Bamberger Ranch Preserve
The Bamberger Ranch preserve is a ~ 5,000 acre conservation ranch in the Texas Hill Country that promotes good land stewardship by proper management to restore the land to its natural & most productive state.
Ribbon of Mexican free tail bats emerging out of one of the world’s first and largest manmade bat caves.
Some of the only field research currently being conducted on the Texas alligator lizard (pictured right) is on this ranch. The ranch is home to a large diversity of herp, mammal and bird fauna that is currently being researched.
Pictured left is a scimitar horned oryx mother and calf. Scimitar horned oryx are a species of conservation interest in Texas. They have been extirpated from their home range in the Sahara desert of Africa, but are now common in many parts of Texas. Efforts by Texas landowners & hunters are keeping this species alive today and are even introducing some oryx back to the Sahara.
Pictured right is an antelope horn milkweed plant that is crucial for the survival of migrating monarch butterflies & other pollinating insects. The presence of this forb is an indicator of a healthy grassland managed by the suppression of competitive woody plants & invasive grasses.