CHINA-ANHUI-NATURE RESERVE-RANGERS (CN)
(230814) -- LU'AN, Aug. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kedong and his wife Gao Kaiyu cook at a stand of Tiantangzhai management station in Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 12, 2023. They live at this station during the critical period of fire prevention from Oct. 1 to April 30. Wang Kedong and Gao Kaiyu, both 58 years old, are rangers of Tiantangzhai management station of Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve. They live in the mountains all the year round and have kept patrolling every day on a route longer than 20 kilometers for 25 years.
Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve was established in 1998 based on two former Anhui provincial nature reserves. It is located at the transition zone from subtropical zone to warm temperate zone with abundant animal and plant resources. As many rare and endangered species are living here, the protection work in the reserve is particularly important.
Patrol and forest protection are the couple's daily work. According to Wang, there are
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