Even in remote Wutai, public works, road-building, and illegal slopeland cultivation are increasingly eroding the land avail able for the Rukai and for wildlife. Take for example Small Ghost Lake, formerly a sacred area.
霧台即使偏於一隅，不可免的，不當的公共工程、道路興建加上山地農業，都在逐日侵蝕魯凱人與野生物的居住地。