Agroborealis

A review of some research in progress: Sub-alpine rangeland requires careful management; Agronomists evaluate native grasses; Green Gold (grass seed collected from Hope, Alaska; USDA ire summary ratings under scrutiny; Agricultural engineer monitors weather; Phosphorus important to Kenai barley; Pea project [frozen vegetables] shows promise; Low temperature storage increases fresh lettuce sales; Soil tests measure nutrients; Warm-season vegetables thrive on polyethylene-insulated soils; Barley varieties for Alaska; Vegetable growers battle turnip maggot; Mink feed from fish wastes; Limnanthes: a potential oilseed crop; Policy Planning: key to progress in agriculture; Economist analyzes demand for fresh veal in Fairbanks.

Dairy production...enterprise...with good potential; Dairy cows; Vegetables in Alaska; Ornamentals [grass, flowers, bedding plants; Small fruit development [air freight business/markets]; Red meat possibilities [research needed]; Soil picture in Alaska; land development requires research; Climate data from around Alaska; How can you help agriculture in Alaska?

Scientific tour of the pipeline route; Stretching the forage production season; Merits of irrigation in Alaska; Red fescue, a valuable species; Coffee, tea, or milk? [experiment station survey/what people in Fairbanks drink; Unusual test at Petersburg [can sonic booms affect mink birth and growth?]'; Potato skin spot, a northern disease; A hardy strawberry: 'Alaska Pioneer'; Weeds studied for strengths and weaknesses; Cobalt's a must in cattle diet; Revegetation problems and progress; To interview a cow [herd observed on subalpine range]; Lack of sulfur limits plant growth. Publications list for 1969.

Alaska Frostless' [potato variety] holds promise; D. H. Dinkel: Alaska's custom-made scientist; L. J. Klebesadel: He makes hay while the sun shines; Paul Martin: He does the station's dirty work; C. L. Branton; He helped in building breakthrough [construction / vapor barriers]; Lee Allen: As an engineer, he's in high demand; Charles Marsh: Always looking for new markets; William Mitchell: Conservation is his business; Arthur Brundate: He watches over Alaska's dairy herd; NC-64 committee meets in Alaska: a regional effort to solve scientific problems; Winston Laughlin: Keeping an eye on soil nutrients; Sigmund Restad: experiment station's 'crying towel' [executive officer]; Wayne Burton: a real place in the research picture [agriculture economist]; James Leekley: Some 2,000 mink are in his charge; Charles Logsdon: He specializes in vegetable disease; Roscoe Taylor: Development of cereal crops has two goals; Richard Washburn: His work is usually full of bugs; Frank Wooding: an exciting program for 1971 [triticale].

Ecology, environment, and agriculture; Fermented, high-moisture barley; Apples in Alaska; Native Alaska legumes studied; Low-temperature fungi; Two sources of nitrogen for bromegrass; Time of planting critical for Alaska grass seed growers; Freeze-branding cattle; Energy measurements in a subpolar environment; Frozen french fries for Alaska; Oat varieties for forage; Alaska veal for the Alaska consumer; Resurgence noted in Alaska cutworms; Views...[future range livestock production]; So many questions, so few answers; Distinguished and charming visiting scientist [Yvonne Aitken]. Publications list for 1970.

Nitrogen metabolism in potato tubers; Vapor barriers in Alaska construction; Grain breeding for better cereals; An ounce of Potassium is worth a pound of potatoes; Solving a pair of problems in mink ranching; Studying nitrogen metabolism [in potatoes]; Obituary: Dr. Allan Mack; Importance of a vapor barrier; Dr. Wayne Thomas joins faculty; Grain breeding shows success...; Solving the potassium deficiency mystery; Dr. Peter C. Lin joins agricultural economics research; A good fish diet for mink.

The surplus dairy calf; Research insect collection; Increased soil temperature / plastic mulches; New Alaska grasses excel in winterhardiness; Diced summer squash, new Alaska frozen food; High protein grain in interior Alaska; New tool for land preparation in Alaska; Which Alaska plants are poisonous to livestock; Will remote sensing give us the answer?; Internal parasites in Alaska cattle; Economic factors in Alaska milk marketing; Fiddleheads, trick or treat?; Lettuce storage problems, 1971; new cereal varieties for Alaska; Processed crab waste, valuable as a liming agent; Red fescue and bluegrass rank high in frequent-cut test. Publications list for 1971.

Lawrence Davis: reindeer owner; Bannons grow vegetables on scenic farm [Mary and Al Bannon]; Marie Fett wanted fresh eggs [Lee Fett and Marie]; Ann Dolney turns hobby into business [Ann and Ed Dolney]; Russell James does his gardening under glass; It's not Kansas, but Alaska! [OHM grain/hog venture, Ed Merdes and Jim Harding]; Profile of a Matanuska Dairy Farm [Myrtle Gislason, Bob McCombs, Merlie McCombs, Fairview Dairies]; Holmes family runs Aleutian Islands sheep ranch [Milt Holmes, Beverly Holms at Unalaska]; Visit to a Kodiak cattle range [Burton Ranch: Kathy Burton, Bill Burton, Jim Burton, Toni Burton]; The Robert Mielkes, Matanuska valley potato farmers [Evelyn Mielke, Robert]; McKee family runs Fairbanks area hog ranch [Don McKee, Alice McKee].

