Matt Misicka

Testimony

OCF Delivers Proponent Testimony for Forestry & Wildlife Budgets

On March 23rd, OCF Executive Director Matt Misicka delivered proponent testimony on behalf of Governor DeWine's proposed FY24-25 biennium budget (HB 33) for the Ohio Division of Forestry and the Ohio Division of Wildlife. The text…

Matt MisickaMarch 28, 2023

Fish Great Lakes Water Quality

OCF in DC to Advocate for Great Lakes, Drinking Water, and Farm Bill

Great Lakes Day 2023 As part of Great Lakes 2023, OCF Executive Director Matt Misicka joined colleagues from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to urge members of Congress to support federal investments that…

Matt MisickaMarch 27, 2023

Conservation Great Lakes Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Governor DeWine Signs Great Lakes Governors Letter to Protect America’s Wildlife

Governor DeWine Signs Great Lakes Governors Letter to Protect America’s Wildlife Governor Mike DeWine, along with Great Lakes Governors Whitmer (D-MI), Evers (D-WI), Wolf (D-PA), Holcomb (R-IN), Walz (D-MN), and Pritzker (D-IL), has sent a letter to leaders of the U.S. Senate…

Matt MisickaDecember 7, 2021

Chronic Wasting Disease

New Legislation Would Address Deadly Disease Facing Deer, Elk, Moose

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 19, 2021) — A new bill would provide critical investments to study and stop the spread of chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological disease threatening deer, elk, and moose populations in the United States.…

Matt MisickaOctober 20, 2021

Conservation Conservation Programs Endangered Species Habitat Recovering America's Wildlife Act Wildlife

Senator Portman Supports Bipartisan Bill To Galvanize Wildlife Conservation, Help Prevent Extinctions Nationwide

COLUMBUS, Ohio (September 24, 2021) — Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is co-sponsoring the most significant wildlife conservation bill in nearly half a century, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. The bipartisan bill will devote $1.4 billion annually…

Matt MisickaSeptember 24, 2021

Great Lakes Uncategorized Water Quality

Portman’s Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Bill Invests $1 Billion for Great Lakes Restoration Over 5 Years

Senate infrastructure bill paves the way for increased fish and wildlife conservation in Great Lakes COLUMBUS, Ohio. (August 9, 2021) – The just passed bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill would add $1 billion to the Great Lakes…

Matt MisickaAugust 10, 2021

Congressional Support Endangered Species

Bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Reintroduced in Senate

Bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Reintroduced in Senate By Drew YoungeDyke The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is closer to reality than ever after a bipartisan companion Senate version was reintroduced in July by Sens. Kirk Heinrich…

Matt MisickaAugust 4, 2021

Congressional Support Conservation

Bipartisan Bill Would Galvanize Wildlife Conservation

Bill Would Galvanize Wildlife Conservation, Help Prevent Extinctions in Ohio Columbus (July 20, 2021) — New bipartisan legislation in the House and Senate will fund locally-led efforts to help prevent extinctions and help wildlife thrive nationwide.…

Matt MisickaJuly 28, 2021

Invasive Species

New Study Models the Threats of Invasive Carp To Great Lakes Food Webs

Nearshore and shallow bays are at most risk by Drew YoungeDyke, National Wildlife Federation A recent study published by the American Fisheries Society models the impacts that invasive carp would have on the food webs of…

Matt MisickaApril 9, 2021

Health

Be TICK Smart

About the time you will be reading this will be the two-year anniversary of me performing life saving emergency surgery on myself. Perhaps it wasn’t as much of an emergency as I originally thought, but it…

Matt MisickaApril 9, 2021

OCF Delivers Proponent Testimony for Forestry & Wildlife Budgets

OCF in DC to Advocate for Great Lakes, Drinking Water, and Farm Bill

Governor DeWine Signs Great Lakes Governors Letter to Protect America’s Wildlife

New Legislation Would Address Deadly Disease Facing Deer, Elk, Moose

Senator Portman Supports Bipartisan Bill To Galvanize Wildlife Conservation, Help Prevent Extinctions Nationwide

Portman’s Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Bill Invests $1 Billion for Great Lakes Restoration Over 5 Years

Bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Reintroduced in Senate

Bipartisan Bill Would Galvanize Wildlife Conservation

New Study Models the Threats of Invasive Carp To Great Lakes Food Webs

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