Attendee registration for SAF26 is now open!

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Convention Registration

Registration to SAF26 includes access to plenary sessions, concurrent scientific and technical sessions, poster symposium, people, policy, and popcorn sessions, SAF CONNECT, expo hall events, refreshment breaks, and most receptions and parties as outlined in the Schedule-at-a-Glance. 

Registration Types

Registration Fees 

 Early Rates
(through Aug. 15)

 Regular Rates
(Aug. 16-Oct. 2)

On-Site Rates
(After Oct. 2) 

Member

 $515

 $585 

 $650

Member - Retired & Golden 

 $465

 $530

 $580

Students (Nonmember and Member)

 $205

 $235

 $255 

Non-Member

 $690

 $795 

 $875

Classroom (group rate - up to 15 students at one school)

 $2,615 

 $3,000 

 $3,250

Agency (group rate - up to 5 employees of a single government agency)

 $2,225

 $2,780 

 $3,120

One-day (includes attendance to any receptions/parties offered that day)

 $260 

 $300

  $335

Guest (only attending receptions)

 $100

 $115

  $125
 

Field Tour & Workshop Registration

Visit the SAF26 website for more details on workshops and technical tours.

Field Tours & Workshops Registration Fees 
Workshops
October 6, 2026  
Prescribed Burn Manager Training for Landowners, Land Managers, and Agency Personnel
  $15
Easy Creation of Video "Postcards" to Tell the Story of SAF Chapter Field Trips  $15
Data Science for Forestry Application Using FIA Data
  $15
Leveraging Participatory Science for Forest Biodiversity Monitoring, Research, and Education
  $15
Beyond the Viewer: Spatial Data Analysis with the Treatment and Wildfire Interagency Geodatabase  $15

Field Tours
October 6, 2026  
Washington Forest and Fish Through the Lens of the Small Forest Landowner   $90
Nisqually Community Forest and Nisqually Indian Tribe   $90
Military Silviculture Systems and Unique Western Washington Forest Ecosystems   $90
Mixes Species and Spacing Plantations: Early Stand Responses   $90
Advancing Cable Logging: Innovation, Safety and Sustainability Operations   $90
Sierra Pacific Industries Shelton Mill   $90
October 7, 2026  
Elbe Hill State Forest   $90
October 8, 2026  
Cascade Hardwood Sawmill Tour   $90
October 9, 2026  
Growing Forests: The Science of Reforestation at Scale   $90
Urban Forestry Challenges and Opportunities in the South Puget Sound Region   $90
 

Please ensure you read the policies below prior to registering.

 

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SAF26 Support Letter
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COVID-19 and Health Policy

The health and safety of everyone attending the 2026 SAF National Convention (attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, staff, vendors, and volunteers) is a top priority for SAF. As such, we are undertaking preventative measures to reduce the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus in accordance with public health guidance from the City of Tacoma. We will update you reflecting our ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and comfort of those joining us at convention as it gets closer, based on government guidance available at the time. If public health requirements change prior to the event, we will inform you about these changes and their implications on your attendance at this event.

By attending SAF26, attendees, partners, and SAF agree to engage safely while adhering to public health guidelines in place at the time of convention. This commitment further includes not attending the event if you are experiencing any signs, symptoms or have recently been exposed to, or diagnosed and not yet cleared by health authorities as non-contagious with COVID-19.

 

Cancellation & Refund Policy

You may cancel your registration and request a full refund until September 11, 2026. A $75 administrative fee will be deducted from the total refund due.


Consent Clause

Registration and attendance at, or participation in the 2026 SAF National Convention (SAF26) constitutes an agreement by the registrant to the use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant's or attendee’s image or voice in photographs and audio/video recordings for SAF's marketing and promotion of this event and SAF as an organization. SAF reserves the right to record entire presentations. SAF's use and distribution of recordings is contingent upon prior presenter approval and not attendee approval.