Planting the seeds of destruction The Wuling Farm, which promotes high-altitude fruit and vegetable farming, and is also located next to the Chichiawan Stream, has long been criticized because its unrestrained exploitation of slope land has shortened the life expectancy of the reservoirs. But because VACRS operations are closely tied to the lives of military veterans, the problems caused by the farm have been difficult to resolve.
七家灣溪畔的武陵農場，則由於廣種高山蔬菜、果園，坡地濫墾嚴重，水庫壽命減短，早令社會大眾詬病，但退輔會經營的農場，因為牽涉榮民安置，問題一直難以解決而尾大不掉。