Entering May, as the temperature gradually rises, it is a critical period for the management and protection of Shuttle Shuttle. Jiang Liling, director of the Minqin County Office for Returning Farmland to Forest, came to the newly planted Suosuo area early this year as usual to check the seedlings returning to green and growing, which is the busiest season of the year for the forest and grass people.
"Haloxylon is resistant to sandstorms, salt and alkali tolerant, is a pioneer tree species of sand control and afforestation, we often say that three points of planting, seven points of management, in our planting of Shuttle, the later tending and management is more critical than the early planting, like now in April and May, we basically have no effective precipitation here, but also our forest and grass people are the busiest time, we have to plant the Shuttle to replenish water, to ensure that they can survive, preserve, play a benefit. Jiang Liling said.
Jiang Liling checks the growth of Suosuo Photo by Liang Xia
"To tell you the truth, every time I see the continuous desert turn from yellow to green, my heart will rise with an indescribable sense of relief and pride. Facing the reporter's camera, Jiang Liling's simple words showed her years of unremitting perseverance and unrepentant dedication.
Minqin County is located in the northeast of the Hexi Corridor, the lower reaches of the Shiyang River Basin, surrounded by the two deserts of Badain Jarin and Tengger on the east, west and north, with a special geographical location and a fragile ecological environment.
In 1998, Jiang Liling was assigned to work at the Dongba Forestry District Station in Minqin County, and her "love" with forestry has since ended. She has participated in forestry technology extension services, sand control afforestation, forestry engineering investigation and planning, returning farmland to forest project, compiling the feasibility study report of the county's return to forest project, and studying the applicable areas and treatment effects of 13 sand control technologies such as grass grid double eyebrow sand barrier and nylon net sand barrier with her colleagues.
Jiang Liling participated in the voluntary sand pressing and tree planting activity Photo by Wang Zhenyan
In the past 26 years of taking root in the desert, this woman with the tenacious character of a Suosuo tree has dedicated her best years to the cause of desertification control with almost persistent beliefs and ideals, and composed a moving green note with her hard sweat.
General Secretary Xi Jinping said that if human beings want to survive and develop better, they must prevent and control desertification. It's a process of rolling stones up the mountain, and a little relaxation will lead to repetition. We must govern with heart, persevere, scientifically choose the governance model, rationally allocate vegetation types and densities, effectively increase the coverage of forest and grass vegetation, ensure the non-proliferation of sand sources, and make every effort to fight the battle against the edge of the Hexi Corridor-Taklamakan Desert, protect our homeland, and write a vivid practice of beautiful China. Jiang Liling told reporters.
Sand compaction barriers
Life is endless, and sand control is not endless. Gradually, Jiang Liling's deeds became a household name, and she also became a well-known leader in desertification prevention and control, and various honors followed, and she was successively awarded the honorary titles of "Gansu Greening Medal", "Outstanding Communist Party Member of Gansu Province", "Advanced Individual with Outstanding Contributions to National Ecological Construction" and "Civil Servant with People's Satisfaction" in China. In the face of honor, she said, I just did what a forest and grass man should do, this honor should belong to everyone who is fighting on the front line of desertification control, and in the future, I will cherish this honor and this profession more, and move forward unremittingly, not stopping a day, not leaving a single step.
The forests are green, the mountains are green, the sky is blue, and the lives of the common people are better...... The "green" wish in Jiang Liling's heart has also come true. Talking about the future, she said with a smile: The future will get better and better!