 
(People's Daily) LocatedinDongyingofShandongprovince, theYellowRiverDeltaNationalNatureReservecoversanareaof 153,000 hectares. Thereserveisanimportantbreedingandtransitareaformigrantbirds. Inrecentyears, moreandmorebirdshavetraveledthroughtheareathankstowetlandprotectionandrestoration.
"Reedsreleasetentimesmoreoxygenthanforesttrees," areserveguidesaid. Reedshavebecomeaperfectplaygroundforbirds. Inwinter, thereedswillbecuttopreventfires.
Atpresent, somesixmillionbirdsof 368 speciestravelthrough, breed, andrestatthereserveeveryyear. Wildducks, orientalwhitestorks, whooperswans, wildgeese, egrets, dalmatianpelicans, greatbustards, red-crownedcranes, andotherspeciesallenjoythegoodecosystemhere. Thenumberoforientalwhitestorks, whichisunderfirstclassprotection, hasincreasedto 741, andthenumberofblack-headedgullshassurpassed 10,000.
ThenaturereservehasreservedthebestlandalongtheYellowRiverforbirds. Alandcontrolpolicyisimplementedtorequirefarmerstogrowgraincropslikewinterwheat. Whenharvestseasoncomes, three-fivepercentofthegrainshavetoremainonthelandtoprovidefoodandshelterforthemigrantbirds.
Inaddition, toreducetheinterferenceofhumanactivitiesonbirds, thereserve'sdenselybirdedarea, feedingarea, andcorereserveareaareclosedtohumans. Closed-endmanagementisintroducedtoprohibithumanactivities.
Thereserve'swetlandistheproductofwatersfromtheseaandtheYellowRiver. BasedontheYellowRiver'swaterandsandresources, 20,000 mu (about 1,333 hectares) morewetlandwillbeformedtowardtheBohaiSeaeachyear. However, thenewbornwetlandisfragileandunstable. Toprotectandrestorethewetland, thereservehasbuiltdamstostorewaterandreducealkaliandsalt. Aftermorethantenyears' effort, thevegetationareainthereservehasincreasedbytenpercent, makingitChina'slargestcoastalnaturalvegetationarea.
Source: People's Daily
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