But as the physical facilities appeared, the townspeople, who still held in their memories the past natural splendor of Tapo Lake, became increasingly resistant to this reconstructed "artificial" Tapo Lake.
「當初，公所要是不徵收、疏浚，大坡池可能早就乾掉了，這些工程也不能說完全沒有意義，」池上生態志工解說員簡淑瑩認為也不能完全以今是非昨。只是隨著硬體建設一一出現，腦海中存有過去大坡池自然秀麗樣貌的鄉民，越來越無法接受整容過後的「人工大坡池」。