WILDLIFE PLAN
Covey Creek Preserve is a 230-acre wildlife management property association located approximately 13 miles northwest of Georgetown, Texas. The property is managed for active recreational use and passive aesthetic enjoyment, and a wildlife management property association has been formed to allow for a multi-lot wildlife management subdivision.
The property is home to various targeted indigenous species, including songbirds, mourning doves, wild turkeys, northern bobwhite, and small mammals. Additionally, several tree species such as live oak, cedar elm, ashe juniper, Texas oak, post oak, and hackberry are present, along with various shrubs, vines, and succulents such as persimmon, agarita, ashe juniper, mesquite, elbowbush, gum bumelia, prickly pear cactus, twist-leaf yucca, and greenbriar. There are also several grasses and forbs, such as Virginia wildrye, cedar sedge, frostweed, Scribner's rosettegrass, little bluestem, yellow indiangrass, purple threeawn, Texas wintergrass, broomweed, and one-seed croton.
Cedar elm and live oak are prominent on the site, forming a healthy, elevated canopy in woodland areas. In addition, small drainage corridors meander through the woods on the northwest side, feeding into the South Berry Creek.
The management priorities for Covey Creek Preserve include the construction of brush piles in open grassland habitats, which will benefit small critters, including small mammals, songbirds (especially during winter months), and quail. Cool season strip mowing focused on pure stands of King Ranch bluestem will also encourage more diversity in the composition and structure of the open habitat.
The master wildlife management plan for Covey Creek was prepared and implemented by James Hall, CWB, a wildlife biologist of Plateau Land and Wildlife Management, Inc. The plan involves enumerating the targeted species, planned practices, and monitoring methods. A site visit was conducted on November 18, 2021, to gather information used in the plan.
For more detailed information on the Wildlife Management Plan please see the full Wildlife Management Plan.