OVER THE PAST 64 YEARS THE NORTH AMERICAN FOREST SOILS CONFERENCE (NAFSC) HAS HOSTED TOPICS EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT HAVE SPANNED A RANGE OF ISSUES PERTINENT TO THE RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT OF SOILS AND FORESTS. THE CUTTING-EDGE APPLIED AND BASIC SCIENCE PRESENTED AT THE NAFSC CONFERENCE REMAINED STANDARD REFERENCES IN SOILS AND FORESTRY FOR DECADES AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION. WE WILL HOST THE 14TH NAFSC IN EUGENE OREGON JULY 16-23 2023.THE CONFERENCE TYPICALLY HOSTS 125 OR MORE ATTENDEES INCLUDING STUDENTS UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY SCIENTISTS AND MANAGERS AND SCIENTISTS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM PRIVATE INDUSTRY. THE CONFERENCE IS SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS - THE MAIN CONFERENCE AND A POST-CONFERENCE FIELD TOUR. THE FOUR-DAY-LONG MAIN CONFERENCE INCLUDES THREE DAYS OF KEYNOTE ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES A BANQUET AND A DAY-LONG MID-CONFERENCE FIELD TOUR. AFTER THE MAIN CONFERENCE TYPICALLY ONE FOURTH OF CONFERENCE ATTENDEES ATTEND THE POST-CONFERENCE FIELD TOUR.THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO REDUCE COSTS TO ATTEND NAFSC. FUNDS ARE REQUESTED TO SUPPORT ALL ATTENDEES TO ATTEND THE MAIN CONFERENCE AND THE POST-CONFERENCE FIELD TOUR. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND OUR RESPONSE TO IT HAS CAUSED MANY IMPACTS TO OUR LIVES AND THIS HAS INCLUDED HIGHER COSTS TO MANY SERVICES. INFLATION HAS INCREASED THE COSTS OF ALL THINGS BUT NOT EQUALLY ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES. INDEED OSU CONFERENCE SERVICES STATES THAT TRANSPORTATION COSTS (COACH RENTALS IN PARTICULAR) HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY INCREASED RELATIVE TO OTHER SERVICES. THESE COST INCREASES ARE TOUGH TO ABSORB IN THE BUDGETS OF MANY OF OUR ATTENDEES (ACADEMICS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS). THEREFORE WE HAVE REQUESTED FUNDS TO LOWER THE COSTS FOR ALL BY OVER $250 PER PERSON FOR BOTH THE MAIN CONFERENCE AND POST-CONFERENCE FIELD TOUR. THIS WOULD BRING THE TOTAL COST OF THE CONFERENCE DOWN TO ABOUT $775 PER ATTENDEE.