I-Northern California's 1,250-square-miles system yamanzi kanye nepulazi iyindawo yesizini emine yabathandi bemidlalo yasemanzini futhi iyikhaya lemiphakathi eminingi yasezindaweni zasemanzini.
Umoya wawunamafindo angu-20 futhi umoya oshisayo wawuphephula useyili wethu njengoba sasincike entshonalanga, sehla ngomfula futhi sehla ngoMfula i-Sacramento. Sahamba ngomkhumbi sadlula i-Sherman Island, kancane kancane sidlula iqembu labatshuzi be-kitesurfer nabashwibi bomoya ababendiza phezu kwesikebhe sethu futhi baphonsa izimpawu zokuthula. .I-Montezuma iwa ngokunethezeka ibheke ngasentshonalanga, igcwele izixuku zezigayo zomoya ezigugile, kuyilapho umhlanga otshekayo obheke ngasempumalanga, ukhuphuka kanyekanye nomhlambi wenkonjane, ziyavevezela.
Sibheke empumalanga, sizungeza iSouth Bend yaseDecker Island, sadlula izikebhe ezimbili ezigqwalile, izitezi ezitshekayo ezimbozwe izihlahla, futhi sehlisa ihange eduze kwesihlahla se-oki esithe thuthu. Ilanga lase lishona futhi umhlambi wezinkomo uzulazula emanzini, ugqolozele. sibheke ngakithi ngokusola njengoba sigxuma sisuka phansi ukuze sibhukude.
KwakungoMeyi 2021 futhi mina nomyeni wami u-Alex sasiku-Saltbreaker, isikebhe sikaseyili esiyi-32ft 1979 Valiant asithenga nomfowabo eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule. Ngemva kwezinyanga zesiphithiphithi, usizi, nokukhathazeka ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, mina no-Alex sasifuna ukuphuma futhi shisa ilanga - okuyivelakancane phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo ezinenkungu endlini yethu entshonalanga ye-San Francisco The - Hlola izindlela zamanzi ezingavamile, ezimazombezombe ze-Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Lolu hambo lwesikebhe lwesonto lonke luzoba olokuqala kokuvakasha okuyisithupha' ngenze isifunda ezinyangeni ezedlule.
Njengoba sonke sazi, i-Delta iwuhlelo oluyinkimbinkimbi futhi olunwetshiwe lwamanzi angu-1,250-square-miles kanye nepulazi eligxile lapho kuhlangana khona i-Sacramento kanye ne-San Joaquin Rivers.Ekuqaleni indawo ewudedangendlale ehlala izinyoni nezinhlanzi eziningi futhi abantu bomdabu bakwazi ukuhamba kuyo, i-delta, njengezinto eziningi eCalifornia, isishintshe kakhulu.Kusukela maphakathi nekhulu le-19, ngokusabela ku-Everglades Act ka-1850, iGold Rush, kanye nenani labantu elandayo laseCalifornia, amaxhaphozi agujwa, omiswa, futhi alinywa ukuze kwembulwe abacebile. i-peat;omkhulu kunawo wonke owake wenziwa e-United States Komunye wemiklamo yokubuyiselwa komhlaba, amanzi avinjwe yi-dike.
Izindlela eziningi zamanzi ezincane, ezimazombezombe - iziwubu zegazi le-capillary ezigeleza zisuka emifuleni ye-arterial ngokusebenzisa amaxhaphozi - ziqoshwe emigqeni eqondile ukuze kusetshenziswe kangcono izindawo zokuhamba zaseSan Francisco, eSacramento naseStockton. , kwakhiwa imigudu yemikhumbi, namadolobha aqala ukuhluma emabhange asanda kuqiniswa.Emva kwekhulu leminyaka nengxenye, njengoba sizulazula le mizila yamanzi, besigwema into engenakwenzeka yezwe.Esikebheni sethu, besingeke sikwazi phezulu kakhulu ngaphezu kwepulazi nhlangothi zombili. Ngenxa yalawo machweba ashintsha ichweba lechweba, lokhu kwenzeka kaningi ngokwanele ukusivumela ukuthi sibukele phansi inqwaba yezinyawo ngaphansi kwamanzi.
