MASON MOUNTAIN WMA: Acre for acre, if you're looking 
for natural diversity, you'll find it here ... . discover this 
remarkable place on Passport to Texas ... 

PTT from TPW and the SFWR Program

Located in the central mineral region of the Texas hill 
country, about six miles northwest of the town of Mason, 
is Mason Mountain Wildlife Management area. 

It's a pretty unique region in Texas, where you have the huge 
granite boulders that have uplifted; it's an extension of the 
same uplift that created Enchanted Rock. :09

Mark Mitchell is a biologist at the 53-hundred acre site. 

We've got some bottomlands, we've got the granite gravel 
uplift. We've got the more traditional hill country habitat such 
as the limestone hills. :08

The site supports diverse native flora and fauna, 
including: six hundred fifty identified plant species, spiny 
crevice lizards, black bellied tree ducks, white tailed deer, 
javalina, and black-capped vireos, to name a few.

I think for the hill country and a 53-hundred acre management 
area, we may have as much diversity as you can possibly find. 
:06

Because of exotic species like gemsbok and impala and 
outstanding facilities on the site when the agency 
acquired it, this WMA is self-supporting.
 
We don't receive tax dollars for operation and maintenance of 
the area; we have to generate our own income. And we do that 
through -- primarily - guided hunts. And because of the 
facilities that were here when we obtained the place, we can 
host conservation meetings. :15

Access to Mason Mountain WMA is limited to hunters with 
a Special Permit, or to groups that make prior 
arrangements. That's out show ... made possible by a 
grant from the SFWR program ... For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti. 

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