Lai explains that of these five wetland areas, "three-and-a-half" have been listed as protected zones (Wugu and that part of Huajiang lying within Taipei County have not been so designated). However, in the absence of a corresponding level of protection for the areas between the wetlands, severe harm can still occur to the ecology of the whole river and its banks.
賴榮孝解釋，這 5 個濕地中有「3 個半」已劃入保護區，（五股濕地和華江雁鴨公園的北縣區塊尚未納入），但濕地與濕地之間，若沒有適當的保護，對整個河流和河岸生態仍將造成相當大的傷害。