Project Details

In 1992, we purchased Bracken Cave and the surrounding 4.7 acres of land to protect the largest single species colony of bats in North America. Nearly 25 years later, through a series of additional land purchases, that small initial acreage has grown by more than 300% into our 1,458-acre Bracken Cave Preserve.

Together, we co-manage 3,462 contiguous acres of rugged Texas Hill Country with The Nature Conservancy (TNC). This protected wild space is 20 miles east of San Antonio and less than ten miles from Interstate 35, amid one of the most rapidly urbanizing highway corridors in the United States. We have secured a meaningful buffer between the bats and the nearby growing human population, and developed a preserve that will serve as a home to the plants and animals that are native to the Texas Hill Country.