The Seven Falls Owners Association is a wildlife management association specifically granted the right to develop and implement a wildlife management plan. (Sec. 7. Wildlife Management, Dedication and Restrictions.)
Each Seven Falls property owner agrees to the payment of dues and assessment for the purpose of implementing and carrying out the wildlife management plan.
The Board of the Seven Falls Owners Association with its wildlife management committee actively oversees the management of free roaming wildlife within the 830 acres of property included in the wildlife management plan.
The Wildlife Management Plan for Seven Falls Ranch, Gillespie County was prepared for Dean Watson, Jr., Owner Fredericksburg, Texas by Rodney G. Marburger, Wildlife Biologist, Kerrville, Texas, on April 20, 1999.
The SFOA wildlife management association plan is an overall plan with activities common to all Seven Falls owners.
The plan includes wildlife surveys, deer harvesting, grazing management, cedar removal, and ponds or tanks for erosion control and supplemental supplies of water. The 830 acres supports a sustaining breeding, migrating or wintering population. The Association is a group of thirty seven property owners and a jointly held common area (Lot 12, 4.62 acres that contains an estimated 1.5 acre tank). Each Owner is a member of the Seven Falls Wildlife Management Association, pays dues to the association, and supports the general goals of the Wildlife Management Association and the general principles of land and species conservation along with responsible agriculture production. Each property owner complies with the Gillespie County Central Appraisal District rules, and each individual property owner completes an annual report and submits the report to the appraisal office.
However, in addition to the Seven Falls Owners Association activities, the Gillespie County Central Appraisal District requires that each property owner show that wildlife activities have taken place on their individual lot and that evidence of activities are apparent.
The Gillespie County Central Appraisal District also requires that a new property owner begin their activities immediately after obtaining their property and before filing a wildlife management plan.
