Fortunately, in 1992 the Council of Agriculture gave Shanmei Village an award for being a model of ecological preservation. This affirmed that they were doing the right thing and made them more confident about pushing for the ecological park.
所幸，在民國八十一年山美村得到了農委會「自然生態保育楷模個人獎」，村民終於肯定了自己的做法，對生態園區的推動也更有自信。