Date: May 9th. The Trump Administration announces its support of the Brandon Rd project. The text of that announcement is below. MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF THE…
Matt MisickaMay 10, 2025
Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition Contact: Lindsey Bacigal, BacigalL@nwf.org, (734) 887-7113 Bipartisan legislation from Great Lakes congressional leaders sets stage for accelerated progress to protect drinking water, public health, and Great Lakes. ANN ARBOR, MICH. (February…
Matt MisickaFebruary 7, 2024
Conservation Groups Urge Support of Bipartisan Solution to Hunter Education Funding Mary Jo Brooks Sep 13, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Wildlife Federation and more than 30 of its affiliates urged Congress to swiftly enact…
Matt MisickaSeptember 17, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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