The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said 230 bamboo seedlings were planted recently along Bamban River. This tree planting project is in line with the agency's reforestation and Manila Bay rehabilitation efforts in Tarlac. Celia Esteban, provincial chief of the DENR office in Tarlac, reported that the 3,600-square meter portion of the Bamban River located in Barangay Lourdes of the said town were planted with Chinese bamboo, scientific Dracaena sanderiana.

Flora, I. O. (2022, July 27). DENR restores Bamban River. SunStar Pampanga, pp. 1, 11.