Picking up the protective umbrella: After getting the support of the elders, they held a general village meeting. In September 1989 the Shanmei Village Environmental Protection Association was formed, and an organizational platform passed setting out the protected area and the laws and penalties.
得到長老們的支持後，他們隨即召開村民大會，於民國七十八年九月成立山美村生態保育協會，通過組織章程，劃定保育範圍及法則和罰則。