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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

Great Lakes Invasive Species

Ohio Conservation Federation joins Coalition to Help Stop Asian Carp

Great Lakes Conservation Coalition Unites Hunters and Anglers across the Great Lakes (April, 2019) – Ohio Conservation Federation joined with other leading conservation organizations representing hunters and anglers across the Great Lakes region in creating the…

Marc SmithApril 2, 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

Public Lands Wildlife

ODNR Dedicates Newest Wildlife Area – Eagle Creek Wildlife Area

Turning off US 68, just north of Ripley, onto North Pole Road, the beauty of southern Brown County was apparent around us. The small country road was lined with old rock fences, winding along just below…

Larry MooreFebruary 6, 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

Public Lands

Portman and Strickland Asked to Commit to Support Public Lands

U.S. Senate Candidates Rob Portman and Ted Strickland Asked to Commit Support for Public Lands National parks, forest and wildlife refuges threatened by some in Congress, states OHIO (Sept. 29, 2016) – As the race for…

Matt MisickaSeptember 29, 2016

Testimony

OCF Weighs in on S.B. 293

OCF’s President, Matt Misicka, joined colleagues Luke Houghton and Rob Sexton (Sportsmen’s Alliance), Jack Shaner (Ohio Environmental Council), Tom Butch (Columbiana County Federation of Conservation Clubs), Larry Mitchell (League of Ohio Sportsmen), and three members of…

Matt MisickaApril 27, 2016

Great Lakes

OCF Joins the Call for a HAB Coordinator

April 13, 2016: OCF joined with colleagues to voice support for the creation of an HAB coordinator to provide leadership to the many efforts directed towards curbing harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. Read below…

Matt MisickaApril 13, 2016

H2Ohio Initiative

Ohio Conservation Federation joins Coalition to Help Stop Asian Carp

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

ODNR Dedicates Newest Wildlife Area – Eagle Creek Wildlife Area

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

Portman and Strickland Asked to Commit to Support Public Lands

OCF Weighs in on S.B. 293

OCF Joins the Call for a HAB Coordinator

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