekile zeentaba kunye nabameli bezilwanyana zasendle ayilunganga.
Uthe nangona umbutho wakhe ukhuthaza ukuba kubekho iindawo ezininzi zasendle, bobabini abameli beendawo zasendle kunye nabakhweli beebhayisekile zeentaba banomdla kwiindawo ezininzi zokuhamba intaba kwaye bayaxhasana.
UStahlschmidt uthe injongo yeProjekthi yeMortimer Trail ayikokugcina abantu kude neendlela eziphangiweyo.
Uthe: “Asingomapolisa.” “Okokuqala, azikho iindlela ezaneleyo zokuhlangabezana neemfuno kunye neentlobo zamava okukhwela ihashe abantu abawafunayo. Sisebenza nzima ukuze sifumane ukufikelela okungakumbi kunye nezikhokelo ezingaphezulu.”
Ngowama-2018, iNkonzo yamaHlathi yabamba intlanganiso noluntu oluhamba ngeebhayisekile zentaba kwindawo yokutyela eBanner Elk ukuze kuxoxwe ngomsebenzi wokukhawulezisa iindlela kule ndawo.
“Into endiyithandayo kukuthatha imephu engenanto, ndijonge ubuhle bendawo, ndize ndicinge ngento esinokuyenza,” utshilo uJennings weSebe lezeHlathi.
Isiphumo sisicwangciso sendlela esihlaziyiweyo esidlangalaleni sokuphucula iimayile ezingama-23 zangoku zeendlela zeebhayisekile zeentaba kwisakhiwo saseMortimer, zithathe iimayile ezininzi, kwaye zongeze iimayile ezili-10 zeendlela.
Esi sicwangciso sikwachonge ii-culverts zendlela ezingasebenzi kakuhle. Ii-culverts ezingasebenzi kakuhle zinyusa ukukhukuliseka, zitshabalalisa umgangatho wamanzi, kwaye ziba yimiqobo kwizilwanyana ezifana ne-trout kunye ne-sal ezifudukela kwiindawo eziphakamileyo.
Njengenxalenye yeprojekthi yeMortimer, iTrout Unlimited ixhase uyilo lwesakhiwo se-arch esingenasiphelo kunye nokutshintshwa kwee-culverts ezonakeleyo, ezibonelela ngendlela ebanzi yokuhamba kwezinto eziphilayo kunye nenkunkuma ngexesha lemvula enkulu.
Ngokutsho kukaJennings, ixabiso ngemayile nganye yeendlela limalunga ne-$30,000. Kule arhente karhulumente inengxaki, ukongeza iimayile ezili-10 linyathelo elikhulu, kwaye le arhente ayichithanga iminyaka embalwa ibeka imali yokuzonwabisa kwindawo ephambili.
Iprojekthi yeMortimer ixhaswa yiSanta Cruz Bicycles PayDirt grant eya kuququzelela iStahlschmidt kunye nesibonelelo seNC Recreation and Trail Program kwiGrandfather Ranger District yePisgah National Forest.
Nangona kunjalo, njengoko abantu abaninzi betyelela umhlaba kawonke-wonke, imfuno yokuzonwabisa ngaphandle ingathatha indawo yamashishini emveli afana nokugawula imithi kwaye ibe yinjini yophuhliso lwezoqoqosho kwiindawo zasemaphandleni entshona yeNorth Carolina, ebezisokola ukufumana uzinzo. Isiseko soqoqosho.
UMassey waseWild South uthi omnye umngeni kukuba ukugcinwa kweendlela ezisikiweyo kunokubangela ukuba iForest Service ithathe inyathelo elitsha.
Uthe: “Phakathi kovavanyo olunzima loxinzelelo lokuzonwabisa kunye nendlala yeCongress, iNational Forest yaseNorth Carolina ilungile kakhulu ekusebenzisaneni namaqabane.”
Iprojekthi yaseMortimer ibonisa ithuba lokuba kubekho intsebenziswano ephumelelayo phakathi kwamaqela ahlukeneyo anomdla. IWild South ithatha inxaxheba ekucwangcisweni nasekwakhiweni kwendawo yeprojekthi yaseMortimer. Iqela likwabandakanyeka kwiprojekthi yokuphucula iLinville Canyon Trail kwaye liyinxalenye yeprojekthi yendlela eyandisiweyo kufutshane ne-Old Fort.
UJennings uthe iprojekthi ye-Old Castle Trail ekhokelwa luluntu ifumene isibonelelo se-$140,000 ukuxhasa iprojekthi eza kuquka iimayile ezingama-35 zeendlela ezintsha ezineenjongo ezininzi ezidibanisa umhlaba kawonke-wonke neMcDowell Old Fort Town kwisithili. I-Forest Service iza kubonisa uluntu inkqubo yeendlela ecetywayo ngoJanuwari kwaye inethemba lokuba iza kuqala ukusebenza ngo-2022.
UDeirdre Perot, ummeli womhlaba kawonke-wonke wabakhweli bamahashe kwiindawo ezikude eNorth Carolina, uthe lo mbutho udanile kukuba iprojekthi yaseMortimer ayizange ichaze indlela yabakhweli bamahashe.
Nangona kunjalo, lo mbutho ungumlingani kwezinye iiprojekthi ezimbini kwiSithili sikaGrandfather Ranger, ngenjongo yokwandisa amathuba okukhwela ihashe eBoonfork nase-Old Fort. Iqela lakhe lifumene inkxaso-mali yabucala yokucwangcisa iindlela zexesha elizayo kunye nokuphuhlisa iindawo zokupaka ukuze kuhlaliswe iitreyila.
UJennings uthe ngenxa yomhlaba oneentaba, iprojekthi iMortimer ibaluleke kakhulu ekukhweleni iibhayisekile ezintabeni nasekuhambeni intaba.
UStahlschmidt uthe kulo lonke ihlathi, iiprojekthi ezininzi, ezifana neMertimer kunye neOld Fort, ziya kusasaza umthwalo wokwandisa ukusetyenziswa kweendlela kwezinye iindawo zokukhwela ibhayisekile ezintabeni.
Uthe: “Ngaphandle kwezicwangciso ezithile, ngaphandle konxibelelwano oluphezulu, oku akuyi kwenzeka.” “Lo ngumzekelo omncinci wendlela oku kwenzeke ngayo kwezinye iindawo.”
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