EP 516. Meet Texas's First Waterfowl Biologist, Charles Stutzenbaker

10/10/24 • 95 min

As a barefoot little boy playing outside in the late-1930s that later duck hunted when rice predominated the coastal Texas landscape, 90-year-old Charles Stutzenbaker became the first full-time waterfowl biologist for the State of Texas. It was a different world. Plenty work to do. And work he did. Spending many years immersed afield, he became a foremost authority on coastal habitat, authoring definitive books on mottled ducks and wetlands vegetation. He influenced Gulf Coastal habitat conservation and duck hunting as we know it today at state, flyway and national levels; was instrumental in starting early blue-winged teal season and banning lead shot. Mr. Stutzenbaker discusses these topics and more in today's very interesting conversation.

Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Western Gulf Coast Book by Charles D Stutzenbaker https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781603442220/aquatic-and-wetland-plants-of-the-western-gulf-coast/

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10/10/24 • 95 min

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