 New York State’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), created in 1993, supports a variety of DEC programs, including open space conservation, invasive species control, the Hudson River Estuary Program, Albany Pine Bush and Long Island Pine Barrens, state and municipal parks, and other environmental resource protections.The EPF has been fully funded at $300M annually since 2016.DEC is overseeing efforts to clean up contamination at the U.S. Navy/Grumman Bethpage site on Long Island, including a $150 million to install wells and treatments facilities to contain and cleanup contamination on the 600-acre site.