Matt Misicka

Conservation Groups Urge Congress To Fund Efforts to Stop Invasive Carp

Conservation organizations representing hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts throughout the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins are urging Congress to continue critical funding in FY 2021 to fight invasive carp. This funding will help remove invasive…

Matt MisickaDecember 20, 2020

Conservation Fish Wildlife

OCF & NWF Recognize Governor DeWine as a Fish and Wildlife Champion

Ohio Conservation Federation, National Wildlife Federation Recognize Ohio Gov. DeWine with Fish and Wildlife Champion Award COLUMBUS, Ohio (Dec. 14, 2020) – The Ohio Conservation Federation and the National Wildlife Federation presented Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine with…

Matt MisickaDecember 9, 2020

Invasive Species

Watch: Against the Current

National Wildlife Federation Film Explores National Scope of Invasive Carp Threat National Wildlife Federation’s “Against the Current” shows the threat of invasive carp to the Great Lakes and their current impacts in Southern and Midwestern waters.…

Matt MisickaDecember 2, 2020

Congressional Support Fishing Hunting Sportsmen's Caucus

The Right To Hunt And Fish

Downward trends in participation, increasing urbanization, and numerous other pressures threaten our hunting, fishing, and trapping heritage. Are there tools that can help us ensure that future generations of Ohioans will have the ability to pursue…

Matt MisickaNovember 8, 2020

Great Lakes Invasive Species

The State-Up-North restores $8M pledge to stop invasive carp!

DID YOU SEE THIS!?! This is an enormous deal that that State-Up-North has committed to. Especially given the financial impacts they and every other state is facing during this horrible pandemic. You don't have to like…

Matt MisickaSeptember 3, 2020

Conservation Programs Habitat

It’s Time Again for a Civilian Conservation Corps

As we deal with the economic impacts from the coronavirus pandemic, the influx of funds from the recently passed Great American Outdoors Act will help create jobs. With Ohio’s unemployment rate at 13.7% in May, one…

Matt MisickaAugust 21, 2020

Congressional Support Public Lands

The Great American Outdoors Act is a Victory for Ohio

Landmark Legislation Protects Public Lands and Expands Recreation Opportunities for Decades to Come The Great American Outdoors Act, which was officially signed into law at a White House ceremony today, is the most significant conservation legislation…

Matt MisickaAugust 4, 2020

Health

Be TICK Smart

About the time you will be reading this will be the one-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 10, 2020

Congressional Support Endangered Species Habitat Trapping

The American Burying Beetle and the ESA

The American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) is a very unique species of insect that buries vertebrate carcasses on which to lay their eggs and exhibits parental care for their offspring. At night, a mated pair of…

Matt MisickaApril 6, 2020

Conservation Programs Great Lakes Water Quality

OCF Joins OACI

On Friday, February 15th, the Ohio Conservation Federation joined the Ohio Agricultural Conservation Initiative and assumed the final seat on the OAC Council. The OACI is a collaborative effort of the agricultural, conservation, environmental and research…

Matt MisickaFebruary 19, 2020

Conservation Groups Urge Congress To Fund Efforts to Stop Invasive Carp

OCF & NWF Recognize Governor DeWine as a Fish and Wildlife Champion

Watch: Against the Current

The Right To Hunt And Fish

The State-Up-North restores $8M pledge to stop invasive carp!

It’s Time Again for a Civilian Conservation Corps

The Great American Outdoors Act is a Victory for Ohio

Be TICK Smart

The American Burying Beetle and the ESA

OCF Joins OACI

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