Public Speaking
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Bring Ethan and How to Love a Forest to you!
Ethan is a dynamic, charismatic and inspiring public speaker. Over the last decade, he has delivered talks for hundreds of conservation organizations, non-profits, community groups and government agencies across North America.
Ethan loves traveling and delivering talks and keynotes! He is available for in-person events wherever you are, as well as virtual events. To see some of the organizations that have hosted Ethan in the past, see his event calendar (below).
To book Ethan, or inquire about rates and availability, contact us here!
Come See Ethan On The Road!
1/9 - A Forest for Every Classroomteacher training @ Shelburne Farms - Shelburne, VT
1/21 - An Evening with Ethan Tapper & Helen Whybrow @ Town Hall Theatre - Middlebury, VT - 6:30 PM
1/22 -Lancaster (PA) Conservancy - Virtual - 6:00 PM
1/27 - Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference - Fort Wayne, IN
2/7 - Charlotte Land Trust @ Raven Ridge Natural Area - Charlotte, VT - 9:30 AM
2/9 -Illinois ‘Wild Ones’ - Virtual - 8:00 EST (7:00 PM CT)
2/10 - Vermont Forest Business Roundtable- Virtual - 6:00 PM
2/12 - Instagram Live w/ Craig Caudill (@NatureReliance) - 8:00 PM
2/25 - Chesapeake Bay Program STAC Workshop - virtual - 12:30
3/13-14 - Minnesota Family Woodlands Conference - Collegeville, MN
3/17 - Durham (NC) Garden Forum - Virtual - 6:00 PM
3/18 - Branching Out Together Conference @ Connecticut College - New London, CT
3/19 - Alnoba - Kensignton, NH - 5:00 PM
3/21 - Rhode Island Land Trust Council @ University of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI
3/23-3/24 - Penn State March Sustainability Showcase - State College, PA
3/23 - Hartley Wood Walk - 10:00 AM
3/23 - How to Love a Forest reading @ Webster’s Bookstore (& online) - 6:30 PM
3/24 - Keynote talk @ Kern 112 (& online) - 4:00 PM
3/24 - How to Love a Forest paperback release!!
3/24-3/26 -EcoForesters(multiple events) - Asheville, NC
3/26 - Modern Forestry Revisited @ Highland Brewing Company - 5:00 PM
4/2 - New York Botanical Garden (staff event)
4/7 - Friends of the Winooski River - Waterbury, VT - 5:30 PM
4/9 - Loving and Managing Your Forest Webinar w/ Massachusetts Forest Alliance - Virtual - 6:30 PM
4/11 - Vermont Woodland Conference @ Vermont State University - Randolph, VT
4/12 - Interpretive walk for UVM Outdoor Experience @ Ethan Allen Park - Burlington, VT - 1:00 PM
4/14 - Manchester Community Library - Manchester, VT - 5:30 PM
4/18 - Kentucky Native Plant Society’s Wildflower Weekend - Slade, KY
4/27 - Scenic Rivers Land Trust - Annapolis, MD
4/29 - Cornell-Gladstone-Hanton-Kaufman Lecture Series @ SUNY Oneonta - Oneota, NY
5/1 - Forests for Birds, Conservation & Community @ Birding Man - Ithaca, NY - 5:30 PM
5/5 - Grand Isle Free Library - Grand Isle, VT - 6:00 PM
5/7 - Bedford Field Notes series - Bedford, NY - 6:00 PM
5/13 - Sudbury Valley Trustees Circle of Friends & Outdoor Voices Speakers Series - Sudbury, MA - 7:30 PM
5/8-5/10 - How to Love a Forest weekend workshop@ the Rowe Center - Rowe, MA
5/21-5/22 - Forestry for Naturalists weekend workshop w/ North Branch Nature Center - Montpelier, VT
5/29-6/1 - Reading Retreat with Bridgeside Books @ Sterling Ridge Resort - Jeffersonville, VT
6/23 - Friends of Manchester Trees — Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA - 7:00 PM
6/27-6/28- Forestry Camp for Forest Stewards with Vermont Woodlands Association - Hinesburg and Bolton, VT
8/1 - Midwest Native Plant Conference - Dayton, OH
