In 1988, with a successful test of planting and cultivating stout camphor saplings, the Forestry Bureau set up stout camphor nursery gardens and fruit picking nursery gardens in the Nanan Valley of the Lele River of Yuli district, paving the way for the Stout Camphor to regain its magnificent presence around the Chingshui River.
七十七年林試所大量栽培牛樟苗木的試驗成功，林務局就在玉里工作站所轄的樂樂溪南安谷地整地、設牛樟苗圃、採穗園，準備大張旗鼓，恢復清水溪牛樟風采。