
“DEC Does What?!” is a bi-weekly podcast that features conversations with DEC experts about the agency’s wide-ranging efforts to protect New Yorkers and the environment.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 38 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Education | |||

In this episode, hosts DEC Chief of Staff and Deputy Commissioner for Equity and Justice Adriana Espinoza and Region 4 Director Sean Mahar talk with Marilyn Moore, Environmental Program Specialist with OEJ. They discuss how grants help support disadv... more
In this episode, hosts Adriana Espinoza and Sean Mahar talk with Dazzle Ekblad and Myra Fedyniak—Climate Policy Analysts with DEC’s Office of Climate Change—about how New York State engages with local governments to support climate action through gra... more
Approximately 35,000 orphaned wells are estimated to exist in New York State, many drilled and abandoned before the existence of DEC or modern environmental regulations. In this episode, hosts DEC Chief of Staff and Deputy Commissioner for Equity and... more
In this episode, hosts DEC Region 4 Director Sean Mahar and Chief of Staff and Deputy Commissioner for Equity and Justice Adriana Espinoza talk with Kaleb Winters, Land Surveyor in DEC’s Division of Lands and Forests. They discuss the history of land... more
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Best podcast I have listened to in a while ! Glad to learn more about one of NYS’s best departments.
Lifetime NYer and nature lover. You have your work cut out for you! Hoping the DEC can protect our lands given fascism is trying to drill and demolish. We must Protect our state!
This has a great production value and interesting guests from different environmental backgrounds who work for or with New York State. Anyone who rates this one star should be removed. It’s biased comments that have nothing to do with the podcast.
The Podcast for pet murderers….
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This show covers a wide range of New York State environmental topics through conversations with DEC experts. Recent episodes highlight land conservation history and modern surveying, bird migration and habitat programs, composting and waste reduction laws, wildlife monitoring (including moose), DEC summer camps, human resources and careers inside state agencies, campground operations, and coastal reef programs. Notable throughlines include practical, listener-ready guidance on programs and citizen science, behind-the-scenes accounts of fieldwork, and explanations of how DEC policies translate into on-the-ground outcomes for open space, wildlife, and community recreation. The format consistently blends technical detail with accessible storyt... more
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Recent guests on DEC Does What?! include:
1. Marilyn Moore
2. Dazzle Ekblad
3. Myra Fedyniak
4. Nathan Graber
5. Grace Gallagher
6. Kaleb Winters
7. Abby Valachovic
8. Meghan Oberkircher
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