Organisational structure and management responsibilities
The Department of Conservation has a decentralised organisational structure, reflecting the nature of its work. It employs around 1600 permanent staff as well as seasonal workers.
It manages approximately 8 million ha of land which includes approximately 12,900km of walking tracks, 990 backcountry huts and 306 campsites.
In the coastal and marine environment there are approximately 1.3 million ha of marine reserves and the Crown's ownership of the foreshore and seabed is represented by the Minister of Conservation.