China News Service, Urumqi, November 2 (Qi Yaping and Feng Bo) In the late autumn and early winter, a group of swans flew to the 8th Swan Bay of the 21st Regiment of the 21st Regiment of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in the Kaidu River Basin of Xinjiang as scheduled.
From the first discovery of six in 2013 to the time when swans live here for the winter, Swan Bay has attracted thousands of tourists to watch and check in.
The Eighth Company Swan Bay of the 21st Regiment of the Second Division of the Xinjiang Corps has become a place for people to take pictures and check in.
Photo by Feng Bo
Relying on the beautiful natural landscape along the Kaidu River, the 21st Mission utilizes more than 500 acres of wild forests, more than 200 acres of sandy beaches, 180 acres of wetlands and other natural resources along the river to vigorously develop rural ecological leisure tourism and outline a picture of clear water. The green shore, the shallow bottom of the fish, and the beautiful picture of birds in the water.
In recent years, the second division of Tiemenguan City has always adhered to the development concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", and has transformed ecological advantages and resource advantages into economic and industrial advantages of high-quality development through years of continuous ecological civilization construction.
In order to promote "weaving green" and getting rich at the same time, the second division of Tiemenguan City takes science and technology as the forerunner, planting red willow, black wolfberry, Haloxylon ammonium, Cistanche and other ecological and economic tree species according to local conditions, and combining desertification control with the development of characteristic forest and fruit industry. The combination makes the vast desert green, and at the same time makes the workers rich.
In 2016, the 38th Regiment of the Second Division introduced Haloxylon planting technology, and guided some employees to plant Haloxylon ammonium and graft Cistanche deserticola on the sandy land of more than 6,000 mu on the west side of the regiment.
After several years of development, the planting technology continues to mature. It is estimated that the output value per mu of Cistanche will reach more than 2,000 yuan this year, and the total output value will reach more than 12 million yuan.
Kou Xinjun is harvesting the nectar of Cistanche deserticola.
Photo by Feng Bo
Kou Xinjun came to the 38th Regiment in 2017 to plant Cistanche deserticola. This year, in order to make an extra income, he placed beehives on the ground and used bees to collect nectar.
"Raising bees here can effectively promote the growth of Cistanche Cistanche, and increase the inoculation rate of Haloxylon ammonium and Cistanche deserticola. At the same time, the nectar produced by Cistanche deserticola is very popular with consumers." Watching the well-growing Haloxylon ammonite forest swaying in the wind, Kou Xinjun said that in the past Who would have thought that you could still make money in the desert.
The Tarim Reclamation Area of the Second Division is adjacent to the Taklimakan Desert in the south and the Kumtag Desert in the north.
In the mid-to-late 1990s, due to the deterioration of the ecological environment and the reduction of vegetation coverage, the two deserts faced the danger of merging.
Today, a long forest belt lies between the two deserts. With the development of afforestation every year, the trend of desertification has been curbed, the ecological environment of the sandy area has been continuously improved, and the sand and dust weather has continued to decrease.
According to statistics, in the past 10 years, the second division of Tiemenguan City has completed desertification land treatment of 774,200 mu, completed desertification grassland treatment projects of 485,000 mu, and comprehensively treated soil erosion of 20,100 mu.
At the same time, a national-level public welfare forest protection and management system has been established and improved, and 1.1498 million mu of national-level public welfare forest management and protection projects have been vigorously implemented in the periphery of the oasis, and 113 species of forest and grass vegetation in the jurisdiction have been effectively protected.
In a corner of Tiemenguan City, the Second Division of the Xinjiang Corps, when you open the door, you can see the green mountains and green waters, and look up at the blue sky and white clouds.
Photo by Feng Bo
Today, this protective forest is more and more lush, not only playing the role of windbreak and sand fixation, but also becoming an eco-tourism destination.
"Every autumn, when the Populus euphratica is beautiful and the autumn water is slightly turbulent, tourists come to play and stay, and they can have a turnover of tens of thousands of yuan in a quarter." said Li Dexiang, the head of the "Golden Populus euphratica" B&B in the 19th Company of the 33rd Regiment.
In the past 10 years, the Xinjiang Corps has fought a tough battle against pollution, implemented the protection of key ecological functional areas, insisted on guarding the green state, and been a good "ecological guardian", and the ecological environment has continued to improve.
At present, the forest coverage rate of Xinjiang Corps has reached 19.2%, the stock volume has exceeded 35 million cubic meters, and the comprehensive vegetation coverage of grassland has reached 42.6%.
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