 NYS DEC had an annual budget of about $1,430 million for FY 2017, and employs roughly 3,000 people across New York State.It manages over of protected state-owned land and another of privately owned land on which it holds conservation easements.The department's activities go beyond land management and environmental enforcement to include the publication of a magazine and a state bird atlas, and the operation of 52 campgrounds in the Adirondack and Catskill Parks.