The strips of mark which climbers leave or tie around trees are causing serious damage to trees and adversely affecting the growth of these trees.

The Yushan National Park staffs at Meishan Station found one tied tightly around an Schefflera octophylla in a regular patrol in the Wufudong Mountain near the southern border of the park. The marker identified as “Crooked Beak Rooster Mountaineering Club” left a one-centimeter deep scar on that tree, after being revealed with a knife. This is just one of the numerous tree defacement cases found in the park.
Climbers in Taiwan like to tie markers on trees or leave pieces of paper at different intervals as the proof of coming, just like visitors carved their names or words on trees to announce that they were there. They destroyed the trees and even the scenery and would be fined from NT$1,500 to NT$15,000 according to the prohibitions listed by the park, Yushan National Park Headquarters said.

The staffs at Meishan Station removed ,collected and installed the strips of mark from trees as a mountain of strips. Such display is intended to encourage climbers to help removing markers on trees.

Yushan National Park Headquarters hope climbers to stop leaving such “scars” on trees and use GPS for substitute to prevent green mountains transforming into a colorful “Marker-Covered” mountains.
For more detailed information, please check the website www.ysnp.gov.tw or contact Meishan Station through tel. 07-6866181.