Kamfanin dillancin labarai na Carolina Public Press ya bayar da wani rahoto mai zurfi kan batutuwan da suka shafi yammacin North Carolina a cikin wani yanayi na ba da riba ba tare da nuna wariya ba.
A wannan hunturu, shirin gyaran hanyar da ke kusa da Boone zai ƙara mil na hanyoyin kekuna na tsaunuka da mil zuwa wurare masu shahara na manya a cikin Dajin Ƙasa na Pisgah da ke yammacin North Carolina.
Aikin Mortimer Trails yana ɗaya daga cikin ayyuka da dama da ke tafe a Gundumar Grandfather Ranger. Wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta ce ke tallafawa wannan aikin don biyan buƙatun nishaɗi daga kamfanonin filaye na gwamnati a tsaunukan Blue Ridge na North Carolina.
Keke a kan tsaunuka yana ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da suka fi shahara a cikin Dajin Ƙasa, wanda aka fi mayar da hankali a wasu wurare a cikin Dajin Ƙasa na Pisgah da Nantahala, ciki har da Dajin Gwaji na Bent Creek a Gundumar Bancombe, Transylva Pisgah Rangers da Dajin Jihar Dupont a Gundumar Niah da Yankin Nishaɗi na Gundumar Tsali Swain.
Paul Starschmidt, memba na Northwest North Carolina Mountain Bike League kuma memba na Southern Dirt Bike Reshen, ya ce faɗaɗa hanyar zuwa hanyar zai ba da damar a tarwatsa masu hawa a cikin dajin ƙasa mai fadin eka miliyan 1 na WNC. Kuma rage matsin lamba kan tsarin hanyar da ke da nauyi mai yawa. Ƙungiyar, wacce aka fi sani da SORBA.
Cibiyar Mortimer Trail - wacce aka sanya wa suna bayan wani yanki na gandun daji a da - tana kan yankin Wilson Creek Divide, kusa da Wilson Creek da State Highway 181, a gundumomin Avery da Caldwell, bi da bi. Hukumar Kula da Gandun Daji ta Amurka tana kiran yankin da aka fi mayar da hankali a kan hanyar a matsayin "hadarin hanya."
Tushen kwarin da ke sama yana ƙarƙashin Dutsen Kakanni, tare da tudun tsaunukan gabas na tsaunukan Blue Ridge.
Masu kekuna a kan tsaunuka suna son yin tafiya sosai a kwarin Wilson Creek, saboda akwai ƙananan wurare masu nisa na hawa dawaki a gabashin Amurka
A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, duk da keɓewar yankin, ya lura da raguwar yanayin hanyoyin tafiya guda ɗaya a yankin aikin.
A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, waɗannan hanyoyin sun kasance a kwance saboda wahalar da suke sha da kuma ɓoyewa. Stahlschmidt ya ce waɗannan hanyoyin za su gyara kansu yayin da ganye da sauran tarkace ke warkewa a kan hanyar kuma su kare su daga zaizayar ƙasa.
Duk da haka, hanyoyin da ke cikin ginin Mertimer sun fi ƙanƙanta kuma suna iya fuskantar ambaliyar ruwa, wanda ke haifar da lalacewar muhalli. Misali, a lokacin ruwan sama mai ƙarfi, za a zubar da laka a cikin hanyoyin ruwa.
"Yawancin hakan ya faru ne saboda karuwar amfani da kekunan tsaunuka," in ji shi. "Babu yawan zubar ganye kuma akwai ƙarin takura a kan hanyoyin - yawanci, mutanen da ke amfani da hanyoyin za su sami ƙarin alamu."
Lisa Jennings, Manajan Shirin Nishaɗi da Hanya, Gundumar Kaka, Hukumar Kula da Dazuzzuka ta Amurka, ta ce ban da babban yankin kekuna na Boone, Hanyar Mortimer tana kusa da cibiyoyin jama'a na Charlotte, Raleigh da kuma Interstate 40 Corridor.
Ta ce: "Lokacin da suka tafi yamma zuwa tsaunuka, yankin kakanni shine wurin da suka fara taɓawa."
Amfani mai yawa ba wai kawai yana shafar dorewar tsarin hanya ba, har ma da kayayyakin more rayuwa suna da tsauri sosai, kamar hanyoyin kulawa da alamun da kuma samar da wuraren ajiye motoci.
Jennings ya ce: "Muna ganin hanyoyin da ke cike da cunkoso a yammacin North Carolina kowace karshen mako." "Idan ba za ka iya samun waɗannan hanyoyin ba kuma suna da siffofi marasa kyau, ba za ka sami kyakkyawar gogewa ba. A cikin aikinmu na manajojin ƙasa, yana da mahimmanci jama'a su ji daɗinsu."
Tare da ƙarancin kasafin kuɗi, Ofishin Kula da Gandun Daji yana da niyyar dogara ga abokan hulɗa don kiyayewa, haɓakawa da haɓaka saurin mil don daidaitawa da wadatar nishaɗi da nishaɗi.
