Chapter 758: The Helplessness of Poverty Alleviators
“Because the economic value is very high, domestic yew trees were once intensively cut down and were on the verge of extinction.
Our yew forest was also illegally logged after it was discovered. Two of the largest yews were stolen and felled. Later, it was the efforts of successive forest rangers in our reserve that restored this precious wild yew forest.
Save it proudly."
When Wu Hao heard this, he smiled and praised: "It is thanks to the efforts of Station Master Guo and other forest rangers from generation to generation that we can still see this rare tree species today."
Wu Hao's words aroused the response of everyone, and then a burst of praise broke out.
Stationmaster Guo, on the other hand, smiled and shook his head, then looked at the yew forest in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "We had just arrived in the reserve not long ago, and the reserve had just been established.
We only know that this mountain forest needs to be protected, but we don’t know exactly what we need to protect, or even what a yew is.
Moreover, the area was relatively closed at that time, with only one or two dirt roads made by local herb farmers, hunters and mountaineers in the mountains, making walking very difficult.
Therefore, we have been making relatively slow progress in identifying and inspecting vegetation in forest areas. It was not until a professor from the Forestry University came to inspect that we identified more than a dozen precious protected species.
Among them was this yew. At that time, there were several large trees that were hundreds of years old, and their trunks were very straight and lush.
As a result, outsiders spotted it, and a boss was willing to spend 200,000 yuan to buy it. At that time, 200,000 yuan was very much, and our monthly work only cost 400 to 500 yuan.
Of course we didn't want to, and in order to prevent these big trees from being cut down illegally, we specially arranged for patrols.
As a result, one summer, it rained unexpectedly, and a flash flood broke out in the mountains, washing away the roads. For personal safety, we temporarily suspended the mountain patrol work. At that time, we all thought that this place was so remote, and it rained continuously, and the mountain roads were washed away.
, probably no one will go in.
But unexpectedly, after the weather cleared, we built the road and went into the mountain to inspect, we found that these trees had been cut down, and there were signs of dragging.
We were so distressed at that time, looking at the fresh tree stump and the fallen branches, we cried heartbreakingly.
It's all our fault for being careless. If we had paid a little attention at that time, several big trees would have been protected."
"Stationmaster Guo, it's all over. No one expected that such a thing would happen. It can only be that the illegal harvesters are motivated by their own interests." Wu Hao comforted with a smile.
"Yes, Stationmaster Guo, we have all seen the efforts you have made in the past few years. Without you, there would be such beautiful green waters and green mountains." The leaders of the town also comforted them.
Stationmaster Guo waved his hands and said: "I'm fine, I'm just a little emotional.
Everyone, keep on, keep on, don’t worry about me!”
Everyone can understand the mood of Webmaster Guo. After all, he is approaching retirement, and when he thinks about the past, he will naturally be filled with emotion and lose his temper easily.
The town leader on the side also took the opportunity to interject: "In order to protect these green waters and green mountains, and to respond to the national call for poverty alleviation, our town has been working hard over the years. We have successively relocated 385 households in four natural administrative villages.
Villagers moved from the mountains to the town and resettlement houses were built for them.
Now these residents can earn a very substantial income every year by buying some small handicrafts from the shops along the street or opening shops, restaurants and teahouses. It can be said that they have completely lifted out of poverty, and many families have even become well-off.
Of course, some villagers are still unwilling to move, especially some old people, who are too sentimental about their country and are unwilling to leave.
Over the years, we have continued to work hard on ideological work, and have gradually relocated the remaining villagers.
At present, there are only a dozen or so families in the mountains, and most of these families are elderly people who are unwilling to move. Therefore, we will also arrange regular visits by cadres from the town. On the one hand, we will continue to work, and on the other hand, we will take care of them as much as possible.
life.
Many of our cadres will bring some oil, rice, meat, etc. to these elderly people when they go into the mountains.
Now they have become our volunteer rangers, and they are very active. They discovered several dangerous situations in the past and reported them in time."
When Wu Hao heard the town leader introduce the town's work achievements to him in a serious manner, Wu Hao was actually a little confused. He was not a leader, so there was no need to explain these achievements to him so clearly.
However, in terms of poverty alleviation and relocation, the town has done a good job. When Wu Hao and the others came to the town, they found that the resettlement houses were really well built, and the upper berths along the street had indeed formed a large scale. This achievement
Still worthy of recognition.
So he nodded and said with a smile: "This is indeed not easy, especially for workers who have been working at the grassroots level for a long time.
They have been working on the front line of poverty alleviation all year round, and they are also the people who have the most contact with the people. In this always difficult environment, it really tests people's strong will.
The struggle is bitter, but the results are dazzling. The success of Shiqiao Town is inseparable from the efforts of grassroots workers like you.
Serving as an official will bring benefits to one party, and you live up to this saying!"
Hearing Wu Hao's words, these town leaders all smiled. The town leader who spoke to him waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Don't dare to take it, don't take it, the work we have done is not enough.
The county requires us to get rid of poverty 100%, but these elderly families are still like this, which also makes us very troubled.
Every time we go to the county for a meeting, the county leaders will ask us whether those households are willing to relocate and get rid of poverty, but we can't answer it."
"Hahahaha, this can be considered an irresistible factor. There are always more solutions than difficulties. I believe this matter will be resolved satisfactorily."
Wu Hao smiled and comforted, and then had an idea: "The bacon and fungus we had for lunch were good, why don't you mobilize the villagers and let them raise a few more pigs and plant some fungus.
With just the money from selling pigs and fungus every year, I should be able to escape poverty."
Hearing Wu Hao's words, the town leader waved his hands with a wry smile and said: "Agaric is cultivated more now, and there is no market. We tried to let the villagers grow shiitake mushrooms before, but it failed. No one was willing to do it, and the scale could not be increased.
, so it can’t be sold at a high price.
As for raising pigs to make bacon, these simple villagers do not raise pigs for sale, but for food.
A villager raises two pigs a year and kills them all during the Chinese New Year. Except for eating them during the Chinese New Year, the rest are made into bacon, which is enough for the next year.
Our scenic spot once went up to buy the bacon from these villagers, but no one was willing to sell it. Many people wanted to keep the meat for their sons and grandsons and not sell it."