8/14 - Teach the Teacher’s Forest Education Retreat @ Great Mountain Forest - Norfolk Falls, CT
9/27-9/28 - Kentucky State Master Gardeners - Madisonville, KY
11/7 - Pennsylvania Forestry Association’s 140th Anniversary Celebration and Symposium/Annual Meeting - State College, PA
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PAST EVENTS (2024-2025)
9/4 - Vermont Edition (Vermont Public Radio) - Colchester, VT
9/7 - Otis Mountain Get Down - Elizabethtown, NY
9/8 - Columbia Land Conservancy - Chatham, NY
9/8 - The Chatham Bookstore - Chatham NY
9/10 - HOW TO LOVE A FOREST BOOK LAUNCH CELEBRATION - Burlington, VT
9/11 - NEIBA Conference - Boston, MA
9/14 - Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Ithaca, NY
9/18 - Maine Forest Service - Ellsworth, ME
9/18 - Instagram Live with Ben Goldfarb - 7:00 PM
9/19 - Picataquis Soil and Water Conservation District @ Thompson Free Library - Dover-Foxcroft, ME - 6:00 PM
9/20 - University of Maine-Orono - Orono, ME - Coe Room, Memorial Union — 3:00 PM
9/20 - Author Meet and Greet @ Orono Brewing Co. - Orono, ME - 4:30 PM
9/21 - Common Ground Fair - Unity, ME - Low Impact Forestry Tent - 11:00 AM
9/23 - Maine TREE @ Holt Research Forest - 508 Old Stage Road, Arrowsic, ME - 4:30 PM
9/24 - Maine Audubon @ Gilsland Farm Center, 20 Gilsland Farm RD, Falmouth, ME - 6:00 PM
9/25 - Richmond Free Library - Richmond, VT - 6:00 PM
9/28 - Vermont Woodlands Assoc. @ Bridgestone Books - Waterbury, VT - 7:00 PM
10/1 - Bixby Library - Vergennes, VT - 5:30 PM
10/3 - Pierson Library - Shelburne, VT - 6:30 PM
10/4 - Montgomery Center for the Arts - Montgomery, VT - 5:00 PM
10/5 - The Eloquent Page - St. Albans, VT - 1:00 PM
10/5 - Vermont Woodlands Association @ Northshire Bookstore - Manchester, VT - 6:00 PM
10/6 - Huntington Public Library - Huntington, VT - 4:30 PM
10/9 - Vermont Woodlands Association @ Norwich Bookstore - Norwich, VT - 7:00 PM
10/11 - Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts @ Raven Used Books - Shelburne, MA - 7:00 PM
10/13 - Highland Center for the Arts - Greensboro, VT - 3:00 PM
10/15 - Charlotte Public Library - Charlotte, VT - 7:00 PM
10/16 - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute @ VT Cider Lab - Essex Junction, VT - 4:00 PM
10/18 - Friends of the Missisquoi @ Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge - Swanton, VT - 7:00 PM
10/19 - Norman Williams Public Library - Woodstock, VT - 2:00 PM
10/22 - Still North Books & Bar - Hanover, NH - 7:00 PM
10/24 - Massachusetts Forest Alliance annual meeting - Westminster, MA
10/26 - Bear Pond Books - Stowe, VT - 11:00 AM
10/26 - Plymouth State College - Plymouth, NH
10/27 - Tiverton Land Trust (walk) @ Highland Woods - Tiverton, RI - 11:00 AM
10/27 - Tiverton Land Trust (reading/talk) @ Davoll’s General Store - Dartmouth, MA - 3:00 PM
10/28 - Vineyard Conservation Society (walk) @ Polly Hill Arboretum, Martha’s Vineyard, MA - 2:00 PM
10/28 - Vineyard Conservation Society (reading/talk) @ Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Martha’s Vineyard, MA - 5:30 PM
10/29 - Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI - 12:00 PM
10/29 - Orleans Conservation Trust @ Sea Howl Bookstore - Orleans, MA - 6:00 PM
10/30 - Symposium Books - Providence, RI - 4:00 PM
11/6 - Dorothy Alling Memorial Library - Williston, VT - 6:30 PM
11/7 - Toadstool Books - Keene, NH - 5:00 PM
11/8 - Balin Books - Nashua, NH - 6:30 PM
11/12 - Yale School of the Environment - New Haven, CT - 12:00 PM
11/12 - University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT - 3:30 PM
