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50,000 tibig trees planted in Orani

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ORANI, Bataan—The Orani Water District has planted 50,000 trees in the Tala watershed in the last five years.

In its fifth year of reforestation, the OWD planted more than 10,000 tibig tree seedlings in the watershed in the upland Barangay Tala in Orani.

“We are very happy that despite the bad weather volunteers joined us in our fifth year of reforestation,” OWD general manager Benni Andres said during the tree planting on Saturday.

The OWD employees were joined by policemen, government employees, fishermen and other volunteers.

The water district is conserving 28 hectares of the watershed, which is part of the Bataan National Park.

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During its anniversary every February, the OWD sponsors a fun run to raise funds for its reforestation program.

The OWD used the P116,960 raised last February in the planting activity on Saturday.

Andres said their reforestation effort at the Tala watershed area aims to preserve Orani aquifers.

“We have to protect and preserve our source of water by reforesting watershed areas,” Andres stressed.

The reforestation program of OWD annually attracts the support of various sectors.

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