Protect overlooked land
Focus on tracts of about 20 acres that may be too modest for large conservation programs but too important to ignore.
Warbler Forest
Keeping the Texas Hill Country Wild.
A Texas nonprofit corporation working to conserve and restore native habitat, protect wildlife and pollinators, and help the public practice habitat stewardship in Bandera County and the Texas Hill Country.
Bandera County
First landscape focus
About 20 acres
Size of tracts under evaluation
October 29, 2026
Texas nonprofit corporation filed
Mission
Well-chosen tracts can carry outsized conservation value.
Warbler Forest conserves native habitat through public education and stewardship today, and is building the funding and governance needed to acquire and care for conservation land responsibly across the Texas Hill Country.
Keep habitat connected
Prioritize parcels that link existing wildlife-managed land, wooded drainages, and native cover.
Steward for the long term
Build governance, funding, and land-management practices around long-term stewardship, not short-term ownership.
Future habitat acquisitions
Careful evaluation comes before any purchase.
Warbler Forest is evaluating future acquisitions of approximately 20-acre tracts from unrelated landowners in Bandera County and the Texas Hill Country. We assess native habitat, connectivity, legal access, long-term stewardship needs, and total cost before committing to a purchase.
No specific property is represented as acquired by this initiative until a closing is completed and documented. Before any appeal for a particular tract, we will say whether it is under evaluation, under contract, or owned, and how gifts will be used if a purchase does not happen.
Status
Evaluating; no property acquired
Tract size
About 20 acres
First step
Education and stewardship programs on partner sites
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Screen
Public records, independent ownership and access, and apparent habitat value.
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Review
Appraisal district records, a biological look at the site, and carrying costs.
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Board decision
Any offer requires a recorded vote of the board under our bylaws.
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Due diligence
Title, survey, legal access, restrictions, and tax treatment.
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Close or stop
Only with funds collected and stewardship reserves in place.
Wildlife and habitat
Land worth holding onto.
The Hill Country is a mosaic of oak-juniper woodland, limestone shelves, native grasses, seasonal drainages, and edge habitat. For wildlife, the value is not only in acreage. It is in continuity.
Native cover
Live oak, cedar, understory brush, grasses, and limestone terrain create shelter, shade, nesting structure, and movement cover.
Bird habitat
Warbler Forest is named for the sensitive bird life that depends on intact Hill Country habitat and thoughtful land stewardship.
Quiet corridors
Connected woodland, drainages, and native cover help wildlife move through a landscape without crossing cleared or developed gaps.
Future stewardship
Protection is only the first step. Long-term care may include invasive plant control, erosion awareness, brush balance, and habitat monitoring.
Why connectivity matters
Fragmentation happens one small decision at a time.
In fast-growing Hill Country counties, the threat is often cumulative: a small tract is split, a road edge widens, a wooded corner is cleared, and the habitat network becomes a little less resilient.
Warbler Forest exists for the parcels that fall between categories: too small to make headlines, but positioned where protection can keep a larger landscape intact.
Find the gaps
Identify parcels that connect existing wildlife-minded land or protect sensitive edges.
Secure the land
Raise acquisition funds or partner with aligned landowners when a tract becomes available.
Protect for the long term
Use appropriate conservation tools so land stays habitat through future ownership changes.
Ways to help
Help build a conservation organization that lasts.
Warbler Forest is starting with public education, stewardship on partner sites, and careful records. Early support builds the programs, people, and reserves needed before any land purchase.
Founding support
Tell us you would like to give. We will reply with current ways to give and record any restriction you ask us to honor.
Professional guidance
Nonprofit compliance, land acquisition, title, conservation easements, accounting, and governance support are all valuable.
Habitat expertise
Biologists, Hill Country land stewards, birders, native plant experts, and wildlife managers can help shape the stewardship plan.
Landowner connections
Relationships matter. Introductions to aligned neighbors, landowners, and conservation partners can open doors.
Tax status
Warbler Forest is a Texas nonprofit corporation, filed October 29, 2026. We intend to apply to the IRS for recognition under section 501(c)(3). Until the IRS acts, we cannot say whether gifts are tax-deductible.
Transparency and governance
Trust has to be built into the structure.
Status as of November 2026
Texas nonprofit corporation, Secretary of State file 6000044803, filed October 29, 2026. Board organization and the IRS application are under way. See governance and documents.
Restricted land purpose
Funds raised for a specific acquisition should be tracked for that purpose, with a clear contingency plan if the tract cannot be acquired.
Public updates
Program results, use of funds, acquisition status, and stewardship decisions should be documented plainly.
Contact
Start a conversation.
For pledges, giving questions, professional help, or conservation partnership conversations, email info@warblerforest.com or send a note below. This form starts a conversation. It is not a payment, and no money changes hands.