SHELBURNE FALLS — Ellen Jenkins has completed the Conservation Commission certificate training program, according to the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions.
The commission awarded Jenkins, who serves on the Shelburne Falls Conservation Commission, a certificate of achievement for successfully completing eight units of MACC’s fundamentals for the training program.
The fundamentals program provides conservation commissioners and others with the basic knowledge and practical tools essential to carrying out many responsibilities of administering the Wetlands Protection Act, and for open space planning and protection. Such training promotes sound, consistent fact-based decision making and builds respect for commission determinations.
MACC’s training program is the only comprehensive program offered to those involved with the Wetland’s Protection Act and open-space planning.
Jenkins has shown dedication to the good work of the Conservation Commission to protect natural resources for current and future generations, said MACC.