沙湖自然保护区是1997年1月经自治区人民政府批准建立的自治区级保护区。总面积4247.7公顷,其中核心区面积1134.37公顷,缓冲区面积692.77公顷,实验区面积2420.77公顷。保护区内沙湖湿地有各种脊椎动物144种,植物63种。其中国家一级保护动物4种(黑鹳、中华秋沙鸭、白尾海雕、大鸨);国家二 Shahu Nature Reserve is an autonomous region-level nature reserve approved by the People’s Government of the autonomous region in January 1997. The total area of ​​4247.7 hectares, of which the core area of ​​1134.37 hectares, the buffer area of ​​692.77 hectares, the experimental area of ​​2420.77 hectares. There are 144 species of vertebrates and 63 species of plants in Shahu wetland in the reserve. Among them, there are 4 species of protected animals at the national level (black storks, Chinese merganser, white-tailed sea eagles, and big tuna);