Scenic spots gear up again for crowds as more snow forecast to fall
01/10/2021 08:21 PM
Photo courtesy of the Luodong Forest District Office
Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) Several scenic areas in Taiwan on Sunday announced traffic control measures for the next few days, in anticipation of an influx of visitors, as another cold surge is likely to bring more snow.
Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan, will consider delaying its opening time of 6 a.m. from Monday to Wednesday, until the road conditions are deemed safe.
Visitors will also no longer be able to enter the park from 12 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, as the roads in that area are expected to be icy amid sub-zero temperatures, park officials said.
First winter snow falls on mountains across Taiwan
01/08/2021 02:27 PM
Taipingshan in Yilan County. CNA photo Jan. 8, 2021
Taipei, Jan. 8 (CNA) Several mountains in northern and central Taiwan saw their first snow of the winter Friday amid a cold wave that has impacted the country since the previous day, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).
Lalashan in northern Taoyuan City, which ranges from 1,500-2,130 meters in altitude, had its first snowfall of the season at around 6 a.m., the city s tourism office said.
The Lalashan Forest Reserve, home to over 120 Formosan cypresses trees estimated to be more than 500 years old, was also covered with snow.
Grizzly Discoveries Inc.: Grizzly Discoveries Provides Positive Results In 2020 and Growth Prospects for 2021
Edmonton, Alberta (Newsfile Corp. - January 6, 2021) - Grizzly Discoveries Inc. (TSXV: GZD) (OTCQB: GZDIF) (FSE: G6H) ( Grizzly or the Company ) is pleased to provide the following corporate review of its 2020 activities, highlighted by the Company raising more than $1.2 million from long-time shareholders and new investors to undertake a drilling program at the Ket 28 Greenwood Project and airborne geophysics at its Robocop property.
The Ket 28 2020 drill program is now complete with all drill hole assay results received. The program was completed on time and on budget and gold mineralization was present in 14 of 15 holes completed at the project.
Hiking through Taiwan’s colonial past
The Batongguan Traversing Trail was part of the Japanese effort to control Taiwan’s Aboriginal population. Now, it makes for a beautiful, fascinating, and sometimes dangerous cross-island walk
By Tyler Cottenie / Contributing reporter
The Batongguan Traversing Trail (八通關越道路) was built during the Japanese era in order to provide a transportation link between the East and West, and a means to control the Aboriginal population in the mountains. Construction began in 1919 and the entire 125-kilometer project was completed just a year and a half later. It was used until 1944, when the financial strain of the war effort forced its abandonment.
Environmental Impact Assessment: Mending muntjacs and saving civets
A team is working hard for its wildlife patients at eastern Taiwan’s first wildlife rescue center and hospital
By Steven Crook / Contributing reporter
On the evening of Sept. 2, just as they set off to eat dinner, the staff at WildOne Wildlife Rescue Center, in Taitung County’s Chihshang Township (池上), were notified that a car had collided with a Reeves’s muntjac a type of small deer on the other side of the Coastal Mountain Range.
“We don’t yet have a rescue vehicle, but the police in Changbin (長濱) didn’t hesitate to help. About an hour later, they brought the injured muntjac to us,” remembers Chi Meng-jou (綦孟柔), co-founder and chairperson of WildOne Wildlife Conservation Association (野灣野生動物保育協會).