{"id":21294,"date":"2024-04-25T17:48:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=21294"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:48:41","slug":"walking-with-the-ancients-old-growth-forest","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/event\/walking-with-the-ancients-old-growth-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking with the Ancients: Old-growth Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Wachusett Mountain is home to the only old-growth forest east of the Berkshires? On this walk you will see ancient trees, many over 300 years old and some nearly 400 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Meet at the Visitor Center. This program involves a walk of about 3 miles, some of it on steep trails. Appropriate for ages 10 and above. Wear appropriate footwear.<\/p>\n<p>Rain date will be Thursday, May 30th. Call 978-464-2987 for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13428\" src=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Hidden-Treasures_logo_transparent-background.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"146\" \/><em>This program is offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/orgs\/department-of-conservation-recreation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusetts Department of Conservation &amp; Recreation (DCR)<\/a> as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/hidden-treasures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hidden Treasures Festival of Nature, Culture &amp; History<\/a>, an annual month-long celebration showcasing events and activities hosted by local partners celebrating the unique places, objects, and stories of the Freedom&#8217;s Way National Heritage Area. Hidden Treasures programs are free and open to the public. <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.visitwidget.com\/?segmented_view=true&amp;menu_item_id=4176&amp;disable_category_filter=true&amp;category_ids%5B%5D=14321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click to discover more Hidden Treasures!<\/strong> <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Wachusett Mountain is home to the only old-growth forest east of the Berkshires? On this walk you will see ancient trees, many over 300 years old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17720,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tag":[128,130],"tribe_events_cat":[58,104],"class_list":["post-21294","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-free","tag-hidden-treasures","tribe_events_cat-hidden-treasures-programs","tribe_events_cat-walks-hikes","cat_hidden-treasures-programs","cat_walks-hikes"],"acf":{"explore_list_featured_select":"2","select_experience":[1866],"select_topic":[1879,1878],"select_theme":false,"select_location":[1954,1910],"select_audience":[1964,1965],"descriptor":"Things to Do \u2013 Hidden Treasures"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21295,"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21294\/revisions\/21295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag?post=21294"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=21294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}