1972 meat prices down in Fairbanks and Seattle; Controlled environment agriculture (CEA); Agricultural climatologists meet in Alaska; Preserving Alaska's wood products by double diffusion; Nitrogen fertilization of polar bromegrass; Soil testing as a research tool; Milton Barzee new agronomist at Palmer; Photoperiod / Nyctoperiod pattern in autumn critical to grasses in Alaska; Pumpkins, polyethylene, and photoperiod; Alaska Plant Materials Center, a new institution; Research progress with alfalfa in Alaska; New swine research facility; comparison of oat-pea and barley-pea silage as feed for dairy cows; Barley yields on summer-fallowed and stubble land; Wheat research in Alaska; Using native plant resources for conservation; Rotary plow gives yeoman service; Basil Bensin dies at 91; New potato Varieties for diversification and specialized markets; Controlling Alaskan insects without chemicals; Private campgrounds in Alaska. Publications list [1972/1973].

Grains in Seward's icebox; Examination of the salad vegetable market of Anchorage; sweet holygrass, a potentially valuable ally; Alfalfa pellets increase dry matter and protein of oat-pea silage; Prospecting for green gold [native grassland forage]; Phosphorus fixation problems in some Alaska soils; Winter stresses affecting overwintering crops in the Matanuska Valley; Native bluejoint: a valuable forage and germplasm resource; Beekeeping in Alaska; Barley response to phosphorus and lime; Super bird's eye view of Alaska [satellite imaging]; Early sweet corn for Alaska; Two researchers join IAS staff to develop controlled environment agriculture in Alaska [Hertha S. Guthrie, Delbert D. Hemphill, Jr.]; Agronomists on the banks of the Sagavanirktok; In Memoriam: Milton A. Barzee; Publications list for 1973 [Also see Vol 5, No. 1].

Alaska's agricultural stations: then and now; A new building for Fairbanks; Matanuska Farm gets a cow palace; Matanuska Valley farm and research center; Three red meat programs: Fairbanks swine barn, new beef program for Homer, research at Kodiak to help ranchers.

A look at forage research in the Soviet Union: Alaska's interests; Red turnip beetle; Climate reversals and Alaska's grasslands; Modern dairy cow; Report on the Western Governor's Conference; Volcanic-ash affected soils of southcentral Alaska, some chemical and mineralogical properties; Production tips: cauliflower, swiss chard, beet, spinach, cucumber, potato, summer squash; Small grains on agricultural land in remote areas; Thomas E. Loynachan joins Palmer staff; In memoriam: John C. Brinsmade; Publications list for 1974.

Flowering shrubs used in phenological net; Vegetable variety trials...; Avoid fertilizers with low phosphorus content and containing nitric phosphates; Measuring feed quality by proxy; Native grass seed enters commercial production; Early planting is important to Alaska growers of bluegrass and red fescue seed; Photo: plots reveal arctic secrets; New director, James V. Drew; New staff: Tony Gasbarro, Kenneth L. Casavant; Leonard K. Johnson; Frederic M. Husby; Publications list for 1975.

Outdoor recreation research in Alaska; Trade interdependencies...Alaska and Washington; Evaluating Alaska soils; Meat price trends in Fairbanks and Seattle, 1973-1975; Timothy yield and composition as influenced by lime and nitrogen applications to Kachemak soil series; Unusual autumn temperature pattern; consumer reaction to CEA vegetables; Quality of bluejoint hay; High-level panel reviews Alaska's agricultural research needs; Publications list for 1976.

Agricultural field day at Aniak; Low-cost, year-around calf housing; Biological nitrogen fixation in natural and agricultural situations in Alaska; Some research on turfgrasses in Fairbanks; The pH of Bodenburg silt loam soil as related to forest cover and time under cultivation; Wild rice trials in Alaska; Rehabilitation of bare sites in interior Alaska; Crisp green salad at forty below; Potato storage management in Alaska; Who Cares? [Agroborealis questionnaire]; An oilseed crop looks promising for interior Alaska [rapeseed]; Publications list for 1977.

Homer beef production project; Hay quality survey for Homer project; Gains of beef calves during winter-feeding and summer grazing, lower Kenai Peninsula, Alaska; Managing native bluejoint reedgrass for forage production; Cool heads and warm feet [soil warming research]; Rampart Agricultural Experiment Station, 1900-1925; Brief biography of George T. Gasser; Iceland: productive northland; Delta-Clearwater lands opened for agricultural use, 2,000-acre clearing trials project; Delta dust? Soil management on agricultural land in interior Alaska; 'Summerred' Apple, a delightful addition to 'Chinese Golden Early' and 'Rescue' eating apples for southcentral Alaska; Asian markets for Alaska's agricultural products; Woodland nutrient cycling, an important consideration in renewable resource management; In memoriam: Dr. Richard H. Washburn; Publications list for 1978

AFES notes; Wholesale pricing of locally grown cut roses in Fairbanks, Alaska; Importance of vase life in marketing locally grown roses; maximizing the vase life of cut roses grown in Alaska; Pruning strategies for greenhouse rose production in Alaska; Food irradiation and Alaska's food industries; Equations for predicting energy values of Alaska feedstuffs; Effect of six gypsum rates on bromegrass yield and chemical composition; Inoculation of alfalfa in Alaska; Publications list for 1987.

