Guarding the finless porpoise and retaining the ＂most beautiful smile＂ of the Yangtze River

　　"Green ecology is Jiangxi’s greatest wealth, advantage and brand. We must protect it well, do a good job in managing mountains, managing water and revealing mountains and dew, and embark on a path in which economic development and the improvement of ecological civilization complement each other." The Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Hukou County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province has actively implemented the national green development policy, actively integrated into local development, contributed to the work of "urban civilization creation" and "Yangtze River ecological environmental protection", organized volunteer service teams for a long time, and actively carried out the "Great Protection of the Yangtze River" in its spare time. Through a series of public welfare activities, it has guarded the most beautiful coastline of the Yangtze River, protected the Yangtze River ecology, and made the "Mother River" bluer in sky and greener in water.

　　"Three Advances" in the Promotion of Ecological Environmental Protection Knowledge

　　The Party branch of the Tobacco Bureau of this county carefully planned and organized, and volunteered to carry out the "three-in" activities of publicizing environmental protection knowledge into protected areas, campuses and communities, to help the education of ecological environmental protection and promote green ecological construction.

　　"Kid, this cute aquatic animal is the finless porpoise, which is a unique elf in the Yangtze River. It is known as the’ smiling angel’ and the’ giant panda in the water’, and it is on the verge of extinction, but now it appears in the Jiujiang Valley of the Yangtze River. What should we do to protect these elves?" At Haizheng Mingzhu Kindergarten in Taishan Community, Vagrancy, a volunteer, is introducing the knowledge of finless porpoise protection to children. Through vivid explanations and entertaining questions and answers, the beautiful seeds of environmental protection knowledge are implanted into young hearts.

　　In the square of Hukou finless porpoise Bay, the aquatic biological protection base of Poyang Lake in the Yangtze River, a team of volunteers dressed in red vests is active. They distribute leaflets on environmental protection to tourists, give voluntary explanations, and clean the scraps of peel paper, beverage bottles and plastic bags into the garbage bin in time. "The Yangtze finless porpoise is a mammal, cetacean, and porpoise. It is an aquatic animal listed in the Red List of Species of the World Conservation Union. At present, the newly announced finless porpoise population is 1,249." Zhou Qingsong, a volunteer of the county bureau, introduced the tourists to several treasures. There are also red vests in the community. They actively participate in environmental protection, guide the residents not to discharge sewage indiscriminately, and create a clean and beautiful environment for the survival of finless porpoises.

　　Carry out the action of "protecting the most beautiful coastline"

　　As the solar term of heavy snow approaches, the water level of Hukou hydrological station returns to 8 meters. Volunteers from the Tobacco Bureau of Bali River are carrying out the action of "protecting the most beautiful coastline of the Yangtze River" on the riverbed along the core area of conservation zone, a national aquatic germplasm of Silurus longissimus, where rivers meet. The red vest sets off the green grass on the river beach and forms a beautiful landscape.

　　"hello! This is the core protected area. Your wheels will destroy the vegetation here. Please leave. Thank you for your cooperation. When you leave, please take away plastic bags and beverage bottles, which may cause harm to migratory birds and aquatic animals. " Some volunteers dissuade off-road vehicle owners who drive into the river beach to play, distribute leaflets to picnickers and publicize animal and plant protection policies; Some searched along the coastline in a carpet way, picking up abandoned fishing nets, shrimp cages, beverage bottles and plastic bags from beaches, grasses and rocks, and transporting them to garbage disposal sites, carefully cleaning the "Mother Lake" to create a safe and clean habitat for the upcoming large-scale wintering migratory birds and migratory aquatic species.

　　Help the "finless porpoise patrol team" cruise

　　Recently, Hukou fell below the water level of 8 meters, and Poyang Lake entered the extremely low water level period, which brought challenges to the protection of Yangtze finless porpoise. The Rural Agriculture Department of Jiangxi Province launched a red warning for the protection of Yangtze finless porpoise in the dry season.

　　At 8 o’clock in the morning, volunteers from Hukou County Tobacco Bureau drove more than 40 kilometers to the riverside of Pingfengzui in the Yangtze River. After meeting the members of Hukou County finless porpoise patrol team, they boarded patrol boat 102 and began to patrol the river. Yang Xinhua, an observer of the finless porpoise patrol team, observed the river surface with a telescope and introduced the precautions for patrol. "After entering the dry season, we will carry out emergency rescue for finless porpoises 24 hours a day, mainly to remove the’ ecstasy’ of illegal fishing, prevent finless porpoises from stranding in disc lakes and shallow waters, and discourage illegal fishing in the Yangtze River." In the turbulent wind and waves, the volunteers grasped the ship’s boom tightly with their hands, but their eyes carefully patrolled the river in the distance.

　　Volunteer Zheng Yusong, a young man from the mountain city of Chongqing, is a new employee of the county bureau, and this is his first time to participate in an assisted cruise. He looked at three finless porpoises, one big and one small, jumping in the wind and waves in the distance. While pressing the shutter of the SLR frequently, he said excitedly: "We can now see the pictures of finless porpoises playing in groups, which is the result of the national implementation of the’ Yangtze River Protection’ action and the ten-year fishing ban. We should not only appreciate the beautiful scenery of’ finless porpoises dancing in the wind’, but also become active participants and guardians in protecting our beautiful homeland." The photos taken will be updated to the finless porpoise protection forum and related environmental protection websites, calling on more netizens to join the ranks of protecting rare animals.

　　In the next step, Hukou Tobacco will actively integrate into the overall situation of local development, join the Yangtze River ecological protection project, protect the ecological environment of the Yangtze River and protect rare animals such as finless porpoises, and widely mobilize more volunteers to participate actively to contribute the wisdom and strength of the people on the island for the great protection of the Yangtze River. (Wujiang)