11/14 - Starksboro Library - Starksboro, VT - 7:00 PM
11/16 - Northern Woodlands - Lyme, NH - 1:00 PM
11/17 - White Birch Books @ Pope Memorial Library - North Conway, NH - 3:00 PM
11/19 - Rhode Island Woodland Partnership (virtual) - 1:00 PM
11/19 - Farm & Wilderness (virtual) - Plymouth, VT - 7:00 PM
11/20 - Keynote for UVM Natural Areas’ 50th Anniversary Celebration - Davis Center (UVM Campus), Burlington, VT
11/21 - New Jersey Forestry Assoc. Backyard Forestry Program (virtual) - 7:00 PM
11/23 - Burnham Memorial Library - Colchester, VT - 1:00 PM
11/26 - Gibson’s Bookstore - Concord, NH - 6:30 PM
12/3 - Carpenter-Carse Library - Hinesburg, VT - 7:00 PM
12/5 - South Burlington Public Library - South Burlington, VT - 6:30 PM
12/10 - North Branch Nature Center - Montpelier, VT - 6:30 PM
12/12 - Plenary for Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative Annual Conference - Burlington, VT
12/12 - Montshire Museum - Norwich, VT - 5:30 PM
12/13 - Sterling College - Craftsbury, VT - 6:00 PM
12/17 - Northern New York Audubon (virtual) - 7:00 PM
12/19 - Backcountry Hunters & Anglers @ Bear Naked Growlers - Montpelier, VT - 6:30 PM
1/19 - Johnson Public Library @ Jenna’s House - Johnson, VT - 2:00 PM
1/21 - Master Gardeners of Bergen County - (NJ) - virtual - 7:20 PM
1/26 - Tunbridge Conservation Commission @ Tunbridge Public Library - Tunbridge, VT - 3:00 PM
1/31 - Groton Public Library - Groton, VT - 5:30 PM
2/8 - Vermont Forest Products Association @ The Canadian Club - Barre, VT
2/9 - City Market Co-op @ Hinesburg Town Forest - Hinesburg, VT - 10:00 AM
2/11 - Hoosic River Watershed Association @ Williams College (Wege Auditorium) - Williamstown, MA - 7:00 PM
2/12 - Nantucket Conservation Foundation @ the Nantucket Atheneum - Nantucket, MA
2/15 - Northeast Organic Farming Association Annual Conference - Burlington, VT
2/20 - Green Mountain Club @ Shelburne Town Hall - Shelburne, VT - 7:00 PM
2/25 - Burlington Garden Club @ Faith Methodist Church - South Burlington, VT - 1:00 PM
2/25 - Cabot Public Library - Cabot, VT - 6:30 PM
3/5 - Living Earth Action Group @ Westminster West Church - Westminster West, VT - 6:00 PM
3/6 - Thoreau Farm - Concord, MA - 7:00 PM
3/7-3/8 - James Finley Center for Private Forests - State College, PA
3/9 - Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center - Petersburg, PA - 10:00 AM (walk); 1:00 PM (talk/reading)
3/10 - Berks County Parks and Recreation @ Angora Fruit Farm - Berks County, PA - 3:00 PM
3/11 - Scenic Rivers Land Trust @ Bacon Ridge Natural Area - Crownsville, MD - 4:30 PM
3/12 - Maryland Forests Association @ Forestry Day in Annapolis - Annapolis, MD
3/13 - Otsego County Conservation Assocation @ Fenimore Art Musuem - Cooperstown, NY - 7:00 PM
3/20 - Kenyon College @ GAL Gund Gallery 001 Community Foundation Theater - Gambier, OH - 5:00 PM
3/21 - Take Cover Books - Peterborough, ON - 7:00 PM
3/22 - Kawartha Land Trust - Peterborough, ON
3/24 - Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve - Haliburton, ON - 7:00 PM
3/25-3/26 - Laurentian University - Sudbury, ON
4/3 - Thetford Historical Society - Thetford, VT - 7:00 PM
4/5 - Ticonderoga Garden Symposium, Ticonderoga, NY
4/8 - Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests @ Fox State Forest - Hillsboro, NH - 7:00 PM
4/10 - Aldo Leopold Foundation - virtual - 7:00 PM
4/12 - The Fund for North Bennington/Bennington Master Gardeners @ Unitarian-Universalist Church - Bennington, VT
4/16 - New Haven Conservation Commission @ New Haven Town Hall - New Haven, VT - 7:00 PM
