Mayor Pablo Ortega led the fourth year students of La Union National High School in coordination with the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and Green Creek Multi-Purpose Cooperative in planting more than 200 seedlings along the creek at Barangay Carlatan this morning.
Mangroves serve as fish sanctuary as it provides valuable habitat for juvenile fish like tilapia, bangus, Malaga, lapu-lapu and other local species and wildlife.
It also serves as soil and groundwater stabilizer to prevent erosion and flood along the creeks. Studies show that mangroves also protect coastal areas and provide valuable and renewable source of income for fisher folks.
The seedlings are expected to grow a foot a year which the City Environment and Natural Resources Office will monitor to determine how successful the planting effort was.
The Green Creek Multi-Purpose Cooperative provided the seedlings from their mangroves nursery near the Carlatan Creek.
The project was supported by the different schools here and the same is part of the environmental advocacy of Mayor Ortega, who graced the event by taking part in the activity. |
