Commissioner
Joseph Martens, Commissioner, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
From 1998 through 2010, Mr. Martens served as President of the Open Space Institute, where he directed land acquisition, sustainable development, historic preservation and farmland protection programs.
Mr. Martens served Governor Mario Cuomo as Deputy Secretary for Energy and the Environment from 1992-94 and as Assistant Secretary from 1990-92. He was Chair of the Board of the Olympic Regional Development Authority and is currently an ex-officio member of the Authority.
Mr. Martens studied Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and received an M.S. in Resource Management from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University.
More about Commissioner:
- Commissioner's Priorities for 2012 - Commissioner Martens' priorities for the Department of Environmental Conservation for 2012
- Commissioner's Testimony and Speeches - Testimony on DEC's budget and other presentations by the DEC Commissioner
- Email the DEC Commissioner - Send the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation an email
- History of DEC - Summary of how the Department began
- Present and Past DEC Commissioners - List of DEC Commissioners 1970-present, and Commissioners of the NYS Conservation Department 1929-1969
