San Gabriel, La Union

The Baroro Watershed is a river basin with a total land area of 19,407.52 hectares located in the northeastern section of Luzon Island and the northeastern part of La Union. It is found between the latitudes of 16° 37' 0.48" and 16° 44' 11.04" north and the longitudes of 120° 20' 12.48" and 120° 32' 16.8". The Maragayap Watershed borders the Baroro River Basin to the north, the Amburayan Watershed to the east, the Gatay Watershed to the west, and the Bauang Watershed to the south.

The Baroro Watershed is divided into nine (9) subwatersheds covering a total area of 19,407.51 hectares. Subwatershed 3 has the largest coverage area, accounting for 27.60% of the total area, followed by Subwatershed 4 with 24.31%. Subwatershed 6 has the least coverage area, covering approximately 604.39 hectares of the Baroro Watershed's total area of 19,407.51 hectares.

In terms of administration coverage, the Baroro Watershed has comprised of five (5) municipalities and one (1) city in the province of La Union; Bacnotan, Bagulin, San Gabriel, and Santol, and the City of San Fernando, respectively. San Gabriel has the largest area coverage, accounting for approximately 50.77% of the entire watershed area, whereas Santol has the least area coverage with only 505.29 hectares of the watershed area or 2.60%.

The Institutionalization of Guidelines on Watershed Integrated Area Land Use Planning (WILUP) Towards Resiliency with the UPLB College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR) and the Municipal Government of San Gabriel, La Union entered a Memorandum of Agreement with the project goal of assisting the Municipality of San Gabriel through effective planning and development of various planning tools such as Integrated Water Management Plan (IWMP), Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP), Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), Ecological Profile (EP), Zoning Ordinance (ZO), Enhanced Local Climate Change Adaptation Plan (e-LCCAP), Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (DRRMP), Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP), E-LCCAP