{"id":9108,"date":"2017-05-11T12:28:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2017-05-11T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:38:01","slug":"latest-news-re-trailsides-budget-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/latest-news-re-trailsides-budget-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News Re: Trailside’s Budget Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you may know, Blue Hills Trailside Museum<\/a>, which is own by the state but managed by Mass Audubon, has been facing serious budget challenges.<\/p>\n

Governor Baker cut the $500,000 committed\u00a0to Trailside for its current fiscal year. On top of that, he did not <\/span>propose<\/span> any money <\/span>for<\/span> the museum to operate for the next year.<\/span>\u00a0The House budget included a small, $25,000<\/span>\u00a0appropriation for Trailside (a far cry from the requested $500,000).<\/p>\n

Now the budget is with the Senate. Senator Walter Timilty will file\u00a0an amendment requesting the $500,000 for Trailside. We need all of the senators to support him.<\/p>\n

Please contact your state senator<\/a> as say: “Please support Senator Walter Timilty’s amendment to give full funding for the Blue Hills Trailside Museum.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have a personal Trailside story to tell, do share that as well. Thank you!<\/p>\n

Find your senator here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Trailside’s river otter via Cynthia McDonough<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you may know, Blue Hills Trailside Museum, which is own by the state but managed by Mass Audubon, has been facing serious budget challenges. Governor Baker cut the $500,000 committed\u00a0to Trailside for its current fiscal year. On top of that, he did not propose any money for the museum to operate for the next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"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":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-get-involved"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2mU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7814,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/help-trailside-museum-secure-funding\/","url_meta":{"origin":9108,"position":0},"title":"Help Trailside Museum Secure Funding","author":"Hillary T.","date":"June 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Help Mass Audubon\u2019s Blue Hills Trailside Museum secure the state funding it needs for FY2017! 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