4/22 - Duxbury Land Trust - Duxbury, VT
4/24 - Middlebury College - Middlebury, VT - 12:40 PM
4/25 - SUNY Plattsburgh - Plattsburgh, NY - 4:30 PM
5/2-5/4 - How to Love a Forest: Reimagining Forests and Forest Stewardship weekend training -Rowe, MA
5/5 - Veasey Memorial Park - Groveland, MA
5/6 - Wells Estuarine Research Reserve, York County Audubon & Great Works Regional Land Trust (walk) - Wells, ME - 2:00 PM
5/6 - Wells Estuarine Research Reserve, York County Audubon & Great Works Regional Land Trust (talk) - Wells, ME - 7:00 PM
5/7 - Great Pond Land Trust - Bucksport, ME
5/8 - Groton Conservation Trust - Groton, MA
5/12 - Massachusetts Master Naturalists - virtual
5/23 - Vermont FFA Assocation @ Vermont State University - Randolph, VT - 4:00 PM
5/24-5/25 - How to Love a Forest: Understanding Ecological Forestry weekend workshop w/ North Branch Nature Center - Montpelier VT
5/29 - Canopy 2025 Conference @ UMass Amherst - Amherst, MA
6/12 - Wissahickon Trails Birds and Brews event - Ambler, PA
6/13 - Wissahickon Trails donor event - Ambler, PA
6/19 - Vermont Forest Industry Summit - Bolton, VT
6/19 - Brookfield Community Partnership at Brookfield Old Town Hall (93 Stone Road) - Brookfield, VT
6/24 - Franklin County Sugarmakers Assoc. Annual Meeting - Phoenix House - Franklin, VT - 5:00 PM
6/28 - Vermont Woodlands Association Field Day - South Strafford, VT
7/12 - Earth Crisis Summit (virtual) - 12:00 PM
7/13 - South Burlington Land Trust Annual Meeting - South Burlington, VT
7/19 - Stowe Land Trust @ Strawberry Hill Farm (walk) - Stowe, VT - 1:00 PM
7/25 - 24 Main Street Community Center - Saxtons River, VT - 7:00 PM
8/2 - Naushon Island Trust - Woods Hole, MA
8/19 - US Fish and Wildlife Service/USDA/NIACS - “Public Use, Recreation & Management in Forests - virtual - 12:00 PM
8/21 - Larkspur Conservation (TN) - virtual - 7:00 PM (6:00 PM CT)
8/23-24 - Mahoosic Land Trust @ Gould Academy - Bethel, ME
8/24 - Tin Mountain Conservation Center - Jackson, NH - 2:00 PM
8/24 - Whitney Community Center - Jackson, NH - 7:00 PM
9/3 - Crown Hill Foundation @ Crown Hill Cemetery - Indianapolis, IN - 6:00 PM
9/4 - Indiana Forestry & Woodland Owners/Indiana Conservation Partners - Bloomington, IN
9/5 - American Bird Conservancy’s Open Canopy Workshop - Louisville, KY
9/13 - New Hampshire Audubon Member Celebration & Meeting - Auburn, NH
9/13 - Fremont Public Library - Fremont, NH - 6:00 PM
9/19-20 - Loving the Land through Working Forests Conference - Corry, PA
9/30 - Cutler Memorial Library - Plainfield Opera House - Plainfield, VT
10/2 - Ontario Woodlots Association - Belleville, ON
10/4 - John Deere X Forestry Influencer Event - Starksville, MS
10/7 - Methow Conservancy (WA) - Virtual - 9:00 PM (6:00 PM PT).
10/16 - Champlain Area Trails - Whallonsburg Grange - Essex, NY - 6:30 PM
10/18 - University of Vermont (interpretive walk) @ Centennial Woods Natural Area — 1:00 PM
10/30 - University of Vermont @ Davis Center, Livak Ballroom — 6:00 PM
10/31 - Vermont State University - Castleton, VT
11/1 - New Hampshire Assoc. of Conservation Commissions Annual Conference @ Pembroke Academy - Pembroke, NH
11/3 - Morris Arboretum & Gardens @ the University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
11/4 - All Hallows Guild @ Washington National Cathedral - Washington, D.C.
11/5 - Dutchess Land Conservancy (Millbrook, NY) - Virtual - 6:00 PM
11/19 - Audubon Connecticut and New York - New York City, NY
12/3 - Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council biennial conference - Richmond, VA