The World Wetlands Day will highlight the launching of the Cagayan River Rehabilitation (CRR) project with 185 bamboo propagules to be planted in the 925-meter stretch of Cagayan riverbank along Barangay Bangag here, according to the Build Back Better (BBB) Task Force in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley). Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2 Executive Director Gwendolyn Bambalan said the project will kick off here in time with the celebration of the 25th World Wetlands Day on February 2. The BBB Task Force has identified a total of 19 sandbars through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that need dredging as these obstruct the floodwater flow to the Aparri Delta and to the Babuyan Channel as its final destination.

Domingo, L. C. (2021, January 31). Cagayan River rehab kicks off. The Manila Times, p. A7.