Dagupan City Agri Office plants 6,000 mangroves

By Venus H. Sarmiento

Saturday 2nd of June 2012

DAGUPAN CITY, June 2 (PIA) -- The city government here led by the team of the City Agriculture Office (CAO), together with volunteers from barangay Pantal, planted some 6,000 mangrove propagules along the Pantal-Dawel diversion road on May 25.

City Agriculturist Emma Molina said CAO has been conducting mangrove population enhancement to rehabilitate and preserve the coastal resources and habitats for wildlife and aquatic resources.

To ensure the projects’ sustainability, Molina said CAO will monitor the nursery sites weekly once the mangroves have been planted.

Even with knees bent and feet submerged under fishpond waters, the Pantal barangay council is thankful for the activity.

“The city government’s initiative to intensify its mangrove planting will greatly benefit our barangay. Mangroves clean the fishpond waters, prevent soil erosion and they are beautiful to look at when fully grown,” said Pantal barangay secretary Arthur Lomibao

CAO has been conducting mangrove planting since May 18 in various barangays of the city and is set to conduct another wave of mangrove planting initiatives on June 25. (JCR/VHS-PIA 1 Pangasinan with reports from CIO)