Event Ticket Options
Camping: $360
Commuting: $330
Residential: $460
NOTE: Registration is a two-step process for those that want a private room. First, select your event ticket (commuter, residential, or camping) and the program fee will be added. If you’d like upgraded lodging (a private room instead of the dorm or cabin included with the basic on-site event price), you will then be directed to our Cloudbeds to complete your accommodation selection. All rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have mobility concerns and need assistance finding an accessible room, please contact our front desk.
ABOUT THE WEEKEND
Join Ethan Tapper – internationally-recognized forester, digital storyteller, and bestselling author – for a weekend in the woods of Rowe in the midst of spring bird migration. This workshop is an opportunity to learn about forest ecology, natural history, and more while witnessing the arrival of dozens of species of migratory songbirds, the phenomenon that Ethan calls: “one of the great wonders of the world.” Participants will learn from Ethan on birding walks, nature walks, and lectures, share his morning writing practice with him, and more. He will share from his award-winning book: How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World, as well as from his upcoming release The Forest Year: Finding Hope in a World Worth Saving.
For more than a decade, Ethan has been recognized as a thought-leader in the world of ecosystem stewardship, winning numerous regional and national awards for his work. More recently, he has been recognized as a writer – since its publication in 2024, his first book – How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World has been named the winner of the 2025 New England Book Award for nonfiction, and received international acclaim. Ethan’s message of relationship, responsibility and hope reaches millions of people each year through his writing, social media channels with hundreds of thousands of followers, and the hundreds of walks, talks and keynotes that he delivers across North America each year. Ethan works, writes, hunts, birds and runs a small consulting forestry business from his home at Bear Island – his 175-acre working forest, homestead, orchard and sugarbush in Vermont – and plays in his punk band, The Bubs.