Changing Pattern in small-grain silage mixtures in Alaska; Biological catalyst [BIO-CAT soil additive] leaves bromegrass, barley, and wheat yields and bromegrass composition unchanged; Land application of sludge; Marketing Alaska's roses; Agriculture and wildlife, are they compatible in Alaska?; Simple structure for plant environment enhancement; Natural revegetation of dredge tailings at Fox, Alaska; Techniques for continuous and improved vegetable harvests, the effects of plant spacing, transplanting, and direct seeding; Optimum herd structure in Alaska reindeer herds; Plant diseases: a potential threat to Delta barley; Rust diseases on white spruce in Alaska; Persistence of herbicides 2,4-D and Picloram in Alaska soils north of latitude 60º; Responses of arctic tundra to intensive muskox grazing; Alaska-developed grass varieties coming into use; Persistence and movement of agricultural chemicals in soils in the Delta-Clearwater area; Notes; News and comment: Delta Agricultural Project: success or failure?; Publications list for 1980.

Strip mine [stripmine] reclamation and wildlife in Alaska; Project agriculture: an experience in the southern hemisphere; Climatic trends in the interior of Alaska: moving toward a high CO2 world?; Forestry in Sweden and Finland: its applicability to interior Alaska; Cultured biological product [Agrispon] provides no beneficial effects on barley or bromegrass; barley whole-wheat quick bread, a potential use for Alaska grains; Grasses and their uses in Alaska; Using the recreation concept plan technique to assess public choice; Notes; Fertilizer requirements for barley grown on newly cleared land in Alaska's interior; Beefalo in Alaska; Rapeseed response to seeding rate, row spacing and nitrogen application; Vegetation studies for the proposed Susitna hydroelectric project; Potential markets for ducks, geese, and rabbits in Alaska; Village-based plan for the small-scale production of ducks, geese, and rabbits; Solar energy for grain drying in Alaska; Nitrogen: transformations and availability in Alaska soils; Alaska's bison, a game biologist's range-management problem; Retired: Dr. Curtis H. Dearborn; Toward a system of grazing fees for state rangelands in Alaska; Crab meal, a local protein source for the Alaska dairy industry; Intensive forest management: the Bonanza Creek demonstration project; Publications list for 1981.

Conservation tillage research in Interior Alaska; Soil moisture and temperature as influenced by fall and spring tillage systems; Planting and fertilizing options in barley production; Recreation planning in the White Mountains National Recreation Area; Limestone landscapes of the White Mountains; Valuing outdoor recreational opportunities; Influence of a complete fertilizer on soil pH and available NO3 -N,P,m and K in Kachemak silt loam; Computer comes to Alaska farming; Changes in weed-species assemblage with increasing field age; Increased or decreased energy [Susitna hydroelectric project] for moose?; Undergraduate degree encompasses new options in forestry and agriculture; Spinach Creek watershed; Tissue culture; Effect of feeding whole-grain barley to free-ranging and penned reindeer; Public policy and the future of Alaska's reindeer industry; Does feeding crab meal to dairy cows adversely milk taste?; Notes; Publications list for 1982.

Soil fertility considerations for barley and oat forage production at Point MacKenzie; What happens to fertilizer nitrogen?; Using Alaska feeds in dairy nutrition research; Earthen storage basin [for manure] for dairy farms in Alaska; Research associated with registration of pesticides and drugs in Alaska; Growing winter grains in Alaska; Introduction and suitability of Icelandic horses in northwestern Alaska; A grass from Alaska gives promising results in Alaska; Far-north-adapted bluegrasses from areas with rigorous winter climate perform best in southcentral Alaska; Do slow-release nitrogen fertilizers have an advantage for lawn fertilization in southcentral Alaska?; Cooperative Extension Service publishes major report [Alaska's Agriculture and Forestry, Alaska Rural Development Council Publication No. 3]; Publication list for 1983.

AES Notes; Evaluation of plants used for strip mine reclamation near Healy, Alaska; native Alaskan pumpelly Bromegrass: characteristics and potential for use; Lingonberry cultivation; Monitoring the activity of root maggots; Rhizoctonia disease of potato; Frost seeding of rapeseed; conservation-tillage and residue-management systems for interior Alaska; Factors affecting the palatability of reindeer meat; Alaska's agricultural lands: some issues in public policy; Forest management for interior Alaska: can products justify costs?

