Ethan Tapper

Ethan Tapper is an American forester, author and the county forester of Chittenden County, Vermont. He has spent his career managing forests and advocating for an approach to forestry that balances ecological health, biodiversity and the human connection to the land. How to Love a Forest is his guide to understanding and caring for forests, written for anyone who has ever walked through the woods and wanted to understand what they were seeing. The book combines practical forestry knowledge with a deep love for forests as ecosystems, communities and sources of wonder, offering readers the tools to become better stewards of the wooded landscapes they inhabit. Available as both a book and an audiobook, How to Love a Forest offers beautiful listening and reading for nature lovers, hikers, landowners and anyone who wants to understand and protect the forests that sustain us.