Binciken Creek
Binciken Creek: Labarin Gaskiya littafi ne na 2017 wanda Jacqueline Briggs Martin ya rubuta kuma Claudia McGehee ya kwatantaYana ba da labarin wani aikin maido da rafi na Michael Osterholm, wanda ya sayi filaye a arewa maso gabashin Iowa inda aka karkatar da rafi shekaru da yawa da suka gabata.Yayin da aka maido da rafin,namun daji,gami da naman rafin,a hankali sun koma yankin kuma suka bunƙasa.

Littafin ya kwatanta sake dawowa da raƙuman ruwa tare da taimakon mai tono, wanda aka gabatar a matsayin"na'ura mai kwakwalwa"Jami'ar Minnesota Press ne ta buga shi a ranar 1 ga Maris,2017, kuma an karɓe ta sosai. Masu sukar sun yaba da mayar da hankali kan kiyaye muhalli da kuma zane -zane na McGehee, kuma a cikin 2018 ta sami lambar yabo ta Riverby,wacce ta fahimci littattafan da ke da alaƙa ga yara,daga Ƙungiyar John Burroughs.

Fage da bugawa 

A cikin 2002,Michael Osterholm ya sayi  na ƙasa kusa da Dorchester,Iowa.Osterholm,masanin cututtukan cututtuka,jikan maigidan na baya ya gaya wa cewa kakansa ya kasance yana kamun kifi a cikin rafi a can. Ya binciki yankin kuma ya tabbatar da wanzuwar rafi ta hanyar amfani da tsoffin hotuna na iska.An karkatar da kogin a cikin 1949 don samar da hanyar dasa masara a cikin ƙasa mai albarka,kuma daga ƙarshe ya ƙasƙanta kuma ya ɓace.  Osterholm,ɗan asalin Iowa wanda ya yi kamun kifi a cikin raƙuman ruwa na kusa a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa,ya yanke shawarar maido da rafin. 

Maidowa na asali  rafi ya faru a cikin shekaru bakwai masu zuwa. Osterholm ya fara ne ta hanyar share filayen masara da ke akwai don buɗe kogin na asali,kuma ya sake dasa ciyayi masu tsayi irin su manyan shuɗi. An ƙara manyan motoci da yawa na duwatsu tare da bankunan rafi don tallafi. Bayan lokaci,tsire-tsire na asali,kwari,da sauran namun daji sun dawo yankin.A cikin 2009,Sashen Albarkatun Ƙasa na Iowa ya ƙara 500 yatsan yatsa na ƙwanƙwasa ƙwanƙwasa,nau'in kifi ne kawai da ke tsira a cikin jihar.Tushen ya bunƙasa a cikin sabon kogin da aka dawo da shi,wanda Osterholm ya kira Brook Creek.

Binciken Creek:Labari na Gaskiya yana nuna yadda Osterholm ya maido da Brook Creek da dawowar namun daji zuwa yankin. Marubucin,Jacqueline Briggs Martin,ya yanke shawarar rubuta littafi game da Osterholm bayan karanta wani labarin Nuwamba 2011 game da aikinsa da aka buga a The Gazette.Ta yi magana da Osterholm yayin da ta rubuta Creekfinding,ko da yake ba ta ziyarci Brook Creek da kansa ba sai bayan an kammala littafin.Martin ya riga ya kasance abokai tare da mai zane Claudia McGehee, kuma ya nemi McGehee ya ba da misalai na littafin.A cewar McGehee,yayin da "marubuci na al'ada da mai zane ba sa haɗuwa a lokacin ƙirƙirar littafin hoto,"su biyun sun yi aiki tare a duk lokacin ci gaba da littafin,ciki har da binciken yanayin yanayin rafi.

Sadaukarwa ga"waɗanda ke kula da wuraren korenmu",Jami'ar Minnesota Press ta buga littafin mai shafi 36 a ranar 1 ga Maris,2017. Baya ga labarin, littafin ya ƙunshi kalamai daga Martin, McGehee,da Osterholm.