AFES Notes; Forest landscapes of interior Alaska; Moose-browsing damage in a recently thinned stand of sapling paper birch in interior Alaska; Rosie Creek Fire; Critical importance of north-latitude adaptation for dependable winter survival of perennial plants in Alaska; findings on turfgrasses and their management; animal distribution limits range utilization; Status of selenium in Alaska; Representative rivers: a research program based on management decision-making; Interior Alaska crops respond to boron applications;Publications list for 1984.

AFES Notes; Barley breeding in Alaska; Barley response to phosphorus and lime: results of applications to Horizons from homestead silt loam; Soil-temperature monitoring network in Alaska; Automated environmental data collection for research in remote locations; Soil conservation in Alaska: past and present; Beach wildrye: characteristics and uses of a native Alaska grass of uniquely coastal distribution; Alternaria seedling blight of lobelia; River recreation management research: a decision-making framework applied to the Kenai River; Predicting the growth and yield of interior Alaska forests; Mycorrhizae: a review of the importance of fungi from high-latitude forests of Alaska; In memoriam: John Brooks III.

Federal support of agricultural research, a White House perspective; Notice of release of 'Norton' tufted hairgrass; AFES notes; Use of Plant growth regulator on barley to prevent lodging; Natural selection may modify introduced white clover toward superior winterhardiness; Effect of phosphorus and potassium on alsike clover; Plant-parasitic nematodes in Alaska soils; Helping your greeenhouse help you; Wintering beef cows on Alaska barley and subsequent selenium status; Feeding tanner crab meal to Holstein dairy calves; Who's planning Alaska? [natural resource management]; Cross-country skiers in interior Alaska; Amenity values of farmland; Publications list for 1985.

AFES notes; Notice of release of 'Kenai' polargrass; Trip report: a visit to the Swedish reindeer industry, 1986; Whole-grain yeast bread and consumer acceptability using hull-less barley grown in Alaska; Observations of effects on agricultural soils of the artificial enhancement of snowmelt in interior Alaska; Performance, costs, and value of Holstein steers fed a corn diet or an Alaska barley diet; Effect of basic-H on vegetable and agronomic crops and soil fertility at Point MacKenzie; Effect of lime and four phosphorus rates on yield of head lettuce, table beets, and carrots at Pt. MacKenzie; Denitrification in floodplain successional soils of the Tanana River in interior Alaska; Publications list for 1986.

AFES notes; Wholesale pricing of locally grown cut roses in Fairbanks, Alaska; Importance of vase life in marketing locally grown roses; maximizing the vase life of cut roses grown in Alaska; Pruning strategies for greenhouse rose production in Alaska; Food irradiation and Alaska's food industries; Equations for predicting energy values of Alaska feedstuffs; Effect of six gypsum rates on bromegrass yield and chemical composition; Inoculation of alfalfa in Alaska; Publications list for 1987.

AFES Notes, cooperation in agricultural science between Siberia and Alaska; Internation cooperation in cropping systems research between Alaska and Siberia; Musk Oxen exchange offers researchers new opportunities; Germplasm exchange program; A preliminary look at effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on Green Island research natural area; Land farming of oil sludge at Valdez oil terminal; History of the Alaska reindeer industry and its problems with land use, ownership and marketing; A profile of Interior Alaska dog mushers; Hulless barley and crab shell in diets fed to steers; A class project in information transfer: An effective application of learning by doing; Alaskan food costs: Do we really pay more for a nutritionally balanced diet?; Permit reform in Alaska's coastal zone

AFES Notes; Cooperation in agricultural science between Siberia and Alaska; International cooperation in cropping systems research between Alaska and Siberia; Musk oxen exchange offers researchers new opportunities; Germplasm exchange program; Preliminary look at effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on Green Island research natural area; Land farming of oil sludge at Valdez oil terminal; History of the Alaska reindeer industry and its problems with land use, ownership, and marketing; Profile of interior Alaska dog mushers; Hulless barley and crab shell in diets fed to steers; Class project in information transfer: an effective application of learning by doing [natural resource management]; Alaska food costs: do we really pay more for a nutritionally balanced diet?; Permit reform in Alaska's coastal zone; Publications list for 1989.

AFES Notes; Economics of reindeer rangeland; Reindeer meat: relationship among dietary fat, flavor, and acceptability; Game production, agricultural diversification for Alaska?; Return to Green Island; Arctic tundra rehabilitation, observations of progress and benefits to Alaska; Strip mine reclamation and Alaska's big game wildlife; From boreal forest to reclaimed site, revegetation at the Usibelli coal mine; Cuisine and cure on the Dalton Highway [native plants, wildflowers]; Endangered Aleutian shield-fern grows at the University of Alaska Fairbanks; Agricultural research cooperation continues between Alaska and Siberia; Alaska as seen by Russian exchange student; Publications list for 1990.

