The info screen in Yaoluoping Nature Reserve Recently, Anhui province has generally turned on the "baking" mode, and the temperature in many areas has reached more than 35 °C. However, when the reporters came to the Yaoluoping Nature Reserve in Yuexi County at noon, they found that the temperature here was only more than 20 degrees. Dense forests and gurgling streams surrounded by mountains... The beautiful environment and pleasant temperature have attracted many tourists to come and enjoy the coolness and escape from the heat. "It took us about 3 hours to get here. The transportation, food and accommodation here are very convenient." Ms. Zhang, a tourist from Hefei, said happily. Yaoluoping Nature Reserve It is understood that the Yaoluoping Nature Reserve was promoted to a national nature reserve in April 1994 with the approval of the State Council. Its protection objects are local forest ecosystems as well as rare and endangered national key protected wild animals and plants such as Dabie Mountainous Pine (Pinus armandii var. dabeshanensis), Rhododendron shanii, Yaoluoping crow-dipper (P. yaoluopingensis), and Anhui musk deer (Moschus anhuiensis). Showroom of amphibians and reptiles in Yaluoping Nature Reserve "After years of protection, the forest coverage rate of Yaluoping Reserve has increased from less than 90% at the time of establishment to 95.08%." Chu Yong, chief of the Nature Conservation Section of Yaluoping National Nature Reserve, told reporters that there are 13 non-commercial forest rangers and 45 ecological rangers protecting the forest in the reserve in a grid-based way. Dabie Mountainous Pine (Pinus armandii var. dabeshanensis) Wang Yiqiang, a forest ranger, told reporters that he could receive forest protection subsidies monthly, and his income is guaranteed. Besides, "Now the ecological environment is improving, and there are more tourists. My agritainment resort with ten rooms is full today. It can easily bring me extra 40,000 yuan (about 5900 U.S. dollars) every year." Wang Yiqiang said. There are 96 agritainment resorts in Yaoluoping Village, which receives about 180,000 tourists annually and an output value of nearly 30 million yuan.
Reported by Wang Yingzhi Edited and translated by Zheng Chen
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