The basic concept initially met with the approval of only 20-30 % of village residents, but with the strong support of the mayor the Changhua Environmental League in 2000 applied for funding from the Council of Agriculture. It quickly was able to rent some 20 hectares of idle farmland, and started with the planning for habitat management.
蔡嘉揚表示，這樣的構想初期只有二、三成的居民贊同，但在黃村長大力支持下，彰化環保聯盟從民國八十九年開始，便向農委會申請經費，陸續租下二十公頃廢耕農地，展開有計畫的棲地營造工作。