The TFB once hoped that if a few false cypresses were left standing in each of the old logging areas, they would seed naturally. But they discovered that although the trees were completely uninjured, they died one by one.
過去林務局在各處伐木區保留少數檜木母樹，寄望它們天然下種，卻發現毫無外傷的母樹一一凋零。