Njengoba ingabonakali ngokuphelele ngesimo sayo sasekuqaleni, i-delta isalokhu ixhumene ngokuqinile phakathi komhlaba namanzi.Izwe elivunguza umoya eliluhlaza, okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokusagolide, le ndawo ibuswa amabhuloho amancane anoxhaxha lwemigudu yamanzi ezulazula emapulazini nasemadolobheni aseceleni komfula axhunywe amabhuloho. .Ngokuvamile, indlela eqondile esuka endaweni ethile iye kwenye ingaphezu kwamanzi.Iseyikhaya lezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-750 zendabuko, umfula uyindawo enkulu kunazo zonke yokumisa izinyoni ezifudukayo ku-Pacific Migration Route kanye nesikhungo esikhulu sezolimo, esine-asparagus, amapheya, ama-alimondi. , amagilebhisi ewayini nemfuyo yonke ezuza emhlabathini wayo ovundile.Futhi iyindawo yesizini emine yemidlalo yomoya, ukuhamba ngesikebhe, nokudoba, futhi iyikhaya lomphakathi okuthi, naphezu kokuba ihora nje usuka eSan Francisco, ungafani neze neBay Area. .
Amanzi aseCalifornia sekunesikhathi eside eyisihloko esikhathazayo, osekunengxabano enkulu njengoba amazinga okushisa ekhuphuka kanye nesomiso siba sibi kakhulu. Umfula ucishe ube izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zomthombo wamanzi oyinhloko wombuso futhi uhlinzekwa ngamanzi ahlanzekile asuka eSierra Leone, ngokusho koMnyango wesifundazwe. Yezinsiza Zamanzi.Kodwa i-delta iphinde ithinteke ohlelweni lwe-San Francisco Bay brackish tide futhi kufanele ibhekane nokuncishiswa kweqhwa lesikhathi esizayo kanye nokukhuphuka kwezinga lolwandle—kokubili okunamandla okuphazamisa ukwakheka kwamanzi ahlanzekile kwesistimu kuyilapho kwandisa ingozi yokweqisa. izikhukhula.Inhlanganisela yokulahlekelwa indawo yokuhlala, izinguquko zekhwalithi yamanzi kanye nezimo zokugeleza ezivela emadamini akhuphuka nomfula nakho kuthinte izilwane zendabuko ezifana ne-delta sweetfish ecishe yashabalala.
Njengoba iminyaka idlula nezinga lamanzi likhuphuka, indawo eqoshwe i-levee yayisesimweni esintengantengayo. .Ingqalasizinda ye-levee ngokwayo idinga ukubuyekezwa njengoba uhlelo lubhekene nengozi ekhulayo yezikhukhula, ukuwohloka okujwayelekile kanye nokuzamazama komhlaba.
Iziphakamiso zakamuva zokuphatha lezi zinkinga kanye nokugcina isidingo samanzi sase-California sibandakanya ukwakha umhubhe, owaziwa ngokuthi yi-Delta Delivery Project, ukuze umpompe amanzi ahlanzekile ngendlela ephumelela kangcono esizweni sonke. ' Uhlelo Lwamanzi Lwezwe, okungenye yezinhlangano eziningi ezinamalungelo amanzi esifundeni, okuhlanganisa omasipala bendawo kanye nohulumeni wobumbano.
Iphrojekthi ye-Conveyance okwamanje ingaphansi kokubuyekezwa kwemvelo, kodwa njengoba ikusasa lesifunda kanye nekusasa lamanzi ombuso lilenga esilinganisweni, amaqembu anentshisekelo afinyelela kwangu-200 abandakanyekayo futhi anezwi.(Iningi lamabhizinisi endawo engidlule kuwo indawo yaboniswa encenga uhulumeni ukuthi “amise umhubhe futhi asindise indawo yethu yomfula!”) Lezi zinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo zemvelo, izinkampani zabalimi bezimboni, imiphakathi yendawo kanye namanye amaqembu akhuluma ukuze asindise umfula owufanele: umthombo wamanzi, indawo evikelekile. i-ecosystem, indawo yokuzijabulisa efinyeleleka kalula, iqoqo lemiphakathi, noma inhlanganisela yalokho.I-Delta Stewardship Council iyinhlangano kazwelonke eyakhelwe ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lokuphatha lwesikhathi eside olucabangela izidingo zalezi zintshisekelo eziqhudelanayo.
