Tour markers are placed on the route just before the dogwoods start blooming in early March. An Audio Tour of the Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area and the Davy Crockett National Forest is also available. Check at the district office for the latest tape and map. It is also available in Spanish. A wide variety of wildlife exists on the Davy Crockett National Forest.
Principal game includes squirrel, deer, quail, dove, turkey, and waterfowl.
The red-cockaded woodpecker, an endangered species, lives within carefully managed habitat on the forest. The Alabama Creek Wildlife Management Area provides an opportunity for intensive wildlife management on 14,500 acres of the forest. In cooperation with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the U.S. Forest Service established this area to develop and maintain population levels of various game species, to provide improved hunting, and to demonstrate the way in which wildlife habitat and ecosystem management are coordinated to the benefit of all resources. Improvements in the Alabama Creek Wildlife Management Area include game stocking, water impoundments, and forage planting.