Native Taroko Wildlife Thriving Despite Destructive April Earthquake

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The Sakadang River in Taiwan's Taroko National Park has managed to maintain its rich biodiversity despite the devastation wrought by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit eastern Hualien County in April.

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00:00Patrolling the Sakadan River Trail, these National Park Rangers are checking up on the

00:05local wildlife.

00:07Taroko National Park in eastern Hualien County suffered some of the worst damage from a magnitude

00:127.2 earthquake that struck Taiwan in April.

00:33Despite the earthquake's devastation of the gorge, officials report that the Sakadan River's

00:38ecology appears to have held on to its rich biodiversity.

00:53Rangers say they've been working to remove invasive species that have appeared in the

00:56river in recent years.

00:58And they have more to do to protect the native ecology.

01:02But for now at least, life finds a way, even in the face of some of Mother Nature's most

01:07extreme conditions.

01:08Scott Hong in Sanichi for Taiwan Plus.

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