ALXA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Li Dong, vice head of a management station of Helan Mountain Nature Reserve, has dedicated over 30 years to protecting the forests of Helan Mountain. With a pair of binoculars, Li conducts at least three remote-mountain patrols and six low-lying-mountain patrols each month, covering a cumulative distance of over 40,000 kilometers these years.
Li Dong prepares for patrol at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Ma Jinrui)
A drone photo shows forest rangers patrolling at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Forest rangers patrol at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Ma Jinrui)
The Helan Mountain Nature Reserve, established in 1992, is a forest and wildlife reserve located at the border of China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. At present, there are 75 species of wild animals under national protection at the nature reserve.
A drone photo shows a management station at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
A drone photo shows a group of elk at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Forest rangers patrol at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
A drone photo shows forest rangers patrolling at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Forest rangers patrol at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Ma Jinrui)
Forest rangers patrol at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Ma Jinrui)
Li Dong takes out an infrared camera installed under a rock at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Li Dong walks to an elk with suspected injury at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Li Dong (front) and other forest rangers patrol at Helan Mountain Nature Reserve in Alxa Left Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Ma Jinrui)