Shag, a passionate conservationist, was influential in restoring wild turkeys to northern Missouri even though the thought was that turkeys could not survive in the thinly timbered counties north of the Missouri River. In 1961, The Missouri Department of Conservation sent fourteen wild turkeys to Adair County. In 1962, an additional six birds were released.… Read more »
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Team: Missouri Department of Conservation
Chip McGeehan
There’s a saying that everybody has to grow up sometime. For Chip McGeehan, sometime has always been beyond the next deer stand. “I never had kids,” McGeehan said with a laugh, “so I’m the kid in my own family.” In other words, he is among those who has loved to live life – especially in… Read more »
Francis Skalicky
Francis Skalicky still smiles about almost not applying for the position he now calls “the best job anyone could ever hope to have.” He recalls the fall of 1995 when he learned of a new position – media specialist – the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) would have at its Southwest Regional Office in Springfield.… Read more »