Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area

The Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area is located in East Texas, United States, 21 miles from Palestine, Texas.^[2] The area covers 11,000 acres (4,500 ha) and protects post oak savannah.^[3] The area is actively managed and permits hunting from mid-October through mid-March.^[3] Catfish Creek runs through the area.^[3]

Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1]
Nearest city	Palestine, Texas
Coordinates	31.95°N 95.89°W / 31.95; -95.89
Area	11,095 acres (44.90 km2)
Created	1950
Governing body	Texas Parks and Wildlife

Originally named the Derden Wildlife Management Area (after Milze L. Derden, from whom much of this land was purchased), it was renamed in 1952 after Gus A. Engeling, the first game warden assigned to the area, who was shot and killed by a poacher on December 13, 1951.

Post Oak Savannah in the WMA