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Critical Farm Bill Conservation Programs At Risk

Farm Bill conservation programs provide critical help to Ohio farmers and protect our natural resources, yet today these important programs are at risk. In 2022, Ohio farmers received nearly $37 million through the Environmental Quality Incentives…

Matt MisickaJuly 28, 2025

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Fair Property Tax Assessment for Conservation Acreage

Following Pheasants Forever’s lead, OCF joins the case for lowering taxes on acreage enrolled in conservation programs. Read the letter to Tax Commissioner Joe Testa below.February 29, 2016 Dear Commissioner Testa, I am writing to you…

Matt MisickaFebruary 29, 2016

Critical Farm Bill Conservation Programs At Risk

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

It’s Time Again for a Civilian Conservation Corps

OCF Joins OACI

Restoring Funding to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Ohio Sportsmen and Conservation Organizations Call for Increased Funding

Fair Property Tax Assessment for Conservation Acreage

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