Welcome to VINS
The VINS Nature Center is open daily from 10am – 4pm.
All outdoor exhibits are open: Raptors, Songbird Aviary, Adventure Playscape, Nature Trails, and the amazing Forest Canopy Walk. Our indoor exhibits are open: Birds Are Dinosaurs, Forest Exhibit, and Reptile Room.
We highly recommend prepurchasing your admission tickets. We welcome all walk-ins.
Masks are encouraged, but not required.
Contact Us
Nature Center Hours
VINS Nature Center
10am to 4pm Daily
Wild Bird Rehab is Open
Accepting Calls Only
802.359.5000 x212
8am to 4pm
Visitor Programs
Artist Exhibition – Owls
MARCH 1 – MAY 31 – Visit the VINS Nature Center and experience the beauty of owls through the artwork of painters Betsy Smith and Diana Clegg Brown. Both artists are inspired by the natural world and wild creatures, including the owls they paint!
Virtual Owl Friday: Wild at Heart’s quest to save species from extinction
MARCH 31 – This virtual presentation will focus on their Burrowing Owl Recovery Project which has built over 6000 artificial burrow habitats and provided homes for more than 2500 Burrowing Owls, and their work establishing captive-breeding protocols for the proposed Threatened Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl.
Virtual Owl Friday: Teton’s Poo-Poo Project
APRIL 7 – Teton Raptor Center’s Poo-Poo Project was created to address this problem by covering vault toilet ventilation pipes with affordable and durable screens that prevent wildlife entrapment without restricting airflow. Since 2013 the Poo-Poo Project has distributed more than 18,000 Poo-Poo Screens to more than 640 partners in all 50 states as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada.
