Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Rock Creek Ranch, owned by the Gordy Family, stands out in East Texas. An intensive partnership with Tall Timbers has resulted in heavy thinning of former pine plantations, yearly prescribed fires and intensive quail restoration efforts across much of the property.
Regular prescribed fire and herbicide treatments maintain an open understory and support the diverse native wildlife, as well as hundreds of translocated northern bobwhite quail, that have positively responded to the improved habitat. The ranch uses autonomous recording units, radio-marked quail and regular maintenance activity to inform goals and objectives for property management. A desire to learn from their efforts, document activities and continue to innovate and motivate others drives their goals.
Find out more about the Lone Star Land Steward Program at: tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/private/lone_star_land_steward
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Rock Creek Ranch, owned by the Gordy Family, stands out in East Texas. An intensive partnership with Tall Timbers has resulted in heavy thinning of former pine plantations, yearly prescribed fires and intensive quail restoration efforts across much of the property.
Regular prescribed fire and herbicide treatments maintain an open understory and support the diverse native wildlife, as well as hundreds of translocated northern bobwhite quail, that have positively responded to the improved habitat. The ranch uses autonomous recording units, radio-marked quail and regular maintenance activity to inform goals and objectives for property management. A desire to learn from their efforts, document activities and continue to innovate and motivate others drives their goals.
Find out more about the Lone Star Land Steward Program at: tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/private/lone_star_land_steward
Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/texasparksandwildlife
Join us on Instagram: instagram.com/texasparkswildlife
#texas #easttexas #landmanagement #quail #conservation #wildlife #texaswildlife #wildlifeconservation
