Chung Hsing Lake Cleanup is the Largest Environmental and Ecological Education Event at an Artificial Lake in TaiwanMar. 14, 2024
Over 100 people participated in a cleanup of Chung Hsing Lake in the largest environmental and ecological education event ever held at an artificial lake in Taiwan. The March 4-7 cleanup, a collaborative effort between NCHU and the central and local governments, cleared the lake of debris and silt that had accumulated since its construction in 1977. Environmental education was also incorporated into the event, which attracted participants from the faculty and students of the College of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and College of Engineering as well as members of the Endemic Species Research Institute of the Council of Agriculture, the Agriculture Bureau of the Taichung City Government, and the Taichung Wildlife Conservation Association. With assistance from related organizations and the ecological and environmental scholars and experts of NCHU, the cleanup (which included partial silt removal, water quality monitoring, and removal of invasive species) went smoothly and ecological disruption was minimized.