“Ukuthola indlela yokubhekana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu akugcini nje endaweni eyi-delta, kodwa cishe kuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu lapha ngoba sinentshisekelo ehlukahlukene,” kusho u-Harriet Ross, umsizi womqondisi wokuhlela wekhomishini.
Akukho ukungqubuzana mayelana nokubuyekezwa kwe-Delta: iyigugu elifihliwe lawo wonke umuntu.Sichithe isonto lethu lokuqala sihamba ngomkhumbi sehla emifuleni nodaka, sidlula amabhuloho, sihamba ngomkhumbi siya emuva naphambili esivunguvungwini soMfula i-San Joaquin, sidonsa umkhumbi wethu ukuya ezikebheni ze-Moore River obhiya ababandayo namabhega, kanye nase-Kos pirate lair Igalaji likaphethiloli liboshelwe esikhumulweni semikhumbi, futhi amakhulu ama-egret nama-crane achaphaze amagatsha esihlahla esiseduze.
Ama-Jet skis nezikebhe ezinesivinini, ngokuvamile ezilandela ngemuva nama-tubers, kuyinto evamile ukubonakala, kanye nemikhumbi emikhulu kawoyela elingana nesakhiwo esikhulu engena futhi ephuma e-Stockton.
Lokhu akufani nanoma yiluphi uhambo esake salwenza thina noma i-Saltbreaker. Ngesikhathi sokuwela ulwandle, imikhumbi ivamise ukuthi ihlale ihlehla ngenxa yamagagasi aguquguqukayo. Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi e-San Francisco Bay kunikeza isifutho sikasawoti esincane kanye nomoya namagagasi amhlophe. amanzi ayisicaba, umoya oshisayo uyaguquguquka, nomoya unephunga elicebile, lomhlabathi le-peat. Nakuba sikude nezikebhe eziwukuphela kwazo ezisizungezile, sidlula izikebhe ze-jet ski nezikebhe ezinejubane ezinamanjini angaphandle anamandla - sizulazula eziphasejini eziqinile imisinga enamandla ngenkathi igwema ukungashoni ezikebheni eziqhutshwa umoya futhi akulula.
NgoMeyi, amasonto ngemva kokudubula kwethu kwesibili, kwakungekho ncazelo yesibili ekhathazayo ye-"delta", futhi sajabulela ukuthola ithuba lokuhlola endaweni. I-South Central kuya ku-Walnut Grove kanye ne-Locke eNyakatho, izizwa sengathi akukho okudlula ukuhamba kwesikhathi ngenxa yemigwaqo emikhulu yomlando, izindawo zokuphuzela utshwala ezihlotshiswe nge-neon nokunye Okufana, ngolunye usuku, uxhaxha lwama-Thunderbirds lwama-1960s lwehla ngomgwaqo omazombezombe.
"Ngihlale ngitshela amakhasimende ami ukuthi i-Isleton ineminyaka engama-70 namamayela angu-70 ukusuka eSan Francisco," kusho u-Iva Walton, umnikazi weMei Wah Beer Room, indawo yokuphuza utshwala e-Isleton, amakhasino wangaphambili waseShayina.
Sekuyisikhathi eside imiphakathi ehlala e-delta ihlukahlukene, abantu basePutukezi, iSpanishi kanye nezizinda zase-Asia abadonswa kule ndawo kuqala ngokugibela igolide futhi kamuva abezolimo. Edolobheni elincane laseRock, izakhiwo zamapulangwe zasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 zisamile, uma sitshekile kancane, sine-Al the Wops, i-bistro eyavulwa ngo-1934 (yebo, igama layo langempela - liphinde libizwe ngokuthi i-Al's Place ) ukuphuza ubhiya onama-dollar bill ophahleni, abagibeli bamabhayisikili abagqoke isikhumba endaweni yokucima ukoma.Izicabha ezine phansi , sithole isifundo somlando ku-Martha Esch, isakhamuzi saseDelta isikhathi eside futhi engumnikazi we-Lockeport Grill & Fountain, isitolo sakudala sakudala sashintsha i-soda yakudala Umthombo, ngaphezu kwalokho kunamagumbi ayisithupha okuqasha.
