Young Forester Leadership Award

The Young Forester Leadership Award recognizes outstanding leadership by a young forestry professional in the development and promotion of an individual program or project, or for a sustained leadership role benefiting the practice of forestry and SAF. 

The award is presented at the SAF national convention and includes an honorarium of $500, complimentary convention registration, and up to $500 to offset national convention travel expenses.

Eligibility
Nominees must be SAF members and under 40 years of age at close of nomination due date.

Criteria
Evaluation will be based on:

• Outstanding leadership in the profession.
• Outstanding leadership in SAF.
• Sustained leadership roles benefiting the practice of forestry.

Nominations
Your nomination packet must include:

• A letter from the nominator demonstrating that the nominee meets the award criteria, with each criterion addressed separately in a brief paragraph.
• Letters of endorsement, not to exceed three (in addition to the nomination letter), on the nominee's achievements with the award criteria.
• A biographical summary, not to exceed three pages. 
• Recent, digital headshot photograph of a minimum 300 dpi.

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