According to Liu Chao-neng, a member of the Blue-Winged Pitta Association, "We were afraid that we might not know where to go with the movement once it had stopped the dam. Luckily, the protests have dragged on for quite a long time, and we've become deeply entrenched." According to Liu, "The people of Meinung have now internalized the movement as a philosophy of life."
「我們以前很擔心反水庫成功了，我們不知道接著要做什麼，但所幸反水庫時間拖得很長，讓我們有機會把根紮得很深」，八色鳥協會成員劉昭能說，「美濃人已經把反水庫內化為生命的信仰！」