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Marfa Public Radio

Call Letters: KRTS
Frequency: 93.5
http://www.marfapublicradio.org/
Affiliations: NPR, APM, and PRI
Networks: Sound Opinions Private Network, American Routes Private Network, Here's the Thing, Reveal, American Public Media, and Inside Energy

The mission of Marfa Public Radio is to unite the community of Far West Texas with a focus on art, education, quality-of-life and the local economy. The KRTS studios - the tallest in Texas - are located in rural highlands of the Chihuahuan Desert. We serve the residents in the ranchlands of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains. We can be heard beyond the Transpecos at www.marfapublicradio.org.

Series

Nature Notes

39 Pieces

Nature Notes explores the natural world of the Chihuahuan Desert.

From: Marfa Public Radio
Updated: Sep 23, 2014

There's Something Out There

5 Pieces

Marfa Public Radio presents a radio documentary show about the strange things that happen in everyday life.

From: Marfa Public Radio
Updated: Apr 14, 2014

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Spadefoot Desert Chorale

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Summer storms send many desert frogs and toads into a raucous reproductive frenzy. What role do their choruses play in their hasty courtship?

Bought by KENW

Added: Apr 07, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

The Fifth Season

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Cenizo puts on a show during the desert's rainy season., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt

In the Chihuahuan Desert, we spend fall, winter, spring and summer talking about our fifth season—the rainy season. What does its arrival mean for ...

Bought by KENW

Added: Apr 07, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Attracting Pollinators

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Animals and insects aren’t being altruistic when they pollinate a plant. So how do plants attract and reward them for their services?

Bought by KENW

Added: Apr 07, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Rotifer Diversity

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Testudinella patina, Credit: T. Schröder, R.L. Wallace, E. Walsh

Every pristine spring, mucky cattle tank, and rain-filled hueco in the Chihuahuan Desert is home to an exceptionally diverse array of microscopic a...

Bought by KENW

Added: Apr 07, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Aldo Leopold's Fierce, Green Fire

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...

Bought by WTIP and KENW

Added: Apr 07, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 2

Pyrrhuloxia

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

With its showy red crest and golden bill, the pyrrhuloxia shouldn't be confused with its more flamboyant cardinal relative. What makes this desert ...

Bought by KENW

Added: Apr 07, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Turkey Vultures

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

They eat roadkill. They urinate on themselves. When frightened, they vomit. The turkey vultures have returned. Why does this harbinger of spring ha...

Bought by KENW

Added: Mar 22, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Soapberry

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Trees seem scarce in the Chihuahuan Desert. But soapberry trees manage to thrive throughout our region and can even be used to wash your hands. How...

Bought by KENW

Added: Mar 22, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Mimms Ranch

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

On Mimms Ranch outside Marfa, the Dixon Water Foundation is using some surprising tools to improve a grassland’s ability to absorb water: cattle an...

Bought by KENW

Added: Mar 04, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Giant Ground Sloths

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Skeletal remains of a Shasta ground sloth., Credit: The Jesse Earl Hyde Collection, Case Western Reserve University

Ground sloths weren’t cute, cuddly tree-dwellers like sloths today. They weighed 500 pounds and stood nine-feet tall. Who were these Ice Age creatu...

Bought by KENW and KENW