KERR WMA: The Kerr Wildlife Management Area - 65-
hundred acres of wildlife viewing and research in the 
Texas Hill Country ... on Passport to Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and 
the Wildlife Restoration Program

The Hill Country is the crown jewel of Texas, and the Kerr 
Wildlife Management area teaches landowners how to 
keep it polished. 

We're a 65-hundred acre wildlife research and demonstration 
area for the Edward's plateau ecological area. And it serves as 
our experiment station for private landowners to come out and 
find out more about the basic tools of wildlife management.

Area manager, Donnie Frels, says landowners learn how 
to mimic the natural systems that keep habitat in balance.

Like wildfires and grazing buffalo. We've just replaced those 
types of actions with some manmade actions, with prescribed 
fire and a rotational grazing system. So, we're still mimicking 
some of the natural systems.

While the majority of research at Kerr focuses on white-
tailed deer, three endangered species on the site also 
receive thoughtful attention.

We have probably one of the highest densities of black capped 
vireos anywhere in the state. Golden-cheeked warblers are 
found on the management area. The third endangered species 
is the toe bush fishhook cactus. And we do surveys for all three 
of these species; and our management program benefits not 
only white-tailed deer but those endangered species as well.

The Kerr WMA is open to the public for wildlife viewing 
during daylight hours. Find details at passporttotexas.org.

That's our show for today ... with support from the 
Wildlife Restoration Program... providing funding for the 
Private Lands and Public Hunting Program.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti