Seeing the situation deteriorating, with the creatures of the river facing extinction, Township Assembly Vice Speaker Wen Ying-feng, Mayor Fang Cheng-yi, Presbyterian Church Rev. Kao Cheng-sheng, and Shanmei Community Board Chairman An Sheng-chi raised a call for help. Immediately enthusiastic people took action to save the river.
眼見情況持續惡化，溪裡生物瀕臨滅絕，包括鄉代會副主席溫英峰、村長方正義、基督教長老教會牧師高正勝和山美社區理事會理事長安勝吉等四人，乃起來登高一呼，立刻有熱心的人士附和護溪行動。