title: Welder Wildlife Foundation
text: # Welder Wildlife Foundation
  
  The Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation or Welder Wildlife Refuge was established by the will of Robert H. Welder in 1954 with a grant of 7,800 acres (31.5 $km^2)$ of prime wildlife habitat adjacent to the Aransas River in northern San Patricio County, Texas, approximately seven miles north-east of Sinton, Texas. The foundation is supported by oil and gas royalties, cattle, interest on investments, and contributions. As of 2004, the foundation has assisted more than 300 graduate students from 66 universities.
  
  ## Refs
  
  * ↑ "Welder Wildlife Foundation Celebrates 50th Anniversary". tpwd.texas.gov. Texas Parks and Wildlife. Oct 18, 2004. Retrieved Feb 22, 2016. Permission is granted to publish, in whole or in part, any news releases on this page
  * ↑ Swann, Roy (May 16, 1954). "Magazine Tells Refuge Story". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas.
  