The Vice Mayor’s Office (VMO), Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO) and private partner real estate firm Anchor Land turned over essential outdoor gear to 71 Bantay Bukid volunteers in Barangay Tawantawan, Baguio District on Friday.
The gear kits included a light trail bag, trekking boots, first aid kits, emergency lights, and non-perishable food, among other things, which will help the volunteers of the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed in their mission of protecting and preserving the environment.
“It is imperative that we equip and secure the welfare of the environment defenders. The donated items will help them fulfill their duty as forest rangers in protecting the Panigan-Tamugan, Davao City’s source of water,” Vice Mayor J. Melchor Quitain Jr. told Edge Davao.
He also said that the gears provided will help them enforce environmental laws, consistent reforestation, and monitoring of rivers.
The Bantay Bukid volunteers in Baguio District protect the southern mountain ranges of the city as well as the Panigan and Tamugan rivers, the city’s main source of potable water, from environmental decline.
Currently, there are 275 Bantay Bukid volunteers protecting the mountains of Davao City.
