Unveiling the Wild: 20 Years of Tracking Mountain Secrets and Safeguarding the Majestic Tiger
Original title: Tracking into the mountains and protecting tigers for twenty years
Zhou Jingyu Heilongjiang Daily reporter Ma Yimei Li Jian
Rooted in the wildlife protection front of the Dongfang Red Forest District of Longjiang Forestry, he regards protecting wild animals as his first mission. No matter it is severe winter or heat, or late at night or early in the morning, no matter how far away, no matter how tired he is, as long as he receives the Regarding information about protecting wild animals, he would pick up the equipment and rush to the scene as soon as possible. It is precisely because of this almost selfless persistence that he has become a well-known “know-it-all” in identifying wildlife traces. He is Sun Shuguo, the director of the Siberian Tiger Monitoring Station of Qingshan Operations Office of Longjiang Forest Industry Dongfanghong Bureau Company.
In 2004, Sun Shuguo came to the Qingshan Siberian Tiger Monitoring Station. When he first arrived, although he knew all about roe deer, deer, lynx and other animals, he felt that his knowledge was not enough when it came to work such as tracking, protection and fixed-point monitoring.
“Now that you have done it, you must do it well!” Sun Shuguo studied on his own and asked experienced people for advice. At that time, he would attend every relevant training organized by the unit, listen attentively and ponder carefully. It is this serious attitude that allowed Sun Shuguo to quickly grow into the backbone of front-line wildlife protection and monitoring in forest areas.
In 2012, in the outstanding ranger selection event jointly organized by WWF International and Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other provinces, Sun Shuguo won the Highest Popularity Award for Outstanding Ranger and the Outstanding Patrol Award respectively. Member Anti-Poaching Award.
In 2018, he also represented Dongfanghong Bureau Company in the ranger competition in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces organized by the Nature Foundation. Facing 18 elite wildlife protection teams from all over the country, he relied on his years of hard work and hard work to accumulate experience. With his experience, he calmly responded to the challenge and analyzed calmly, he successfully led the two patrol members to achieve third place in the field competition and sixth place overall. Taking root in the field for a long time, he has become a “leading soldier” with outstanding achievements in various field investigations.
Behind the achievements is Sun Shuguo’s persistence year after year and his running around the clock. During the survey of large plots in the Suiyang and Hunchun national Siberian tiger reserves, Sun Shuguo successfully completed every point of the survey with a map and a GPS in the face of completely unknown wild environment and mountain directions. Task.
During the investigation, it was common for the clothes to freeze into ice shells and the hands and feet to become stiff and numb. During the Siberian tiger field survey jointly organized by Northeast Forestry University, Beijing Normal University and Dongfanghong Forest District, according to the arrangement of the joint survey team at that time, the survey not only required a visit to the mountains, but also set up a far-infrared device every three square kilometers. Faced with the requirements of the camera and such a difficult task, Sun Shuguo would get up early and work late at night every day.
During this period, he successfully completed the task of setting up 5 groups and 10 cameras every day. After the monitoring mission was completed, Sun Shuguo’s cheeks and hands were stained with blood during the journey over mountains and ridges.
Regardless of the severe winter or scorching heat, as long as he discovers and learns about Siberian tigers, he will rush to the scene immediately to monitor and obtain first-hand information, collect various data, information, feces, hair, etc. He also rides a motorcycle up the mountain during holidays. Patrolling, replacing batteries for far-infrared cameras, and cleaning hunting snares in forest areas have provided a lot of valuable information for the protection of Siberian tigers in the Dongfanghong forest area.
This is Sun Shuguo, a wildlife protector who is unknown but always works hard and has won many awards but never stops. In the Longjiang Forestry Area, there are many workers like Sun Shuguo. They pay attention to wild animals and plants, maintain biodiversity, and use practical actions to serve as propagandists, practitioners, and volunteers for ecological construction in the forest area. It is because of them that the harmonious coexistence of man and nature has made the forest industry more colorful.