MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 561, May 21, 1969 ]

RESERVING FOR WATERSHED PURPOSES CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN PANTABANGAN AND CARRANGLAN, NUEVA ECIJA; DUPAX, NUEVA VIZCAYA; AND MARIA AURORA, SUB-PROVINCE OF AURORA, QUEZON, TO BE KNOWN AS THE PANTABANGAN-CARRANGLAN WATERSHED RESERVE PILOT AREA

Upon the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to provisions of Section 1826 of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 3092, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from entry, sale, settlement or other disposition and establish and proclaim as Pantabangan-Carrangalan Watershed Reserve Pilot Area for watershed development and improvement, subject to private rights, if there be any, certain parcels of land situated in the Municipalities of Pantabangan and Carrangalan, Province of Nueva Ecija; Municipality of Dupax, Province of Nueva Vizcaya; and Municipality of Maria Aurora, Sub-province of Aurora, Province of Quezon, Philippines and more particularly described as follows (pending the actual survey of the boundary by a more precise instrument and establishment of the permanent corners):

“Beginning at a point marked Corner 1, about 4 kilometers downstream from the junction of Carrangalan and Pantabangan multi-purpose dam;

Thence, following a ridge in a general northwesterly direction about 9,300 meters to Corner 2, identical to corner 76 Talavera Watershed Reservation;

Thence, following the boundary of the Talavera Watershed Reservation about 25,450 meters to Corner 3, identical to Corner 75 of the Talavera Watershed Reservation;

Thence, following the boundary of the Talavera Watershed Reservation in a northwesterly direction about 3,300 meters to Corner 4, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, following a ridge in a northeasterly and westerly direction about 24,750 meters to Corner 5, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, following a ridge in a general northeasterly direction about 12,000 meters to Corner 6, a point on peak with elevation of about 1,470 meters;

Thence, following a ridge in a general southeasterly direction about 15,000 meters to Corner 7, a point on peak with elevation of about 1,360 meters;

Thence, following a ridge in a general southeasterly direction about 11,000 meters to corner 8, a point on peak with elevation of about 1,233 meters;

Thence, following a ridge in a general southeasterly and southerly direction about 8,750 meters to Corner 9, a point on peak with elevation of about 1,650 meters;

Thence, following a ridge in a general southerly and southeasterly direction about 9,350 meters to Corner 10, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, following a ridge in a general southeasterly direction about 7,500 meters to Corner 11, a point on top of a ridge;

Thence, following a ridge in a general southwesterly direction about 11,000 meters to Corner 12, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, following a ridge in a general southerly and southwesterly direction about 6,000 meters to Corner 13, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, following a ridge in a general southwesterly direction about 85,000 meters to Corner 14, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, following a ridge in a northwesterly direction about 9,500 meters to Corner 15, a point on top of ridge;

Thence, following a ridge in a general northerly and westerly direction about 13,500 meters to Corner 1, the point of beginning, containing an area of 84,500 hectares.”

Improvement and development of pertinent portions of the watershed shall be undertaken in specific or cooperative projects by the Bureau of Forestry, with the cooperation of the Reforestation Administration, National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority, National Irrigation Administration, Bureau of Public Works, National Power Corporation and Bureau of Soils. The services of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Bureau of Plant Industry, Agricultural Productivity Commission, Fisheries Commission, Land Reform Commission, Parks and Wildlife Office, Presidential Action on Community Development, Commission on National Integration, National Planning Commission and other agencies may be called upon whenever necessary.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary


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