LA TRINIDAD, Benguet: The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been installing checkpoints to prevent the hauling of construction materials and regulate the entry of visitors to Sitio Pungayan, popularly known as “La Presa” in Mount Kabuyao, Tuba, Benguet following an order from DENR Central Office.

Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Julio Lopez said the establishment of checkpoints manned by teams of forest rangers was instructed by the DENR Central Office to protect the forest reservation that had been swarmed by tourists and enterprising individuals after it was popularized by a television series.

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