Ezinye izinjabulo zihlanganisa i-martinis epholile e-Tony Plaza e-Walnut Grove kanye namasemishi esidlo sasekuseni endaweni yokucima ukoma e-Wimpy Pier. Akubona sodwa abajabulela indawo yasendaweni, njengoba ubhubhane lubonakala lukhuphule ezokuvakasha e-delta. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi abanye abavakashi. bayakubona ukukhula kwebhizinisi, njengoba abavakashi bendawo yezokuvakasha ye-VisitCADelta.com bekhuphuka ngaphezu kuka-100% phakathi kwekota yokuqala neyesibili ka-2021 (isizinda sikhuphuke ngo-50% kusukela ngo-2020).U-Eric Wink, umqondisi omkhulu we-Delta Conservation Umkhandlu.Lapho amaza omoya kuyiwo acatshangelwa kakhulu, umoya ohelezayo we-delta awulimazi.
UMeredith Robert, umphathi jikelele weDelta Windsports, inkampani esekwe eSherman Island eqashisa ngemishini yokuqasha kanye nemishini yokuthengisa i-kitesurfing, uthe ibhizinisi liyakhula ngisho nalapho ubhubhane ludla lubi.
Uma sibheka ikusasa.Njengoba ohulumeni emhlabeni wonke bedambisa imikhawulo ye-coronavirus, imboni yezokuvakasha inethemba lokuthi lo nyaka kuzoba unyaka wokusimama kwemboni yezokuvakasha. Nakhu ongakulindela:
Ukuhamba ngendiza.Abagibeli abengeziwe kulindeleke ukuthi bandize uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, kodwa kusadingeka uhlole izidingo zakamuva zokungena uma uya phesheya.
ukuhlala.Ngesikhathi sobhubhane, abahambi abaningi bathole ubumfihlo obuhlinzekwa yizindlu eziqashisayo.Amahhotela abheke ukuncintisana futhi ngokunikeza izindawo zokuhlala ezinwetshiwe ezisesitayeleni, izinketho ezisimeme, imigoqo yophahla kanye nezindawo zokusebenza ngokubambisana.
Qasha imoto.Abavakashi bangalindela amanani aphezulu kanye nezimoto ezindala ezihamba phambili, njengoba izinkampani zisengakwazi ukukhulisa izimoto zazo.Ingabe ufuna enye indlela?Izinkundla zokwabelana ngezimoto zingase zibe inketho ethengekayo.
cruise ship.Naphezu kwesiqalo esingesihle sonyaka, isidingo semikhumbi yokuhambahamba sihlala siphezulu ngenxa yokwanda kwe-Omicron.Izikebhe zohambo olunethezekile lokuvakasha zikhanga ikakhulukazi njengamanje ngoba ngokuvamile zihamba ngemikhumbi emincane futhi zigwema izindawo eziminyene.
Indawo okuyiwa kuyo.Amadolobha abuyile ngokusemthethweni: abahambi abamagange ukufunda okwengeziwe mayelana nezindawo ezibukwayo, ukudla, nemisindo yedolobha elikhulu njengeParis noma i-New York.Ukuze uthole isikhathi sokuphumula, ezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka e-US zenza imodeli ehlanganisa konke ethatha isikhathi sokuphumula. Ukuqagela ngaphandle kokuhlela iholide lakho.
okuhlangenwe nakho.Izinketho zokuhamba ezigxile empilweni yocansi (cabanga ukuthi imibhangqwana ihlehla kanye nemihlangano yasemanzini nabaqeqeshi bokusondelana) ikhula ngokuduma.Ngaso leso sikhathi, ukuhamba okuthambekele kwezemfundo kufunwa kakhulu imindeni enezingane.
“Kwakukhungathekisa ukuthi asikwazanga ukufundisa isikhashana ngenxa yemithetho yeSherman Island County Parks.Ukuthengisa amabhodi angu-20 $500 akusanelisanga ngempela,” kusho yena.” Kodwa simatasa ngempela, okuyinto enhle kakhulu.”
