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From the PubDef archive — published July 19, 2007, restored 2026. Links and embedded media may point to archived copies.

First Black Conservation Commissioner 

By Antonio French

Filed Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 12:00 PM

At an event yesterday in O’Fallon Park in north St. Louis, Gov. Matt Blunt announced the appointment of Don R. Johnson to the Conservation Commission. Johnson is the first African American to hold the position.

State Senators Maida Coleman (D-St. Louis City) and Michael Gibbons (R-Kirkwood) were also at the event.

Video shot by intern Gabe Bullard

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