From October 4th until the next onshore typhoon warning or torrential rain special report, the Taitung Forest District Management Office is open to residents of Taitung County to freely pick up driftwood within the security forest in the coastal area.

(Reported by Huang Mingtang)

[Reporter Huang Mingtang / Taitung Report] From October 4th to the next onshore typhoon warning or heavy rain special report, the Taitung Forest District Management Office is open to residents of Taitung County to freely pick up driftwood within the security forest in the coastal area. Temporary forest product inspection stations have been set up at the Zhiben workstation, the Chenggong workstation and the Dawu workstation, and the public is requested to cooperate with the driftwood inspection and registration procedures.

Driftwood in the open pick-up area, whether it is precious wood or not, as long as it has not been cut, the single specification is less than 20 cm in diameter and less than 2 meters in length, or the single weight is less than 50 kg, and there is no government mark or brand mark. People are free to pick it up with their bare hands.

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Taitung Forest Management Office reminds the public that if driftwood is to be processed and sold, or if it is too large and needs to be transported by a vehicle, the person who finds it should bring his ID card to the temporary forest product inspection station for registration. Hinoki cypress, Taiwan Xiaonan, Taiwan fir, Luanda fir (Xiang fir), South Pacific yew (Taiwan yew), beech (Taiwan beech), black stone, cattle camphor, Taiwan Sassafras, Pistacia chinensis, Persimmon, etc.) Registration is carried out one by one, and the weight of non-precious wood is registered in whole batches to obtain official registration documents and obtain the legal property rights certificate of driftwood; if people pick up driftwood as fuelwood or collectibles for their own use, they can directly bring it back without registration.

When people pick up driftwood, if there are state-owned, public or private marks or branding on the driftwood, please notify the local forest management office or the county and city government to transport it back for safekeeping. Subsequently, according to the provisions of Article 800 of the Civil Law, the collected driftwood will be given to the forest property. 1/10 of the price of gold as a reward.