(Endeavoring a New Journey and Contributing to a New Era · Great American Frontier) Women's Patrol Team of the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park: "Hu Niu" prefers to travel to Tiger Mountain
Chinanews.com, Dongning, June 19th, title: Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park Women's Patrol Team: "Tiger Girl" is inclined to Tiger Mountain
Chinanews reporter Wang Lin
There are tigers in Northeast China. In addition to describing "impulsive", the Northeast dialect "Tiger" has another layer of praise... The reporter interviewed "Tiger Girls" who are inclined towards Tiger Mountain Travel on the 18th. They are from the Northeast Tiger and Leopard Country in Dongning City, Heilongjiang Province. The first women's patrol team in the park has accumulated 6,035 kilometers of patrol mileage in 3 years and cleaned up 3,789 hunting sets.
The Siberian Tiger and Leopard National Park borders the Primorsky Krai of Russia. As a corner of the park, Dongning, Heilongjiang is connected to the Russian Leopard Hometown National Park. It is an important corridor for the migration and spread of the Russian Siberian tiger population to China. Work to carry out Sino-Russian cross-border exchanges and cooperation.
The ranger went up the mountain to clear the hunting set provided by Dongning Forestry and Grassland Bureau
"Tiger Courage": Walking the Road Traveled by the Siberian Tiger
In April 2019, the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Dongning City established a women's patrol team composed of "post-80s" and "post-90s" girls, responsible for patrolling Siberian tigers and leopards near Chaoyanggou Forest Farm in Dongning City. For wild animals, in addition to GPS, notebooks and bread to satisfy hunger, there is also a "tiger courage" in the backpack.
The morning light was faint, and after an hour and a half drive, they began to trek the mountain road for 4 hours.
This season is considered a "blessing", and the most feared in the Northeast are winter and summer.
When the snow fell on the mountains, the patrolman Xu Chunmei, who was 1.75 meters tall, stepped into the ditch, and the snow covered his waist. It was midsummer soon, and sweating, mosquito bites, and pollen allergies were common occurrences.
"Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, then take the road that the Siberian tiger has traveled." Xu Chunmei said: "Although I did not meet the tiger on a narrow road, I have measured the palm print of the Siberian tiger and followed its footprints." Are you afraid of the haunted mountains?
The girls laughed and said, "I'm more afraid of caterpillars", "I'm also afraid of snakes", "A group of wild boars ran out of the car window", "Weasels are staring at me from behind"... However, they bravely moved forward and never did. Back off.
Rangers maintain far-infrared cameras Provided by Dongning Forestry and Grassland Bureau
"Tiger Strength" opens the way: sunburns on the face and long muscles on the legs
"Isn't the girl who patrols the mountains just to play?" After a lapse of 3 years, Wang Chengzhu, the old ranger, changed his words: "Their performance far exceeded everyone's expectations, and they were no less than men." The area covers an area of 51,800 hectares. They have to walk 5 to 10 kilometers of mountain roads every day, relying on a "tiger energy".
Ranger Bai Xue is 39 years old this year and is the oldest in the women's patrol team. "When feeding wild animals, we moved salt bricks one by one on the mountain. Although it was hard work, we saw the feed we fed. It was eaten up, and there were footprints and feces of sika deer and roe deer around, so I was very happy."
The mountain road is very different from the road. Not only is it difficult to walk, but it is also easy to cripple feet, fall, get cut by grass blades, and get caught by hunting stalks.
Compared with before and after 3 years, the girls have better physical strength, but the muscles on their legs are firmer, and the sunburns on their faces are more.
Supplementary feeding for wild animals in winter provided by Dongning Forestry and Grassland Bureau
The revival of "Tiger Power": the "Limited Blind Box" of Tiger and Leopard is often dismantled
The four seasons are different in one mountain, and the Sino-Russian border river, which is less than 10 meters wide, flows in summer.
Standing at the outpost and looking across the bank, a small Russian village can be seen faintly.
The natural beauty is a small joy on the mountain tour, and the greater joy is to open the "limited blind box" of the Siberian tiger and leopard - check the far-infrared camera.
More and more images of Siberian tigers and leopards were captured, and the patrol team rejoiced.
"The area of natural forest has increased from 110,800 hectares in 2016 to 118,900 hectares in 2021. The habitat environment has been significantly improved. Siberian tigers are frequently found. Eight times in 2021 and six times from January to March in 2022. Siberian leopards. Activities are more frequent, and 264 valid photos have been recorded from 2018 to 2021." said Li Yong, deputy director of the special class for tiger and leopard park work under the Dongning Forestry and Grassland Bureau.
The "tiger power" of the women's patrol team made the Siberian tiger "reinvigorate the tiger power".
As the "Three Generations of Forests", the family of Qiu Shi, a patrol team member, witnessed the change from "tree-cutters" to "tree-watchers" after the logging was stopped.
Qiu Shi is a tiger, and his 11-year-old daughter painted a tiger portrait during the Spring Festival of the Tiger Year: "This is a reward for my mother's hard work."
Qiu Shi said that "tiger" in China has a very good connotation, such as: the tiger roars in the mountains and the forest, the tiger grows with power, and the tiger leaps into the dragon... (End)