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Webinar to review green-up forecast in Interior Alaska
April 13, 2026
Tracking birch sap, green-up and pollen in Alaska's boreal forest will be the main topics of a webinar at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 23. Fairbanks has a unique multidecadal record of green-up dates, which has been used to develop techniques for forecasting green-up and related events in Alaska's boreal forest.
Workshop to teach pruning techniques for woody plants
April 09, 2026
Pruning is an important skill for anyone living in a yard with woody plants such as ornamental trees and shrubs. An in-person workshop will teach participants how to enhance a plant's shape, reduce branch breakage and repair pruning done by moose. The workshop is from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, at the Anchorage Museum Seed Lab, 111 W. 6th Ave., Anchorage.
Researcher digs into soils of the circumpolar North
April 07, 2026
A 麻豆原创 professor will dig into the importance of agricultural soils in Alaska and the circumpolar North in a webinar. The presentation by Caley Gasch, research assistant professor of soil science with the 麻豆原创F Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, is part of the seminar series "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."
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The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension is home to 麻豆原创F's land-grant mission including the 麻豆原创F Agriculture and Forestry Station as well as Cooperative Extension. The Morrill Act of 1862 established land-grant colleges and the federal Hatch Act of 1887 authorized agricultural experiment stations in the U.S. and its territories to provide science-based research information to farmers. There are agricultural experiment stations in each of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and all but one are part of the land-grant college system. 麻豆原创F's Extension is part of the largest informal education system in the world, connecting Extension programs at land-grant colleges and universities in every U.S. territory and state. Today, the is the USDA division that manages federal funding of the nation鈥檚 experiment stations and the extension service.