1926 – 2026
The Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro has been recognised for its collaboration in the green infrastructure project promoted by the City Council of Zaragoza and Ecodes.
The initiative is linked to the Canal Imperial and makes it possible to recall, with historical caution, the relationship between the CHE and reforestation, soil protection and territorial water management.
24/06/2026
The Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro (CHE) has received a special mention at the 5th anniversary gala of El Bosque de los Zaragozanos. Carlos Arrazola, president of the CHE, and Carolina Marín, Secretary General, accepted the distinction on behalf of the river basin authority, which will celebrate its centenary in 2026.
The recognition forms part of a municipal project promoted by the City Council of Zaragoza and Ecodes since 2021 to strengthen the city’s green infrastructure. According to Heraldo de Aragón, the initiative has already surpassed 250,000 trees and plants, has nearly 3,000 sponsors, and brings together companies, civic organisations and educational centres.
The CHE’s collaboration has a clear territorial expression: the municipal news item of 24 March 2026 located the new plantings on land provided by the Confederación alongside the Canal Imperial, on the left bank and in the area around Garrapinillos and Valdegurriana. The initial area covers some 25 hectares over 15 kilometres and plans to add around 8,300 trees and shrubs, with species such as elms, pines, junipers, holm oaks and almond trees.
This participation makes it possible to link current affairs with a historical dimension of the Confederación, without forcing equivalences. The blog Getting to know the CHE and water management recalls that in 1926 the Forestry Applications Service was created within what was then the Ebro Hydrographic Trade Union Confederation, linked to the historic reforestations carried out or planned between 1926 and 1936.
Allowing for differences in scale and context, El Bosque de los Zaragozanos helps to explain an idea present since the institution’s early years: the relationship between water, soil, vegetation and territorial protection. In the centenary year, the special mention places that trajectory in Zaragoza, the city where the CHE has its headquarters, through an initiative linked to the Canal Imperial, urban reforestation and environmental outreach.
