Update 7/30 part 2: Great news! The Senate has also voted to override the veto meaning funding has been restored. Thank you!

Update 7/30: Good news! The House voted to override the veto of Trailside! Now on to the Senate…

We need your help! Governor Baker recently eliminated funding for Blue Hills Trailside Museum in Milton. This means that Trailside has no operating funds authorized for 2016.

The Blue Hills Trailside Museum is the gateway for the 7,000 acre Blue Hills Reservation. It is a state-owned facility that opened in 1959 and has been managed by Mass Audubon for the Commonwealth since 1974.

Through Trailside, Mass Audubon welcomes more than 200,000 visitors a year to the Blue Hills Reservation; provides environmental education to more than 200 schools; and offers universally accessible nature trails, including sensory trails for the visually impaired.

In order to continue to successfully attract and educate citizens and visitors to our state, it is imperative that Blue Hills Trailside Museum continue to be funded annually in the state operating budget.

Please contact your local representative and senator by Wednesday July 29 and ask them to support an override of the governor’s veto of funding for the Blue Hills Trailside Museum in the FY2016 Budget, account 2810-0100.

Thank you for your support!