Game farm management; Restructured steaks, a potential product from Alaskan reindeer; History of national forest planning; Charles Christian Georgeson, a man with a vision; Georgeson Botanical Garden; Gravel vegetation experiments, Alaska North Slope; Lessons from the Tunalik test well site No. 1, National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; Of moose and mines; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Models for management, megabytes for insights; On the meridian of friendship, Soviet and American scientists; Alaska Grown, implementation of a positive agricultural policy; Ping and Sharratt monitor wetlands; Publications list for 1991.

U.S. rangeland technology: rehabilitating Russia's oil, gas production sites; Forest management; Impact of public trust doctrine on natural resources management; wetlands: an editorial perspective; travelers eye Alaska's scenic viewpoints; Gaia hypothesis, old questions, new forms;Publications list for 1992.

(Annual Report) Transmittal letter; Statement of purpose; Board of Advisors; Baked Alaska, scientist examines temperature trends; Farewell Dr. Carla Kirts; People, activities, accomplishments;1992 research review [see Vol. 25, No. 1 for 1992 publications list]; Financial Statement and Funding; Professional Staff.

Dean reports on school's strategic plan, focus; Associate dean discusses new research, new methods, new tools; Back to the farm [researchers...take experiments to the people]; CO2, better in the Arctic?; Cochrans work, play, stay together [Verlan Cochran, Diana Cochran]; Scientist harnesses dog power [Jeff Conn]; Southeast alaska's temperate rainforests; Understanding natural disturbance regimes helps forest managers make sound management decisions; doctoral candidate vows to make a difference [Robert Ott]; Researchers probe Hagemeister Island reindeer die-off of 1991; Alaska, don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg [outdoor recreation, nonresident tourism]; Examining a part of the forest ecosystem puzzle [boreal forest, alder and white spruce]; Art meets science [Darleen Masiak]; Students ask questions, question all answers [Natural Resource Management 495, bioregionalism]; Profiles [Birgit Njastad, Greg Robbe; AFES notes; Delta Junction field day.

(Annual Report) Biodiversity [forest management]; Remembering Dr. Frank Wooding; SALRM alumni; [Alaska] Interior has fertile agriculture history; flowering future; Research summaries for: Plant, animal, and soil sciences, forest sciences, and resources management.Publications list for 1993.

Editor's Comments (surveying readers); News [USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) closes; Delta bison herd conflict; NRM 215 [plant propagation]; Air layerings, division tips [plant propagation]; Dreams of helping Jonnie grow [gardening nurtures minds, Georgeson Botanical Garden, children and gardening]; Northern belle exudes southern charm, Carolyne Wallace administers SALRM's office for 23 years; coordinator enrolls people skills to enhance student retention [student recruiter, Barbara Pierson]; SALRM welcomes new, returning students; SALRM students plant Senator Murkowski's tree of honor; AFES honors women in Agriculture [Lois M. Lintelman, Cyndie Warbelow-Tack; Suus Vanderweele]; AFES research farm open house in Delta Junction; Highlights and happenings; Undergrad never gives up [Jeanne Pigors]; Graduate student strives to quench his knowledge thirst [Tim Hammond]; In memoriam: Dr. Roscoe Taylor.

(Annual Report) Harvesting a career, dean and director retires after 20 [years] [Dr. James V. Drew]; Reflections, Dr. Drew shares thoughts on agricultural development, views on Alaska's resources; Good-bye! Van Cleve, Hartman retire [Dr. Keith Van Cleve; Chick Hartman]; A matter of taste [consumer marketing, sensory testing, NRM 310, honey, carrots, barley pancakes, salsa; Research achievements: Plant, Animal, and Soil Sciences, Forest Sciences, Resources Management;Publications list for 1994; FY95 research funding; Financial Statement; Professional staff; Notes (achievements, activities, news).

AFES notes [Dr. Fredric Husby acting dean, Dr. Allen Mitchell acting director, SALRM supports PBS Alaska One]; Yes alaska, agriculture is viable in Delta Junction; Station research at work in Delta Junction, Alaska; Experiment Station yields results; Agronomist discusses nitrogen fixation; Who wants to weed anyway [grass clipping mulch]; Agronomic crops for interior Alaska; Technology improves Palmer's laboratory research capabilities [Palmer Research Center]; Brewing up an Alaska crop, graduate student, researchers try growing hops; NRM 310, agricultural concepts [marketing, carrots]; NRM 453, students learn to harvest [and] use forest for products; Want to farm in Alaska?, Advice from someone who's doing it; Dr. Bonita J. Neiland, professor emeritus, reflects on professional accomplishments; Dave Liebersbach, Class of '88; Honoring Alaska's 1995 women in Agriculture [Jeannette Braiser, Joanne Marie Mosesian, Edna Anderson]; People, news and happenings.

(Annual Report) Propagating Asiatic hybrid lilies; Researchers judge science fairs; Establishing Alaska wildflower meadows; Research achievements: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences, Forest Sciences, Resources Management;Publications list for 1995; FY 96 research funding; Financial statement; Young masters two programs [Christina Young]; Achievements, activities, news.

