For more than a decade now, it has been subject to destruction from mining, including use of explosives and construction of access roads. There has even been an in flux of visitors on the weekends. All the Rukai can do is stand by and watch their land being transformed. It is more urgent than ever to get the Rukai involved in managing their own land.
以過去的禁地小鬼湖為例，十幾年來不斷遭開礦炸山威脅，採礦設路，連帶周末進小鬼湖的人潮大批湧進，魯凱人只能看著自己的土地銳變，也因此迫切需要借用部落的力量管理山林。