Berkshire Natural Resources Council President to Depart
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Natural Resources Council president Tad Ames will depart the organization on December 31, 2017, after more than 27 years of service, the last 16 as president.
Ames said that he has made the decision to resign from BNRC in order to make a change in his professional career and to seek new opportunities.
"I am now in my mid-50s and I've reached an age and a stage in my professional life where I have the opportunity to create one more chapter," he said. "It is not easy to leave a place and people whom I love so much, but I want to seize the opportunity to be part of another story. It's time to pass leadership to a new leader to bring fresh energy to BNRC and to the Berkshire High Road's next phase.
"I am extremely proud of everything that BNRC’s board and staff have achieved together. We are at a new high-water mark, and it's been a joy to lead this growth and accomplishment," Ames said.
During Ames's tenure at the organization, BNRC has protected, for public use and enjoyment, more than 18,000 acres, including popular reserves at the Hoosac Range, Basin Pond, Alford Springs, The Boulders, Mahanna Cobble, Clam River, Constitution Hill, Bob's Way, and Steadman Pond.
The Council's staff has been strengthened and grown from two and a half full-time equivalents to seven and a half under Ames’s tenure.
In 2015, BNRC was awarded the Francis W. Sargent Conservation Award by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, the first time the award was presented to an organization.
Tim Crane, chairman of BNRC’s board of directors, said BNRC's search for its next president would start promptly.
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