As one fruit farmer who is familiar with development in Lishan relates, because temperate fruits commanded high prices and yielded higher profit margins, the Aboriginal reservation land nearby was quickly exploited for orchards, and in a short time the mountain forests were transformed into fruit orchards to the fullest extent possible.
一位熟知梨山發展的果農表示，由於溫帶水果價格昂貴，利潤豐厚，附近原住民居住的保留地也陸續跟進，一時荒山莽林盡成果園，包括佳陽、環山、梨山等部落，開發面積達一千多公頃，這還不包括退輔會四大農場開發的一千二百公頃。