Bigbiga Protected Landscape
The Bigbiga Protected Landscape is a protected landscape of forested hills, open grasslands and natural springs in Ilocos Sur in the northwestern part of the island of Luzon, Philippines. It is one of five protected landscape areas in the Ilocos Region under the Philippines' National Integrated Protected Areas System. The park has a total area of located entirely within the municipality of Narvacan. It was created in 1939 as the Bigbiga Spring Watershed Forest Reserve by virtue of Proclamation No. 431 signed by President Manuel Luis Quezon. In 2000, it was reclassified as a protected landscape by Proclamation No. 290.
Description
Bigbiga extends from the village of Cadacad to Sitio Mata in the village of Marozo in eastern Narvacan near its border with Nagbukel municipality. It is hilly to mountainous with slope ranging from 30 to 50 percent and maximum elevation of between and above sea level. Fifty percent of the area is bushland with the remaining area consisting of open grassland. Letac Creek borders it to the south which supplies water to the three sitios of Marozo.The landscape is covered primarily by shrubs and commercial tree species such as tuai, kalumpit, dao and balete tree. The open grassland supports gmelina and mahogany.
Access to the park is via Orence Road from the main highway and Narvacan town proper in the west. It is located approximately from Narvacan Poblacion, about south of the provincial capital city of Vigan, and some north of Manila.