The Umbutho weSizwe waBalawuli bePaki kaRhulumente (NASPD) Utyumbe iqela elitsha lobunkokeli ukunceda ukukhokela umbutho kwikamva.
Umlawuli wee-Parks State Parks uGrady Spann ngumongameli omtsha we-NASPD, ngelixa uMlawuli weMinnesota kunye noMlawuli weCandelo leeNdlela u-Erika Rivers esebenza njengesekela mongameli kunye no-Lisa Sumption, umlawuli we-Oregon Parks noLonwabo, oza kuqala ixesha lakhe njengonobhala.
I-NASPD yenziwe ngabalawuli beepaki zikarhulumente kuwo onke ama-50. Kukho iipaki ezingaphezu kwama-10,200 zikarhulumente ezigubungela iihektare ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezili-18.5. Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-740 batyelela iipaki zikarhulumente zaseMelika rhoqo ngonyaka, benza ifuthe loqoqosho lonyaka kuluntu lwasekhaya olungaphezulu kwe-20 yezigidigidi zeedola.
USpann uneminyaka engama-27 esebenza e-Arkansas State Parks, esebenze njengomlawuli wayo ukusukela ngo-2016. Emva kokufumana isidanga kulawulo lweepaki kwiYunivesithi yase-Henderson State ngo-1984, usebenze iminyaka elithoba e-US Army njengomkhosi wobukrelekrele kwezomkhosi kunye negosa lobukrelekrele .
"Ukuba ngumongameli we-NASPD ngeli xesha, xa abantu abaninzi befumanisa iipaki zikarhulumente, kuyakhuthaza ngokwenene," kusho uSpann. "Izigidi zeendwendwe zityelela iipaki zelizwe lethu mihla le ngenjongo zolonwabo lwangaphandle olunefuthe kubomi babo bonke abantu baseMelika."
U-Spann ubize ukwenziwa komthetho we-Great American Outdoors Act ngokufezekisa ulonwabo lwangaphandle. Umthetho omtsha uza kubonelela nge-9.5 yezigidigidi zeedola kwinkxaso-mali eyongezelelweyo kwiipaki zikazwelonke, iindawo zokukhusela izilwanyana zasendle kunye namahlathi ezakuxhamla iipaki zikarhulumente kwilizwe liphela.
"Umthetho waseGreat American Outdoors Act kukuzibophelela okubaluleke ngaphezulu kwenkulungwane ukukhusela ezona zixhobo zibalulekileyo zendalo, inkcubeko kunye nokuzonwabisa ukuze kuzuze esi sizukulwana sizayo," utshilo uSpann.
Imilambo isebenze njengomlawuli weCandelo leePaki kunye neeNdlela zeMinnesota ukusukela ngonyaka we-2014 kwaye yanceda ukuphuhlisa isicwangciso sobuchule sepaki yaseburhulumenteni entsha, iLake Vermillion State Park. Uphethe i-Ph.D. kwi-Biology yoLondolozo kwiYunivesithi yaseMinnesota.
U-Sumption wabizwa ngokuba ngumlawuli we-Oregon Parks kunye noLonwabo kwi-2014, waba ngowasetyhini wokuqala ukuba kuloo ndima.
"Sinethamsanqa lokuba neenkokheli ezomeleleyo kwaye ezinamava zibonelela ngesikhokelo kwi-NASPD," utshilo uLewis Ledford, umlawuli olawulayo weNASPD. "UGrady, u-Erika kunye noLisa bahlonitshwe ngoontanga babo kwaye baya kunceda ukuphucula igama lombutho wethu kunye nokubaluleka kweepaki zikarhulumente kubomi baseMelika."
