During the Japanese occupation and Nationalist government era, Yushan was once open for logging in the forests adjoining the Shalihsien River and Nantsaihsien River near the Mt. Ali region, as well as areas near Tataka. The tree varieties logged in greatest quantity were Taiwan red cypress, hemlock, and spruce.
玉山在日據時代及國府時代也曾在靠近阿里山地區的沙里仙溪、楠梓仙溪森林，及今天塔塔加附近地區，開闢林道伐木，樹種以紅檜、鐵杉、雲杉為多。