Aia kekahi e moe ana ma ka palena ma waena o Mekiko a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa kahi e noho aliʻi ai nā kahawai hohonu i kahi ʻāina wao nahele, i kekahi manawa me he mea lā ʻaʻole he mea kupaianaha.
Aia ma ka puʻu o ka Wao akua Chihuahuense, ke kahawai ʻo Santa Elena, ma waena o Chihuahua a me Texas, a me nā Mariscal a me Boquillas, ma waena o Coahuila a me Texas, ʻo ia nā kahawai nui ʻekolu ma ka ʻāina: ʻo ko lākou mau paia kiʻekiʻe he 400 mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe. i kekahi mau helu. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona ka huahana o ka erosion i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā makahiki he mau kaukani o ka holomua o ka Rio Grande a, me ke kanalua ʻole, hōʻike i kekahi o nā hoʻoilina kūlohelohe i hoʻoili ʻia ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua.
Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻekolu mai loko o Big Bend National Park, Texas, i hoʻoholo ʻia ma 1944 ma hope o ka manawa lōʻihi o ka maluhia ma waena o nā lāhui ʻelua. Pīhoihoi i kēia mea, a kahaha i ka nani o ka ʻāina ma ka ʻaoʻao Mekiko o ka muliwai, ua hāʻawi ka pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Franklin D. Roosevelt, i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o kahi pā maluhia kūwaho ma waena o Mexico a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ma kahi o ka hapalua kenekulia a Mexico i hana ai, e hōʻike ana i ʻelua mau wahi kūlohelohe i mālama ʻia ma nā kahawai ʻo Rio Grande, akā ʻo ka hana a ke aupuni US ka hōʻailona o ka mōʻaukala e hoʻomau nei a hiki i kēia lā. I kēia lā, pale ʻia ka ʻāina ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka palena ma lalo o nā hoʻolālā like ʻole me nā waihona pekelala, mokuʻāina, a me nā mālama pilikino. Hoʻokahi wale nō ka nānā ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ke kīʻaha: ʻo Río Escénico y Salvaje, ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me kāna mea like me Mekiko, ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ʻo Río Bravo del Norte Natural Monument, hōʻoia i ka pale ʻana o ka muliwai a me kāna mau awawa ma kahi o 300. kilomita.
ʻO ka hana keʻa palena
ʻO ka manawa mua aʻu i komo ai i kekahi o kēia mau kahawai kupaianaha, ua hana wau ia ma ke ʻano he mea koʻikoʻi i kahi hanana mōʻaukala. I kēlā manawa, nā luna hoʻomalu mai Big Bend, limahana Cemex –corporation i kūʻai mai i kekahi mau ʻāina e pili kokoke ana iā Rio Grande ma Mekiko a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hoʻohana no ka mālama wā lōʻihi- a me nā ʻelele o Agrupación Sierra Madre –a hui mālama mālama Mexico e hana nei. i ka wahi no nā makahiki he 10 a ʻoi aku - ua hui lāua e hoe i lalo o ka Boquillas Canyon a kūkā e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻāina a me nā ʻanuʻu e ukali ʻia no ka mālama ʻana. No ʻekolu mau lā a ʻelua mau pō ua hiki iaʻu ke kaʻana like me kēia hui o nā mea ʻike maka i nā pilikia a me nā manawa kūpono o ka mālama ʻana i kahi kahakaha.
I kēia lā, mahalo i ke kalaiwa a me ka kūpaʻa o kekahi mau moemoeā, ke huli nei ka mōʻaukala. Kūkulu ʻia ma lalo o ka El Carmen-Big Bend Conservation Corridor Initiative, ka mea i komo i nā aupuni, nā hui Mekiko a me nā hui honua, nā kahu hānai a me nā ʻāpana ponoʻī hoʻi, i pani ʻia e Cemex, ua ʻimi kēia mau hana e loaʻa i kahi ʻike like no ka wā e hiki mai ana ma waena o nā nā mea hana keaka ma ka ʻāina e hoʻokō i ka pale lōʻihi o kēia megacorridor biolika transboundary ʻehā miliona.
E hoʻomanaʻo mau wau i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā ma loko o kekahi o nā kahawai. ʻO ka ʻōhumu o ke au a me ke kani o nā ʻohe e luli ana i ka makani i hana i kahi pā palupalu ma nā paia a, i ko mākou hele ʻana i mua, ʻikiʻī a hiki i ka lilo ʻana i awawa haiki. E napoo ana ka lā a ma ka lalo o ke kahawai i ane hoʻopuni ʻia e kahi pouli kilokilo. Ke noʻonoʻo nei i nā kamaʻilio o nā hola i hala iho nei, moe au i lalo a nānā i luna, e wili mālie ana i kaʻu kaula. Ma hope o kekahi mau lapana, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iaʻu he ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā paia ʻelua - Mekiko a me ʻAmelika - a ua noʻonoʻo wau i ka hawk e pūnana ʻia ana ma nā paia canyon a me ka bea ʻeleʻele e hele i kēlā kapa o ka muliwai no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā panalāʻau hou, me ka nānā ʻole i ka ʻaoʻao hea lākou.
Malia paha ua nalowale mau ke kanaka i ka hiki ke hoʻomaopopo i ka ʻāina me ka ʻole o nā palena politika, akā maopopo nō iaʻu, inā hoʻomau mākou i ka helu ʻana i ke komo ʻana o nā hui a me nā kānaka e like me ka mea i komo i kēia moʻolelo o ka mālama, e hoʻoikaika ʻia ka ʻike e hoʻāʻo. hoʻokō i kahi hihiʻo maʻamau.
