Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO MOTIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND AVIAN WILDLIFE REHABILITATION.
VINS MISSION IS TO MOTIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND AVIAN WILDLIFE REHABILITATION. VINS IS CREATING A NEW GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS EACH DAY. LOCATED IN VERMONT, THE ORGANIZATION COMBINES SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ALONG WITH WILD BIRD REHABILITATION FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC.
NATURE CENTER: HEADQUARTERED ON 47 ACRES OF FOREST, MEADOW, AND ROLLING HILLS IN QUECHEE, VT, OPEN YEAR ROUND AND LOCATED NEXT TO THE QUECHEE GORGE, VINS NATURE CENTER FEATURES 17 STATE-OF-THE-ART RAPTOR ENCLOSURES THAT HOUSE HAWKS, EAGLES, FALCONS, OWLS AND OTHER BIRDS OF PREY. IN ADDITION, THE SITE HAS A SONGBIRD AVIARY, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, AND SEVERAL NATURE TRAILS INCLUDING THE ADA COMPLIANT MCKNIGHT TRAIL, EXHIBITS INCLUDING DINOSAUR, FOREST AND CANOPY WALK, WILD BIRD REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND NATURE STORE.
EDUCATION: THROUGH OUR ON-SITE RAPTOR PROGRAMS, EACH YEAR WE EDUCATE OVER 70,000 PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME EYE TO EYE WITH PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND. MORE THAN 37,000 SCHOOLCHILDREN, TEACHERS, FAMILIES AND ADULTS EXPERIENCE NATURE FIRSTHAND AS VISITORS AT THE NATURE CENTER. VINS SCHOOL PROGRAMS, NATURE CAMP, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH ADD MORE PARTICIPANTS TO OUR CURRICULUM EACH YEAR. CITIZEN SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJECTS, INVOLVE OBSERVING THE NATURAL WORLD, THEN ENTERING OBSERVATIONS ONLINE FOR URGENTLY NEEDED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
WILD BIRD REHABILITATION: VINS HIGHLY TRAINED REHABILITATORS TREAT 700+ INJURED AND ORPHANED BIRDS FROM THROUGHOUT VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE EACH YEAR. WE ALSO ANSWER WILDLIFE QUESTIONS AND CARE FOR THE MANY RESIDENT RAPTORS, ARTHROPODS AND REPTILES! OUR NEWLY RENOVATED FACILITY WILL ACCOMMODATE OVER 60-80 SPECIES AT ONE TIME. WE ARE THE LARGEST REHABBER IN THE STATE OF VERMONT.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Charles Rattigan | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $105,547 |
| Leonard Reitsma | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Kuba Nowicki | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Stacey Gerrish | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Weschler | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Adams | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Patrice Mushlin | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Edith Hubbell | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Chuck Sherman | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Ferrell | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Ronald Paprocki | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Jonathan Bouton | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| David Tillinghast | VICE CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| John Lee | CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
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