Lower Agno Watershed Forest Reserve

Lower Agno Watershed Forest Reserve
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Forest reserve in Ampucao, Itogon from the summit of Mount Ulap
Map showing the location of Lower Agno Watershed Forest Reserve
Map showing the location of Lower Agno Watershed Forest Reserve
Location in Luzon
Map showing the location of Lower Agno Watershed Forest Reserve
Map showing the location of Lower Agno Watershed Forest Reserve
Location in the Philippines
LocationBenguet and Pangasinan, Philippines
Nearest cityBaguio
Coordinates16°16′23″N 120°44′51″E / 16.27306°N 120.74750°E / 16.27306; 120.74750
Area39,304 hectares (97,120 acres)
EstablishedNovember 22, 1983
Governing bodyDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources
National Power Corporation
San Roque Power Corporation
National Irrigation Administration

The Lower Agno Watershed Forest Reserve is a Philippine protected area that straddles the Cordillera and Ilocos regions encompassing land from the provinces of Benguet and Pangasinan. Operated by the Lower Agno WFR Protected Area Management Board under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Lower Agno follows the Agno River corridor from the northern villages of Itogon to just north of the municipalities of San Manuel and San Nicolas. The reserve also known as the San Roque Watershed protects the mid-Agno River basin with its meandering river and short tributaries in a pine-forested mountainous terrain at the southern end of the Cordillera Central, around 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Baguio. It is located in an important mining district and includes the reservoir of the San Roque Dam, the largest dam in the country and the prime source of water, hydropower and irrigation for surrounding regions in Luzon.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Proclamation No. 2320, s. 1983". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Re-Study of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Project" (PDF). Japan International Cooperation Agency. September 1985. Retrieved October 1, 2020.