由于为获取冬天的燃料而砍伐核桃树、杏树和桑树，同时又未能重新种植那些能够紧抓松弛地表土壤的白杨树、柳树和西河柳，当地的农业已经遭受重创。
Agriculture there has been damaged by the cutting of walnut, apricot, and mulberry trees for winter fuel, and by a failure to replant poplar, willow, and tamarisk – the trees that hold fragile meadows in place.