Session 2: Nature Stores

November 4, 2025 @ 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

    • Track 2

    About Session

    Get ideas on improving your nature store, how to set up an on-line sales offering, and what it takes to do “off-site” pop-up stores for special events.  Learn about new products in support of refuge branding.   

    Tom and Melissa Worthington: Minnesota Valley Friends; Carolyn Ferrell DC Booth Hatchery Society; Jill Bachman

     Hear from the manager of the very successful DC Booth Hatchery Nature Store about inventory management, product identification and suppliers.  We will present how to set up an on-line sales outlet for your store, and the steps needed to operate a successful “pop-up” store away from your building for special events.  We will also get an update on revisions to a new “Blue Goose Passport” and some other ideas on sales merchandise that supports the refuge system branding effort.

    Speakers

    Tom Worthington

    Tom Worthington

    Director at Large, Coalition of Refuge Friends and Advocates
    Jill Bachman

    Jill Bachman

    Nature Store, Friends of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
    Carolyn Ferrell

    Carolyn Ferrell

    Executive Director, Booth Society, Inc.
    Melissa Worthington

    Melissa Worthington

    Volunteer Manager, Minnesota Valley Refuge Friends
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