Ezindaweni eziningi esizivakashele, ngaphakathi nangaphandle, izifihla-buso bezimbalwa futhi ziqhelelene kakhulu phakathi kwazo. Lokhu kuzwakala njengesikhuthazo esihlanekezelwe ngoMeyi nangoJuni. Lapho sibuya ngoJulayi, amacala e-coronavirus eCalifornia ayanda, futhi kuzwakala kuxubene kakhulu. .Njengoba siqhabula i-Bloody Mary e-Wimpy, omunye umxhasi washaya i-oda lemaski okungenzeka ukuthi lali-oda i-scotch nesoda engilazini kaphayinti. Lapho ngikhuluma noNksz Walton eMeihua ngebhizinisi lakhe ngo-August, akazange angabaze. ukwabelana ngombono wakhe wokunqanda ukukhiya, omelene nokugoma (kuyaphawuleka ukuthi uMeihua unengadi kabhiya yangaphandle).
Ngemva kokungaqiniseki konyaka odlule nengxenye, isiqinisekiso kuphela ukuthi izinto zizoqhubeka zishintsha.Ngakho-ke uma kukhulunywa ngobhubhane, ukuhamba, futhi yebo, eDelta, mhlawumbe indlela engcono kakhulu eya phambili iwukuba nenhloso ehambayo. Ngoba nakuba i-delta iyindawo eyingqayizivele mayelana nobuhle bayo, umlingiswa, nokubaluleka kwayo ezithakazelweni zase-California, njengezinto eziningi zaseNtshonalanga, iphinde ibe isisekelo sokukhetha abantu okufanele bakwenze njengoba usongo lokushintsha kwesimo sezulu lukhula.Ngendlela yokukhuphuka kwamazinga olwandle, iziphepho ezibhubhisayo ezishisayo noma amazinga okushisa akhuphukayo.I-Delta, njenganoma yikuphi e-California, iya ngokuya iba sengcupheni yomlilo obhubhisayo kanye nekhwalithi yomoya ephansi.
UDkt. Peter Moyle, uprofesa ophuma e-UC Davis Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, useneminyaka eyishumi efunda nge-deltas. efana kakhulu neDelta yasekuqaleni”.Akangabazi ukuthi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iyiphi indlela eya phambili, izinguquko ezinkulu azinakugwenywa.
“I-delta iwuhlelo oluhluke kakhulu kunalo olwalukhona eminyakeni engu-150 edlule, noma ngisho neminyaka engu-50 edlule.Ilokhu ishintsha njalo,” kusho yena.”Siphila esimeni sesikhashana njengamanje, futhi abantu kufanele babone ukuthi bafuna lolu hlelo lubukeke kanjani.
Amathuba okuthi ibukeke kanjani awapheli, kusukela emzamweni wokulondoloza isimo esikhona ngangokunokwenzeka kuya ekubuyiselweni kwemvelo kwemigwaqo yamanzi namaxhaphozi avulekile. Wonke umuntu ufuna ukusindisa i-Delta, kodwa iyiphi inguqulo ye-Delta okufanele igcinwe? I-Delta Air Lines isebenzela kangcono kakhulu?
Ukungena endaweni eyi-delta kuyiphupho eliphefumulayo;Ukuphuma olwandle kuwumoya omkhulu. Ehlobo saqasha isikebhe e-Owl Harbour Marina e-Twichel Island (cishe amashumi eminyaka ezayo, ngokusho kukaDkt Moyle). kushisa ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku kuJulayi ngemva kwempelasonto emanzini, ilanga lase lishona, umoya wawuvunguza futhi isibhakabhaka siwolintshi;izinga lokushisa lalingu-110 degrees ngalolo suku, futhi ngakusasa liyoshisa kakhulu. ukuphikisana ngendlela engcono kakhulu.
“Yeka indawo eyingozi yokuzalela,” sacabanga, sixoxa ngokuthi kungenzeka amaqanda azo achanyuselwe ngaphambi kokuba sihambe ngomkhumbi, ngethemba lokuthi azophumelela, naphezu kokukhetha kwawo okungabazisayo indawo yokuhlala.
Lapho sibuya ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa, izinga lokushisa lase lehlile, izidleke zingenalutho, nezinkonjane zingasekho. sase-ke senza kanjalo.
Landela i-New York Times Travel ku-Instagram, Twitter kanye naku-Facebook.Futhi ubhalisele incwadi yethu yezindaba yokuhlela uhambo lwamasonto onke ukuze uthole amathiphu ochwepheshe ohambo oluhlakaniphile nogqozi lweholide lakho elilandelayo.Ukuphupha iholide elizayo noma uhambo nje lokuhlala esihlalweni?Hlola uhlu lwethu izindawo ezingama-52 zango-2021.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-13-2022