远安县是我省第一个消灭荒山、造林绿化达标的县。现全县有林地面积174万亩,林业用地绿化率达95.44％,森林覆盖率65.41％,全县宜林荒山面积仅占林业用地的0.014％,全县没有一块面积达3亩以上的宜林荒山;省级公路绿化率97.44％,县乡公路绿化率85.44％,城镇平均绿化率38.02％,人平绿化面积50.5m~2。各项指标均超过《湖北省消灭 Yuanan County is the first in our province to eliminate barren hills, afforestation compliance county. Now the county has 1.74 million mu of forest area, forestry land afforestation rate of 95.44%, the forest coverage rate of 65.41%, the county Yi Lin barren area accounts for only 0.014% of the forestry land, the county does not have an area of ​​more than 3 acres of forest Barren hills; provincial road greening rate of 97.44%, county road greening rate of 85.44%, urban average greening rate of 38.02%, green flat area of ​​50.5m ~ 2. The indicators are more than "eliminated in Hubei Province