Drew Stuart
ProducerDrew Stuart is the producer for the Marfa Public Radio series “Nature Notes” and was one of the first employees at the station.
After living in Alpine, TX for several years, Drew moved to Dell City in 2009, where he writes remotely for the station. In 2019, Stuart was awarded an environmental reporting award from the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club.
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Across three decades, the local nursery has acquired a unique intimacy with the Trans-Pecos flora.
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Archeologists have identified numerous “shrine caves,” ancient pilgrimage places, where ceremonies were conducted and offerings made.
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In the deep past, proto-crocodilians dominated the planet. And now, a West Texas fossil find has added a new species to the roster of these remarkable creatures.
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Between the dinosaurs' extinction and the fauna we know today, mammals have gone through a dizzying array of changes.
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The ant has evolved an organ specifically to host its “good bacteria.”
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The Big Bend Rio Grande and its tributaries once abounded in fresh-water mussels. But today, a native Big Bend mussel — the Salina mucket — is proposed for endangered species protection. What's driven this species to the brink and how can it be saved?
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Reviving streams means addressing the root causes of their decline. A new initiative aims to do just that by restoring the high grasslands where these desert lifelines begin.
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What archeologists call the “Goggle-Eye Entity” was painted or pecked at hundreds of sites in the desert borderlands, by a prehistoric people known as the Jornada Mogollon.
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The “ghost prints” of White Sands National Park are among the century's most remarkable archeological discoveries. And new findings strengthen the case that these Chihuahuan Desert footprints are also the oldest evidence of people in the Americas.
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There's nothing more wondrous in a desert country than flowing water. But modern human activities have had stark effects on West Texas streams and creeks. Now, there's a new initiative to restore them.