Accredited: forest science department; Resource managers gather info [Geographic Information Systems (GIS)]; Using GIS to solve problems for Alaska [Geographic Information Systems]; Arctic tundra revegetation; Remote satellite spectral analysis in Bosnia i Hercegovina; Assessing Bosnia forest damage using remote satellite sensing; Restoring spruce beetle-impacted forests in Alaska [effects of the spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis)]; Rejuvenating the land, converting mined lands to thriving ecological communities; Tundra plant succession and vascular plant species diversity; Bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil using fish bonemeal [oil pollution, polluted soil]; Characteristics of permafrost soils along a latitudinal transect in arctic Alaska; Wetlands could hold the answer [sewage treatment]; Faculty, students, and alumni in the news.

(Annual Report) State of the station, school address; Researchers develop a megatransect [remote sensing, global climate change]; Plants that weren't tough enough [inadequate snow cover, winterkill, Georgeson Botanical Garden]; Research achievements: Plant, Animal, and Soil Sciences, Forest Sciences, Resources Management;Publications list for 1996; FY97 research funding; financial statement; professional staff profile; Achievements, activities, news; Retirements [K. C. Christianson, Bob Schlentner; J. Stephen Lay, Don Brainard, Warren Fiscus].

[History]100 years of agricultural research in Alaska; Alaska's first agricultural experiment station: Sitka, 1898-1931; Kodiak Station; Kenai Station, Rampart Agricultural Experiment Station, 1900-1925; Copper Center Station; Fairbanks Station; Matanuska Station; Palmer Research Center; Charles christian georgeson; George T. Gasser; Last frontier's sweet nectar: strawberries; Alaska's reindeer industry; Alaska's agriculture; Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations transfer to college; News: 1997 Alaska woman in agriculture [Ileen Hollembaek], [obituary] Arvo Kallio, 1917-1997.

(Annual Report) Honeybees tested as pollinators; Faculty profiles; AFES-celebrating 100 years of agricultural research in Alaska; Palmer station hosts 2nd Agriculture Appreciation Day as part of the AFES centennial Celebration; Research achievements: Plant, Animal, and Soil Sciences, Forest Sciences, Resources Management;Publications list for 1997; Financial Statement; FY98 research funding; Achievements, activities, news.

Wetlands and botanical gardens, an educational opportunity; Educational outreach at the Georgeson Botanical Garden; A day at the Georgeson Botanical Garden; Third Circumpolar Agricultural Conference was in Anchorage; AFES hosts FFA students, a partnership for agriscience education; The GLOBE Program: Global learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment; Bonanza Creek Schoolyard LTER [long term ecological research program]; Distance [education] delivery, SALRM reaches out; Reindeer for education and research; Initial forest stand density and wood quality, a preliminary report [Alaska's Northern Forest]; Arctic tundra recovery from crude oil after 24 years, Prudhoe Bay [oil pollution]; Wildlife and vegetation find habitat niches in oil field gravel pad; New: 1998 Woman in Agriculture Award [Evelyn Bush], forestry curriculum, Dr. Susan Todd chairs UAF trails committee; Dr. Charlie Knight recognized.

(Annual Report) Constructed wetlands for treating wastewater [sewage treatment]; faculty profile; Research achievements: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences, Forest Sciences, Resources Management;Publications list for 1998; FY 99 research funding; Achievements, activities, news. [Mary Boyd and Kith Magoon retire; Milan Shipka joins faculty.

Planting trees in the Aleutians; Climate change and growth of white spruce in South-Central Alaska; Northern tansy mustard fills a niche; Silviculture systems for Alaska's Northern Forest; Wavelength-selective mulches and tomato production in Fairbanks, Alaska; Musk ox, historical industry looks toward the future; Hey, I thought I say Rudolph in the hallway! [reindeer program educational outreach]; What Next? Agenda for Alaska agriculture in the 21st Century; Historical perspective, Delta ag project [agriculture history]; What's a grower to do? [essay]; 1999 Alaska women in agriculture [Patricia Fellman, Marsha Melton]; SALRM student news; Faculty news.

(Annual Report) Can mulch mats help regenerate beetle-killed spruce forests?; Faculty profiles; Plant, animal, and soil sciences research; Forest sciences research; Resources management research; Faculty publications [Publications list for 1999] FY00 research funding; Financial statement; Dean Husby retires [Fred Husby]; News and notes; Wallace retires [Carolyne Wallace].

Inventory of grasses along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, 1999; Boreal Alkaligrass (Puccinellia borealis), is this the one? [tundra revegetation]; Implementation of silvicultural systems for Alaska's Northern Forest; Innovative ways of implementing global change education in K-12 classrooms; UA President mark Hamilton on education and agriculture; SALRM 2001 graduates; 2001 scholarship recipients; News and notes: Women in Agriculture Award [Kathy Burton]

Faculty profiles; Research achievements: Plant, Animal, ad Soil Sciences, Forest Sciences, Resources Management, Geography, Agricultural Research Service; Faculty publications [Publication list for 2000]; FY01 research funding; Financial Statement.

