Lin Chin-chu explains that some people in the area want to develop hot springs along the river, but often when hot springs areas are developed, large financial groups rush in and the tribal peoples lose control. As a result, not only do local people not reap benefits, but in the process the natural environment on which they depend for their living is damaged.
林金助表示，地方上有些人士主張發展北溪溫泉，但鑒於許多溫泉區的開發，常因財團介入，原住民無法主導，不但未能獲益，反而破壞了他們生活賴以憑藉的自然環境。