SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — After 30 years as the media specialist for the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), Francis Skalicky is retiring.
Skalicky has been the southwest regional media specialist for MDC since 1996. In that role, he coordinated media coverage for the 17-county region and assisted with media coverage all over the state.
He has also written articles for several southwest Missouri newspapers.
He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame for his work as a conservation journalist in 2019…