After years of negotiations, the municipality of Balabanesti agreed with planting a new forest around Baltata river. It will protect the land from soil erosion and the river itself from cattle pasture and agricultural activities. The planting took place on 21 November 2021. More than 400 people (including 12 members of local government and 20 representatives of the Chamber of Commerce who brought and planted 100 of their own seedlings) planted over 7,000 trees.