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  • A field of pink fireweed flowers and other other blooms in the yard of a picturesque building with a rounded roof.

    Webinar series focuses on creating, reimagining and maintaining yards

    June 26, 2024

    Learn how to manage weeds, turn your yard into a meadow, manage soil, and create and maintain a beautiful lawn in a series of free, online workshops hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. The series is available statewide.

  • A faded totem pole with a red-beaked bird at the top in front of an evergreen tree.

    Food preservation, healthy living classes planned for Ketchikan

    June 26, 2024

    Three days of classes on healthy living, food safety and food preservation are planned for Ketchikan. Sarah Lewis, a University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service health, home and family development agent, will be in Ketchikan from July 12-14 to teach the classes and to test pressure canner gauges.

  • A woman stands on the stern of a boat on the water under a blue sky. Pacific Sapphire is written on the boat.

    Health, food preservation workshops planned for Southeast Alaska

    June 19, 2024

    A University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service agent will travel by boat to nine communities in Southeast Alaska to teach classes on healthy living, food safety and food preservation.

  • Registration open for 4-H Cloverbud Day Camp

    June 14, 2024

    The Tanana District 4-H program will host Cloverbud Day Camp at Georgeson Botanical Garden, located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

  • Sliced ripe strawberries are arranged on a round drying rack.

    Online class to cover a range of food preservation techniques

    June 05, 2024

    Learn how to get the most out of the food you have grown, harvested or bought during a free one-hour overview of food preservation methods.

  • The sun shines on young green birch leaves.

    Citizen science offers lessons in understanding Fairbanks' climate

    May 06, 2024

    Interior Alaska's long winters are the impetus for a lot of long-running citizen science. The Nenana Ice Classic is a 107-year-long climate record for Interior Alaska. But it's not the only citizen science effort in Fairbanks, which also boasts multi-decadal records for predicting green-up, when birch sap will start flowing, and when to stock up on allergy medications to get ready for pollen season.

  • Red fruit puree is spread across a pan with a silver spatula.

    Food preservation workshops scheduled for Yakutat

    April 17, 2024

    Three days of workshops with sessions covering water bath and pressure canning, pickling and fermenting vegetables, and making fruit leather are scheduled for April 25-27 in Yakutat.

  • A black-colored slug crosses the ground with a few green stems surrounding it.

    Citizen science project tracks slugs as they slither north

    April 15, 2024

    Cutworms, voles and moose are common garden invaders in Interior Alaska, but, in the past decade, a pest that frequently eats its way through salad greens and other plants in Southcentral and Southeast Alaska has also made its appearance in gardens north of the Alaska Range: slugs.

  • A woman coaches a man with weights in his hands in an exercise.

    StrongPeople training class offered in Fairbanks

    April 03, 2024

    A workshop in Fairbanks will teach people how to lead a popular exercise program for midlife and older adults in Alaska communities.

  • Pesticide applicator training classes scheduled for April 23-25

    April 01, 2024

    A three-day certified pesticide applicator training course is scheduled for April 23-25. It will be taught by the University Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service via Zoom and is available statewide.

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