A shekarar 2012, Hukumar Kula da Dazuzzuka ta gudanar da wani taron jama'a don tsara dabarun kula da layukan da ba na motoci ba a dazuzzukan Pisgah da Nantahala. Rahoton da ya biyo baya "Dabarun Hanyar Nantahala da Pisgah 2013" ya bayyana cewa tsawon mil 1,560 na hanyoyin tafiya da hawa keke na tsarin ya wuce ƙarfinsa.
A cewar ƙarshen rahoton, sau da yawa ana sanya hanyoyin bazuwar, ba tare da ƙira da ta dace da buƙatun masu amfani ba kuma suna iya yin tsatsa.
Waɗannan batutuwa sun haifar da manyan ƙalubale ga hukumar, kuma ƙara yawan kasafin kuɗin tarayya ya sanya hukumar cikin matsala, don haka ya zama dole a haɗa kai da sauran manajojin filaye da ƙungiyoyin sa kai (kamar SORBA).
Haɗin gwiwa da ƙungiyoyin masu amfani shi ma muhimmin ɓangare ne na daftarin Tsarin Gudanar da Filaye na Ƙasa na Pisgah da Nantahala, wanda aka fitar a watan Fabrairun 2020 kuma ana sa ran kammala shi a rabin na biyu na 2021.
Stahlschmidt ya shiga cikin tsarin jama'a na tsara daftarin tsarin gudanarwa kuma ya halarci tarurrukan dabarun ƙetare ƙasashe na 2012 da 2013. Ya ga dama ta haɗin gwiwa da Ofishin Kula da Daji don faɗaɗa hanyoyin kekuna.
Ƙungiyar Masu Keke ta Northwest NC ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar sa-kai da Hukumar Kula da Daji a shekarar 2014, kuma tun daga lokacin ta jagoranci gudanar da ƙananan ayyukan gyaran hanyoyin mota a cikin ginin hanyar Mortimer.
Stahlschmidt ya ce direbobi suna nuna goyon baya ga rashin alamun da ke akwai a wasu yankuna na ƙasa (kamar Mortimer). Akwai jimillar mil 70 na hanyoyi a yankin Wilson Creek. A cewar Jennings, kashi 30% ne kawai daga cikinsu za su iya hawa kekuna na tsaunuka.
Yawancin tsarin ya ƙunshi tsoffin hanyoyi waɗanda ba su da kyau. Sauran hanyoyin da hanyoyin suka rage sune ragowar hanyoyin katako da suka gabata da kuma tsoffin layukan wuta.
Ta ce: "Ba a taɓa yin tsarin da aka tsara a waje da hanya ba don kekuna a tsaunuka." "Wannan dama ce ta ƙara hanyoyin da aka keɓe don yin yawo da kuma yin keke a tsaunuka masu ɗorewa."
Rashin hanyoyin zai iya haifar da "farauta" ko "fashi" hanyoyin da ba bisa ƙa'ida ba, kamar Lost Bay da Harper River a Gundumar Avery da kuma Caldwell County a cikin Wilson Creek Basin, wuraren bincike biyu na daji ko hanyoyin WSA.
Ko da yake ba wani ɓangare na Tsarin Daji na Ƙasa ba ne, hawa keke a kan tsaunuka a kan hanyoyin WSA haramun ne.
Magoya bayan daji da masu kekuna suna farin ciki game da nisan yankin. Duk da cewa wasu masu kekuna na tsaunuka suna son ganin wurare cikin daji, wannan yana buƙatar canje-canje ga dokokin tarayya.
Yarjejeniyar fahimtar juna da ƙungiyoyin yankuna 40 suka sanya wa hannu a shekarar 2015, da nufin ƙirƙirar yankin nishaɗi na ƙasa a yankin Grandfather Ranger, ta haifar da ce-ce-ku-ce tsakanin masu kekuna a tsaunuka da masu fafutukar kare hamada.
Wasu masu fafutukar kare hamada suna damuwa cewa wannan takardar yarjejeniyar ciniki ce ta tattaunawa. Ta yi watsi da asalin hamada na dindindin na gaba don musanya da goyon bayan masu kekuna na tsaunuka don asalin hamada a wasu wurare a cikin dajin ƙasa.
Kevin Massey, darektan ayyukan North Carolina na ƙungiyar mallakar filaye ta gwamnati mai zaman kanta ta Wild South, ya ce rikicin da ke tsakanin masu kekuna masu hawa dutse da masu fafutukar kare hamada ba daidai ba ne.
Ya ce yayin da ƙungiyarsa ke fafutukar neman ƙarin daji, masu fafutukar kare hamada da masu kekuna a tsaunuka suna da sha'awar ƙarin hanyoyin hawa dutse da kuma tallafawa junansu.
Stahlschmidt ya ce manufar Aikin Mortimer Trail ba lallai bane ta nisantar da mutane daga hanyoyin da ake satar fasaha.
Ya ce: "Ba mu 'yan sanda ba ne." "Na farko, babu isassun hanyoyin da za su biya buƙatun da nau'ikan abubuwan da mutane ke so na hawa. Muna aiki tuƙuru don samun ƙarin damar shiga da ƙarin alamu."