Takaitaccen bayani 

Littafin ya gabatar da na'urar tona a matsayin"na'ura mai ganowa"wanda zai iya taimakawa wajen gano raƙuman ruwa da suka ɓace.Ya nuna ana karkatar da raƙuman raƙuman ruwa kamar yadda manomi ke amfani da buldoza don cika shi da datti don shuka masara.Shekaru da yawa bayan haka,Mike ya koyi game da tsohon kogin kuma ya yanke shawarar maido da shi duk da shakkar wasu.Ya yi alamar tsohuwar hanyar rafin kuma ana amfani da injin tona don tono ƙasa don gano shi.Mike ya jira har lokacin sanyi ya sa manyan motoci su kai duwatsun da za su jera rafin,ta yadda kasa ta daskare a lokacin kuma manyan motocin kada su lalata kasar.Tsire-tsire,kwari,da sculpins suna komawa rafi,kuma ana kawo trout a cikin wata motar.Shekaru biyu bayan haka,kifin ya kan sa ƙwai waɗanda ke ƙyanƙyashe a lokacin hunturu.Littafin ya ƙare da haɓakar yanayin muhalli da kuma godiya "ga Mike da manyan injunan da suka samo rafin".

Rubutu da misalai 
An tsara labarin zuwa sassa dabam-dabam,tare da lakabi kamar"Scraping and Digging"da"Lokaci don Kayayyaki". Renée Wheeler na Jagoran Littafin ƙaho ya kwatanta rubutun Martin a matsayin"mai haske da"bayani",kuma a cikin littafin, ana yin tambayoyi game da tsarin maidowa sannan a amsa don nuna sha'awar mai karatu.Ana amfani da mutum-mutumi don kwatanta ayyukan mai tonawa da kuma komawar ruwa zuwa wurin.Martin ta ce ta shafe watanni da dama tana gano yadda za a fi kwatanta yanayin halittu, kuma daya daga cikin layin da ta fi so a littafin shine"korama ya fi ruwa".A wani lokaci yayin aiwatar da rubutun,daftarin ya kasance tsawon kalmomi 1200,amma an gyara shi zuwa kusan kalmomi 400 a cikin sigar ƙarshe. 

McGehee ta ce ta ziyarci Brook Creek kafin ta samar da misalai saboda"tana son sake ƙirƙirar laushi da launuka [ta] ta gani,don haka masu karatu za su iya 'tafiya'tare da Brook Creek yayin da suke koyo game da maidowa.An ƙirƙiri misalan ta ta hanyar amfani da dabarar allo (wanda mai zanen ya zare tawada mai duhu don bayyana launi a ƙasa) tare da launin ruwa da rini, tare da sakamakon kama fentin itace mai kauri mai kauri. Wani mai bita don Kirkus Reviews ya ji cewa tsallake launi daga yadawa ɗaya yana da tasiri musamman don ƙirƙirar yanayin ji injuna kamar masu tonawa da juji sun kasance mafi ƙalubale saboda ba ta da ƙwarewar kwatanta su,idan aka kwatanta da yanayin yanayi.Baya ga babban labari,ƙananan bayanai game da tsarin gyare-gyare da namun daji suna ƙunshe a cikin abubuwan hotuna,kamar ruwan ciyayi.

liyafar 
Masu suka sun yaba wa Creekfinding don mayar da hankali kan kiyaye muhalli.Yin bita don Jaridar Makarantar Makaranta, Barbara Auerbach ya rubuta cewa littafin zai"samar da masu kula da duniyarmu a nan gaba",kuma masu bita da yawa sun bayyana shi a matsayin"zurfafa"hoton sake dawowa kogin.  Wani mai bita na mako-mako na Publishers ya kuma yaba da bayanin da Osterholm ya bayar a ƙarshen littafin da ke ƙarfafa masu karatu su ɗauki mataki da kuma taimakawa wajen dawo da ɓarna na muhallinsu. Masu bita kuma sun rubuta gaskiya game da zane-zane na McGehee.Kirkus Reviews ya lura cewa cikakkun hotuna,tare da"layi mai lankwasa da ke cike da rayuwa",har yanzu za a iya gani idan an karanta littafin ga ƙaramin rukuni,kuma Auerbach ya bayyana zane-zane a matsayin"mai ban mamaki". 

An jera littafin a kan"Littattafai Mafi Kyau don Yara 100"na New York Public Library a cikin 2017. Ya sami lambar yabo ta Riverby,wanda ke gane littattafan da ke da alaƙa ga yara,daga Ƙungiyar John Burroughs a cikin 2018.

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