SAF honors those members who have provided outstanding contributions to the Society and to the forestry profession with the title of Fellow. The goal of the Society is to recognize approximately five percent of its members with this honor.
Current Kentucky-Tennessee SAF Fellows
| Schnell, Robert L. | 1979 |
| Newman, James A. | 1982 |
| Harden, Charles H. | 1985 |
| Schneider, Gary CF | 1985 |
| Evans, Richard M. CF | 1987 |
| Young, Edwin J. | 1987 |
| Bollinger, Roger W. | 1988 |
| Doyle, Larry M. | 1988 |
| Schell, Kerry F. | 1988 |
| Teate, J. Lamar | 1988 |
| McGee, Charles E. | 1989 |
| Smalley, Glendon W. | 1989 |
| Wengert, Richard H. CF | 1990 |
| Toler, Beryl G. | 1991 |
| Reynolds, Gerald L. | 1993 |
| Rennie, John C. CF | 1999 |
| Houston, Allan E. CF | 2000 |
| Clatterbuck, Wayne K. CF | 2003 |
| Walters, William David CF | 2004 |
| Anderson, James R. CF | 2005 |
| Stringer, Jeffrey W. CF | 2008 |
| Mercker, David | 2015 |
| McLaren, Doug | 2015 |
| Holt, Jeff CF | 2015 |