A shekarar 2018, Hukumar Kula da Daji ta yi taro da al'ummar kekunan tsaunuka a wani gidan cin abinci da ke Banner Elk domin tattauna aiki kan hanzarta hanyoyin tafiya a yankin.
"Abin da na fi so shi ne in ɗauki taswira mara komai, in kalli yanayin, sannan in yi tunanin abin da za mu iya yi," in ji Jennings na Hukumar Kula da Daji.
Sakamakon haka shi ne tsarin hanyar da aka sake duba a bainar jama'a don inganta hanyoyin kekuna na tsaunuka masu nisan mil 23 a cikin ginin Mortimer, tare da yin ritaya mil da yawa, da kuma ƙara mil 10 na hanyoyin.
Shirin ya kuma gano matsalolin magudanar ruwa da suka lalace a manyan hanyoyi. Rashin aiki na magudanar ruwa yana ƙara zaizayar ƙasa, yana lalata ingancin ruwa, kuma yana zama cikas ga nau'ikan kifaye kamar kifi da sal waɗanda ke ƙaura zuwa tsaunuka masu tsayi.
A matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin Mortimer, Trout Unlimited ta ba da kuɗin tsara tsarin baka mara tushe da kuma maye gurbin magudanar ruwa da suka lalace, waɗanda ke samar da hanya mafi faɗi don wucewar halittu da tarkace a lokacin ruwan sama mai ƙarfi.
A cewar Jennings, farashin kowace mil na hanyoyin ya kai kimanin dala 30,000. Ga wannan hukumar tarayya mai fama da matsala, ƙara mil 10 babban mataki ne, kuma hukumar ba ta yi amfani da shekarun da suka gabata wajen sanya kuɗin nishaɗi a wurin da aka fi so ba.
An dauki nauyin aikin Mortimer ne ta hanyar tallafin PayDirt na Santa Cruz Bicycles Bicycles ga kungiyar Stahlschmidt da kuma tallafin Shirin Nishaɗi da Hanya na NC ga Gundumar Grandfather Ranger ta Dajin Pisgah na Kasa.
Duk da haka, yayin da mutane da yawa ke ziyartar filayen jama'a, buƙatar nishaɗin waje na iya maye gurbin masana'antu na gargajiya kamar sare katako kuma ya zama injin ci gaban tattalin arziki a yankunan karkara a yammacin North Carolina, waɗanda ke fama da rashin kwanciyar hankali. Gidauniyar tattalin arziki.
Massey na Wild South ya ce wani ƙalubale shine rashin kula da hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa na iya sa Hukumar Kula da Daji ta ɗauki wani sabon mataki.
Ya ce: "A tsakiyar mawuyacin halin matsin lamba na nishaɗi da yunwar da ake fuskanta a Majalisa, National Forest of North Carolina hakika tana da ƙwarewa sosai wajen aiki tare da abokan hulɗa."
Aikin Mortimer ya nuna yiwuwar samun nasarar haɗin gwiwa tsakanin ƙungiyoyi daban-daban masu sha'awa. Wild South yana shiga cikin tsarawa da gina yankin aikin Mortimer. Ƙungiyar kuma tana cikin wani aiki don inganta hanyar Linville Canyon kuma tana cikin wani aikin shimfida hanya kusa da Old Fort.
Jennings ya ce aikin Old Castle Trail wanda al'umma ke jagoranta ya sami tallafin dala $140,000 don tallafawa wani aiki wanda zai haɗa da mil 35 na sabbin hanyoyin tafiya masu amfani da yawa waɗanda ke haɗa filaye na jama'a da McDowell Old Fort Town a gundumar. Hukumar Kula da Daji za ta nuna wa jama'a tsarin hanyoyin tafiya da aka tsara a watan Janairu kuma tana fatan fara aiki a shekarar 2022.
Deirdre Perot, wakilin filaye na jama'a na masu hawa dawaki a yankuna masu nisa na North Carolina, ya ce kungiyar ta yi takaicin cewa aikin Mortimer bai fayyace hanya ga masu hawa dawaki ba.
Duk da haka, ƙungiyar abokiyar hulɗa ce a wasu ayyuka guda biyu a Gundumar Grandfather Ranger, da nufin faɗaɗa damar hawa dawaki a Boonfork da Old Fort. Tawagarta ta sami kuɗaɗen tallafi na sirri don tsara hanyoyin gaba da haɓaka wuraren ajiye motoci don ɗaukar tireloli.
Jennings ya ce saboda yanayin ƙasa mai tsayi, aikin Mortimer ya fi ma'ana ga hawan keke da hawan dutse.
Stahlschmidt ya ce a duk faɗin dajin, ƙarin ayyuka, kamar Mertimer da Old Fort, za su yaɗa nauyin ƙara yawan amfani da hanyoyin zuwa wasu wuraren kekuna a tsaunuka.
Ya ce: "Ba tare da wasu tsare-tsare ba, ba tare da wata babbar hanyar sadarwa ba, ba za ta faru ba." "Wannan ƙaramin misali ne na yadda hakan ya faru a wani wuri."
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