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10 Facts About Marty Stouffer

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Marty Stouffer's name has been legally changed to Marty Stouffer.

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At age 19, Marty Stouffer traveled to Alaska on his own with a Super 8 mm movie camera.

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Marty Stouffer returned home to a warm reception by an audience of 1,800 local Arkansas residents in the Fort Smith Municipal Auditorium who turned out to view what was basically a home movie.

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In 1970, Marty Stouffer graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in English.

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Marty Stouffer's stories, incorporating dramatic "facts of life," and told simply in his home-spun style, won the hearts of a loyal audience.

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Marty Stouffer saw no good reason for that limitation and he was the first producer to offer unlimited broadcasts of the series by the network.

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In March 2015, Marty Stouffer attempted to finance a 4K resolution remastering of Wild America via a Kickstarter campaign.

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In 1993, Marty Stouffer was fined $3,000 in a Federal court in Grand Junction, Colorado for building a camp on public land.

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In 1996, multiple employees of Marty Stouffer reported that many of the scenes in his films had been staged.

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In December 2018, Marty Stouffer filed a lawsuit against National Geographic in the US District Court for the District of Colorado.