A total of 127 Green Sea Turtle (Che­lo­nia Mydas) hatch­lings were released into Baler Bay in a joint effort by the Depart­ment of Envir­on­ment and Nat­ural Resources (DENR) and the local gov­ern­ment of Baler to sup­port the con­ser­va­tion of mar­ine turtles and their hab­it­ats. The hatch­lings were released near the Aurora Water­shed Forest Reserve pro­tec­ted area fol­low­ing the mon­it­or­ing of a mar­ine turtle nest by the DENR Com­munity Envir­on­ment and Nat­ural Resources Office (CENRO) Din­galan and the Muni­cipal Envir­on­ment and Nat­ural Resources Office of Baler.

127 green sea turtle hatchlings released in Baler, Aurora: DENR. (2026, September 15). SunStar Pampanga, p. 3.