Ethan Tapper, nationally-recognized forester, content creator and author, will give a presentation, “How to Love a Forest,” on Tuesday, May 6, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Wells Reserve’s Mather Auditorium.

Wells Reserve at Laudholm will present the program in partnership with York County Audubon and Great Works Regional Land Trust. Wells Reserve at Laudholm is located just off Route 1, near the Wells-Kennebunk line.

According to a news release, “Tapper will draw from his work as a forester and his bestselling book, “How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World,” to discuss what it means to care for forests and other ecosystems. How do we respond to the harmful legacies of the past? How do we use our species’ incredible power to heal rather than to harm?

“While many believe that protecting ecosystems means protecting them from ourselves, Tapper argues that humans must take action to help ecosystems heal and to move into a more abundant future. Tapper’s message is at once compassionate and pragmatic, clear-eyed and hopeful, a powerful new idea for how we can build a world that works for all of its ecosystems and all of its people.”

The program will be presented in-person at Mather Auditorium and virtually on Zoom. Preregistration is not required for the in-person event. The suggested donation is $5 per person.

Preregistration is required to attend virtually. Visit wellsreserve.org/calendar to register for the Zoom link.

Copies of Tapper’s book, “How to Love a Forest” will be available for purchase at the in-person event courtesy of Lupine Books of Kennebunkport.

Tapper, according to the news release, is a forester, birder, naturalist, digital creator, and the bestselling author. He has been recognized as a thought-leader and a disruptor in the forestry and conservation community of the northeastern United States and beyond, winning multiple regional and national awards for his work. Tapper runs a consulting forestry business – Bear Island Forestry – is a regular contributor to Northern Woodlands magazine and a variety of other publications, and is a digital creator with tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Facebook. In his personal life, Tapper works, writes, hunts and birds at Bear Island – his 175-acre working forest, homestead, orchard and sugarbush – works toward a graduate degree at the University of Vermont, and plays in his 10-piece punk band, The Bubs.

Wells Reserve at Laudholm is Maine’s only National Estuarine Research Reserve and is open every day for science, education, and public enjoyment. More than 50,000 people visit the Wells Reserve each year to explore seven miles of trails and learn about coastal ecosystems. Wells Reserve is funded by Laudholm Trust (a member-supported Maine nonprofit) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.