The Santa Lucia Protected Landscape, also known as the Salcedo Protected Landscape, is a

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located in the foothills of the

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mountain range in the

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province of the

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. It protects an important watershed that serves as the water source for the surrounding communities in the municipality of Salcedo. It had an initial area of proclaimed as the Santa Lucia Watershed Forest Reserve in 1938 through Proclamation No. 333 issued by President Manuel Luis Quezon. In 2000, the forest reserve was reestablished as a protected landscape area under the National Integrated Protected Areas System with the signing of Proclamation No. 296 by President

Joseph Estrada Joseph Ejercito Estrada, (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor. He served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, the 9th vice presi ...

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The Santa Lucia Protected Landscape encompasses an area of in the rural

barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolit ...

of Balidbid in Salcedo municipality (formerly Baugen). It was named after the nearby municipality of

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when Balidbid was still under the jurisdiction of the municipality. The protected area is located on the north bank of the Buaya River. It is bordered on the north by the barangay of Calangcuasan, on the east by Madarang and Bago Creek, on the south by the Buaya River, and on the west by the lowlands of Salcedo's

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. The Salcedo–

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Road runs along the park's southern portion. It is accessible via the Santa Lucia–Salcedo Road from the main highway ( Manila North Road) in the west, and via the Candon–Galimuyod–Salcedo–del Pilar Road from the city of

Candon Candon, officially the City of Candon ( ilo, Siudad ti Candon; fil, Lungsod ng Candon), is a 4th class component city in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,432 people. Dubbed as th ...

in the northwest.

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{{Protected areas in the Ilocos Region Protected landscapes of the Philippines Geography of Ilocos Sur Protected areas established in 1938 1938 establishments in the Philippines

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