Eric Angle, right, and Zach Stafford, left, both U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District park rangers, drive an air boat, Sept. 29, 2023, during the 8th Annual Wallisville Lake Veteran Gator Hunt. The Wallisville Lake Project is a large area (23,000 acres) of protected wetlands, swamp forest, and bottomland hardwood forest created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for salinity control, navigation, water supply, recreation, and fish and wildlife enhancement.