Miaoli County Government set up the country’s first cross-river channel in Laozhuangxi, Zhuolan Town, in order to protect Shihu Passed, so that the conservation staff were both surprised and happy. The Agriculture Department of the Miaoli County Government shared the good news today through the official Facebook fan page “Farmer Li”.
The Department of Agriculture pointed out that the Da’an River in central Taiwan is an important exchange area between Miaoli and Taichung, and the Laozhuang River in Zhuolan Township is a tributary of the Da’an River. This will block the movement of the Shihu ethnic group to and from the Liyutan Reservoir mountain area, which may result in the cutting of the Shihu habitat and increase the risk of road kills on the surrounding roads.
The Miaoli County Government first built a wildlife-friendly channel in the lower reaches of Laozhuang River in January 1999. On March 16 this year, the 436th day after the completion, it was monitored that Shihu crossed both sides of the river bank from above the channel; August On the 24th and the 597th day after the completion, a pair of Shihu mother and son were recorded to pass through the channel, and in the following days, the channel was used continuously and frequently to go back and forth between the two sides of the river bank.
Zhang Wei, head of the Natural Ecological Conservation Section of the Agriculture Department of the Miaoli County Government, told the Central News Agency that infrared cameras were installed on both sides of the passage. ”, not just to explore inside, and even photographed a picture of a stone tiger holding a mouse, the friendly passage can be used as one of the stone tiger’s foraging routes.
The Agriculture Department pointed out that in order to make the passage close to the natural environment, the staff laid wood chips inside. In addition to stone tigers, the camera also captured a variety of wild animals, including rodents and white-nosed hearts, who used the passage to cross the river and even avoid large strays Dogs, looking forward to continuing efforts to protect Shihu and the shallow mountain environment.