{"id":10416,"date":"2018-01-20T10:26:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T15:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=10416"},"modified":"2018-01-20T11:10:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T16:10:17","slug":"free-admission-for-federal-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/free-admission-for-federal-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Admission for Federal Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10417\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/01\/WildlifeSanctuaryWinter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/01\/WildlifeSanctuaryWinter.jpg 725w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/01\/WildlifeSanctuaryWinter-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/01\/WildlifeSanctuaryWinter-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this time of uncertainty and stress for all federal employees, and in recognition of our ongoing, collaborative efforts to protect the nature of Massachusetts, Mass Audubon would like to offer some respite.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/get-outdoors\/wildlife-sanctuaries\/places-to-explore\">Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries<\/a> in the Commonwealth are <strong>free to all current federal employees and their families for the duration of the federal shutdown<\/strong>. We hope it provides you with the chance to find some peace in nature during this time.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Clayton<br \/>\nMass Audubon President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this time of uncertainty and stress for all federal employees, and in recognition of our ongoing, collaborative efforts to protect the nature of Massachusetts, Mass Audubon would like to offer some respite. Admission to all Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries in the Commonwealth are free to all current federal employees and their families for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-get-outdoors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/01\/WildlifeSanctuaryWinter-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2I0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12268,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/free-admission-and-more-for-federal-employees\/","url_meta":{"origin":10416,"position":0},"title":"Free Admission and More for Federal Employees","author":"Mass Audubon","date":"January 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"In this time of uncertainty and stress for all federal employees, and in recognition of our ongoing, collaborative efforts to protect the nature of Massachusetts, Mass Audubon would like to offer some respite. 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