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MDC Media Staff

Lucas
Bond
Lucas.Bond@mdc.mo.gov
Communications Manager
Commission Headquarters
(573) 751-4115
Ext: 3243
Maddie
Est
Maddie.est@mdc.mo.gov
Metro Media Specialist
Central Regional Office and Conservation Research Center
(573) 815-7900
Ext: 2919
Josh
Hartwig
Josh.hartwig@mdc.mo.gov
Metro Media Specialist
Southeast Regional Office
(573) 290-5730
Ext: 4419
Joe
Jerek
Joe.Jerek@mdc.mo.gov
News Services Coordinator
Commission Headquarters
(573) 751-4115
Ext: 3362
Jill
Pritchard
Jill.Pritchard@mdc.mo.gov
News Services Coordinator
Commission Headquarters
(573) 751-4115
Ext: 3235
Francis
Skalicky
Francis.Skalicky@mdc.mo.gov
Metro Media Specialist
Southwest Regional Office
(417) 895-6880
Ext: 1641
Erin
Woodiel
Erin.Woodiel@mdc.mo.gov
Metro Media Specialist
Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center
(816) 759-7300
816-759-7305
Ext: 1131
Dan
Zarlenga
Dan.Zarlenga@mdc.mo.gov
Metro Media Specialist
St. Louis Regional Office
(636) 441-4554
Ext: 4112
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MDC HIPAA Media Notice
by
Joe Jerek
This media notice represents one part of MDC’s larger notification process and contains the information that MDC can share at this time.
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MDC proposes expanding furbearer hunting and trapping
by
Joe Jerek
Proposed changes include increasing number of days allowed for use of artificial light, night vision, and thermal imagery equipment when harvesting coyotes, and adding trapping tools.