when was the first conservation law passed in massachusetts
(Grass-Roots Environmentalists) The Massachusetts Legislature passed the first law enabling a municipality to establish a conservation commission in 1957; by the end of the following year 11 local conservation commissions were created in Massachusetts.onservation Commission Origins. A 1956 proposal to drain and fill a marsh in Ipswich, Massachusetts for a housing development demonstrated the need for a local governmental body responsible for the conservation of the natural resources of the municipality.