Matt Misicka

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

Habitat Hunting Sporting Dogs

OCF Welcomes Newest Member

At our annual meeting in Columbus on February 7th, the Ohio Conservation Federation welcomed its newest member, the Ohio Sportsmen & Sporting Dog Association. The OSSDA exists to advance conservation efforts for wildlife in the state…

Matt MisickaFebruary 18, 2020

Water Quality

H2Ohio Initiative

Governor and team meets with statewide stakeholders On Monday morning April 1st, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor John Husted, the Governor’s Lake Erie Commission Director Joy Mulinex, and cabinet members Mary Mertz (Ohio Department of…

Matt MisickaApril 3, 2019

Ohio DNR

New ODNR Division Chief Aims To Return Program To ‘Prominence’

This story was originally published by and with the permission of the Gongwer News Service.Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz has tabbed a longtime agency staff member to head a division she's hoping to rejuvenate…

Matt MisickaApril 1, 2019

Congressional Support

Ohio Conservation Federation Hosts Roundtable with Senator Portman

Many of the leaders of the Ohio Conservation Federation (OCF) headed to Medina and the Hill N Dale Club for a morning of pheasant hunting and a discussion of sportsmen conservation issues. Senator Rob Portman joined…

Matt MisickaApril 3, 2017

Congressional Support Conservation Programs Great Lakes

Restoring Funding to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Last month, OCF VP Stefan Marsh and I traveled to Washington DC with a coalition of more than eighty sportsmen & women and conservationists (including colleagues from Ducks Unlimited, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Lake…

Matt MisickaMarch 30, 2017

Conservation Programs

Ohio Sportsmen and Conservation Organizations Call for Increased Funding

On March 29th, following a successful Legislative Reception hosted by the Athletic Club of Columbus, the Sportsmen’s Alliance and long list of partners announced that collectively, Ohio hunters, anglers and trappers would request an increase in…

Matt MisickaMarch 29, 2017

The Great American Outdoors Act is a Victory for Ohio

Be TICK Smart

The American Burying Beetle and the ESA

OCF Joins OACI

OCF Welcomes Newest Member

H2Ohio Initiative

New ODNR Division Chief Aims To Return Program To ‘Prominence’

Ohio Conservation Federation Hosts Roundtable with Senator Portman

Restoring Funding to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Ohio Sportsmen and Conservation Organizations Call for Increased Funding

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