Reindeer research, intensive management may be key [caribou]; Palmer Research Center [devil's club, improving turfgrasses, leafy greens, Palmer laboratories]; Northern exposure for hoppers [grasshopper research]; Fairbanks Experiment Farm; Georgeson botanical Garden; Taiga ecology [boreal forest]; Trip to Iceland [Fourth Circumpolar Agricultural Conference]; Field trip to Hawaii; News and notes: new staff, student awards, faculty news and grants, Women in Agriculture Award [Mary Andrews; Tribute to Marsha Melton.

Perceptual geography [sense of place, high plains]; Hands-on science education [GLOBE, elementary school teacher training]; Fresh raspberries in March [greenhouse production]; Computer modeling: fire, climate, and the boreal forest [wildfire, forest fires, climate change]; Research [summaries]: USDA Agricultural Research Service, Forest Sciences, Geography, Resources Management, Plant, Animal, and Soil Sciences.Publications list for 2001; Faculty

Peony--A Future Crop for Alaska? [field cut flower crop, peony]; Alternative Livestock in Alaska: Bison to Yaks [alternative livestock]; The Legacy of Aldo Leopold [land use policy, ethics]; The Wolf Control Issue [wildlife management, wolf]; Cooperative Research and Knowledge Transfer at SNRAS [Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Integrated Pest Management, Food Technology, Plant Germ Plasm, North and West Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies, Regional Resilience and Adaptation]; 2002/2003 SNRAS Graduates and Senior Theses [summaries]; Permafrost and Ponds [climate change, climate warming, permafrost, lake level changes, remote sensing, GIS].

Birch: white gold in the boreal forest [birch, birch syrup]; Invasive Plants in Alaska: assessment of research priorities [invasive plants management]; A Winter Delta Dig [tillage, soil]; Students Afield! Natural Resources Management 290 [field course]; Jobs for Credit [internships]; The North Jarvis Stand Conversion Project [wildfire, resources management]; Antioxidants in the North [berries, antioxidants]; Shapeshifter Carbon: a universal building block [carbon cycle, climate change, tree growth, soils, wildfire].

Reindeer inspire new teaching guide [education, alternative livestock]; Susan Willsrud & Calypso Farm [education, sustainable agriculture]; The wildlife viewing challenge [tourism, wildlife management]; Taxonomy and evolution of Alaska birches; Birch use in the former Soviet Republics; Heavenly garden, earthly pursuits [Georgeson Botanical Garden].

Fire in Interior Alaska [fire; resource management; computer modeling]; Wetlands and Wastewater Treatment in Alaska [wetlands; waste management]; Research Crops Do Double Duty [agronomy; Fairbanks Community Food Bank]; Agronomic crops for Alaska; Remembering Mike [Mike Hoyt, forest sciences]; Wilmking wins prize [forest sciences; ecology; climate change]; Preparing for wildfire: a short guide for homeowners; Fire-resistant landscaping; Who is B.O.B.? [observation technology;invasive plants; mapping; photography]

Morels: a morsel after the fire (Update: Check with appropriate land managers to see if permits are required for picking morels.) [morel mushrooms; nontimber forest products]; Students and environmental ethics: "Towards a Personal Environmental Ethic" [ethics, black howler monkey, Belize], "A Soiled Epiphany" [consumption, ethics, resource management, soil conservation], "Ripple Effect" [ethics, hunting, personal accountability, snapping turtle]; Exotic plants in Alaska's parks [exotic and invasive plants, park management]; Creativity and independent thought [education, resources management], "Avalanche knowledge, experience, and behaviors among winter backcountry users in Turnagain Pass, Alaska" [avalanche, recreation], "Can lettuce growers profitably use smaller containers for seedlings?" [greenhouse, lettuce, vegetable propagation, transplant]; Revitalizing US support for developing nations' agriculture [agriculture, foreign policy]

Revegetation in Alaska: Usibelli, seeds & topsoil, and mycorrhizae [revegetation, mycorrhizae, succession, Usibelli Coal Mine]; Assessing climate change: Did we get it right? [arctic sea ice, climate change, glacier, permafrost, taiga, tundra]; Harvesting art [art, cartooning, teaching]; Blight outbreak tests new Western Plant Diagnostic Network [potato blight fungus]; Kennecott Mill Town: Visitors and the park experience [copper, Kennecott Mill, history, mining, recreation, tourism, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park]; Centennial at the farm [Fairbanks Experiment Farm, history]; Mastering the philosophy of science: graduate student research [agency culture, marine mammals; fire fuel loads, forest types; black spruce, fire ecology, succession; Green Star program, environmentalism; lodgepole pine, non-native species introduction; birch sap; moose, GIS; moose browse production]; Ecotourism in Chile [ecotourism, recreation, tourism]

