Taroko National Park hails post-quake reconstruction project
Taroko National Park hails post-quake reconstruction project
2024-08-13
The Hualien earthquake in April had a catastrophic impact on Taroko National Park. But now the park is publicizing its efforts to reconstruct with a reel of positive imagery, showing all the ways that humans are helping the park rehabilitate. Lots of forested mountain slopes have been stripped of their vegetation by landslides. Park volunteers have been busy seeding pioneer plants on the denuded slopes. Meanwhile, there’s reconstruction work to do on the highways. The park is discouraging tourists from visiting for now, but hopes that nature fans will keep an eye on the ongoing work.
A group of people fling balls of mud at a landslip. Each ball contains a seed. After the Hualien earthquake, there was a big landslide on the Central Cross-Island Highway. Its verdant slopes had big patches of vegetation shorn away. The Taroko National Park volunteer corps gathered seven kilos of native seeds to throw at the denuded slopes, to give them a chance to recover as fast as possible.
Dense-flowered false nettle. Broadleaf hopbush. All the species are native pioneer plants, which will protect the ground against invasive foreign species.
Chen Ku-lin
Taroko National Park Tour Department head
There was the earthquake on April 3, and also on June 26, as well as Typhoon Gaemi, which all caused secondary damage. The national park is sticking with its original plan of gradual, sustained rehabilitation work.
The earthquake on April 3 gave the magnificent slopes of Taroko National park an instant makeover. When search and rescue operations were complete, the park began its ecological rehabilitation program. It recently released an “Earthquake Image Reel” to drum up support for the work.
Chen Ku-lin
Taroko National Park Tour Department head
We hope these positive images will make people keep paying attention to Taroko and giving us support. In the near future, we hope to meet with everyone again. There’s still a lot of work to do on the slopes of the highways. So we hope that tourists will not enter this time unless truly necessary.
Post-earthquake rehabilitation is a long and slow process. The national park says that Changchun Shrine might reopen to visitors before the end of the year. But tourist favorites like Tianhsiang and Buluowan will take longer to be reconstructed. Even the Earth needs a moment to rest and recuperate sometimes.
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地震形象影片 太管處邀大家一同為太魯閣加油
2024-08-13
今年4月3號地震重創花蓮、造成太魯閣國家公園內，多處崩塌。救難結束後，太管處最近開始進行修復、復育工作。包括志工還在邊坡撒上"上千萬顆"的原生植物種子，讓崩塌處恢復生機，另外太管處也推出一支地震形象短片，希望能民眾一起為太魯閣加油!
一群人手握泥巴球，一把一把的往崩塌地拋撒，這泥巴球內藏一顆顆的種子。地震後，中橫公路邊坡大量落石，翠綠的山坡光禿禿一片。太魯閣志工，大伙採集了約七公斤的原生種子，拋向邊坡，讓崩塌地恢復生機。
包括蜜花苧麻、車桑子等等，都是台灣原生種先驅植物的種子，更能防止外來種入侵。
[[太管處解說科長 陳顧淋]]
“除了0403以外，還有0626，包括這次的凱米颱風，都造成二次傷害，那管理處還是照原定計劃，慢慢持續的做一些復建工程。這兩三年會投入30億的經費，朝著這個方向去做”
今年4月3號強震，讓太魯閣的鬼斧神工，瞬間風雲變色。隨著救難工作告一段落，太管處也開始進行重建工作，最近更推出"地震形象短片"，為太魯閣加油。
[[太管處解說科長 陳顧淋]]
“我們希望透過這一部正面的影像，希望大家持續的關注太魯閣，給予我們支持，希望在不久的將來，能跟大家一起再相逢。整個公路局的邊坡，還有大量的工程要施做，所以我們會盡量希望遊客，在這段期間不必要的話，還是不要從太魯閣這邊進來”
震後重建工作是條漫長的路，太管處表示，目前年底有機會開放長春祠，不過天祥、布洛灣等地方，還需要再等上一段時間。畢竟大地修生養息，也需要時間慢慢修復。
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