Tanana Valley farming history: Fairbanks Experiment Farm, Klondike Gold Rush, Copper Center Agricultural Research Station, dairy cattle, forage supply, meat supply, horses, wood, fruit growers, potatoes, Alaska Engineering Commission; Master of the Farmall tractor: Fairbanks Experiment Farm, equipment, cats and dogs; Weeds, bones, and bees: Otto Geist, Pleistocene era, geology, beekeeping; Down on the farm: summer employment, Alaska Railroad, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, demonstration garden, tours; Reindeer meat quality: stress, pre-slaughter handling, grazing, fatty acids, consumer taste panel, meat tenderness, carcass electrical stimulation; The expert tastebud: sensory panel tasting, reindeer sausage, training panelists, important aspects of meat, description choice, value judgements, procedure, scent, reindeer stroganoff; Controlled environments: vegetables, herbs, flowers, fruit, high tunnels, greenhouses, Controlled Environment Agriculture Laboratory; Greenhouse tomato production: grafting, trellising, supplemental lighting, geothermal heat, fertilizer, water, nutrients, pollination; Small farm viability: efficiency, economic feasibility, direct marketing, community supported agriculture (CSA), high tunnels, Controlled Environment Agriculture Laboratory; Tea time in Southeast: wild herbs, herbal teas, dehumidifying kiln, drying schedules, plant moisture content data.

Green Map Fairbanks; We all depend on our forests; Forests for a richer future; Wildland fire and climate change; Fuel breaks for fire mitigation; The Muskox: a new northern farm animal? Reindeer in Alaska: under new management; Breeding a new variety of barley for Alaska; Using Alaska's hulless barley in a new food product; Seminar explores the nature of American food.

Forage & Turf: the career of G. Allen Mitchell; Wasps: the good, the bad, and the not so bad; Dragonhead mint: it's for the birds! Coastal carbon: what's happening as the arctic coastline erodes? Muskoxen: wooly and warm in a northern fiber industry; Local herbs.

Bonita J. Neiland remembered; Biomass for biofuels: not all trees are created equal; Muskox husbandry; Boreal forest soils: nutrient cycling, microbes, and the fate of oil; Conflicting wildlife mandates; Agriculture 100 years ago: the search for self-sufficiency.

Counting on tradition: Math in a Cultural Context adds up; Log cabin building workshop: from hangar to woods; The Midnight Sun-flower; Biomass fuels: local energy, local jobs, and community resilience; How to save Old Fatihful: geyser protection areas; Two for the Peace Corps; The IPY at UAF; A sustainable PhD; Kerttula Hall dedication; James Drew: piloting agriculture; Leslie A. Viereck: infectious curiosity.

AMSA: the future of arctic marine shipping; Changing the forest and the trees — is it climate? OneTree in the Tanana Valley; Forest Dynamics & Management; Alaska's food (in)security; Leafhoppers; You are my Sunshine! Reindeer market project makes history! Security of the red meat supply; Salmon and alder: gasification of low-value biomass in Alaska; Unlocking hydrocarbons from biomass; Carex spectabilis: a sedge for landscaping and revegetation in Alaska; Horace Drury: in memoriam.

The Alaska Food Policy Council; Supermarkets in Fairbanks; Homegrown Alaska: farmer profiles open the eyes of the Interior to the scope of local agriculture; Assessing food security in Fairbanks, Alaska; Recovering from an aberration: the future of Alaska's livestock; Greenhouse: a place to grow; ARS shuts the door on Alaska research; Food Day begins with a bang; Buzz Klebesadel; Fisheries and food security in Alaska; Seed libraries: seed-sharing on a community level; A guide to bumblebees of the Interior: a taxonomic key and notes on Bombus specie

Biomass and STEAM; Pedology at the Forefront of Climate Change: Typhoons, Culture, and Engineering in Taiwan; Two Thousand Years of Peonies: Lessons for Alaska Peony Growers; Livestock Systems in Alaska: New Ideas, Practices, and Possibilities; Gemsbok Gazette: An Alaskan in Namibia; Freshwater Social-ecological systems and Sustainability in Alaska; 2012 Events Roundup; Carol Lewis Retires.

STEAMpower: Inspiring Students, Teachers, and the Public; The Forest for the Trees: A Description and History of the School of Natural Resources & Extension Forest Growth and Yield Program, 1983–2014; Painting Sacred Space: Harrison Crandall and Grand Teton National Park; Circumpolar Agriculture Conference: Connecting to the Land; The Alaska Natural Fiber Business Association: Connecting Alaska’s Fiber Community; Growing Our Energy at Home: Biomass Crops in Alaska; Finding the DNA Difference; What are the implications of your research? Starting the Broader Impacts Conversation in Alaska; SNRE News & Events.

Research continues on finding the best early maturing spring wheat variety.

Researchers study how to improve forest regeneration and adapt to climate change.

Scientists use satelitte data to analyze shrub and snowline changes in Dall sheep range.

Research focuses on growing food and how lighting affects plant growth.

Reindeer studies and outreach support development of Alaska red meat industry.

A cost-effective approach looks at outcomes, benefits and experiences sought by visitors.

An AFES economist analyzes effects of resource policies and develops economic models.

Vegetable trials continue in Fairbanks and will expand to Matanuska Experiment Farm.