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  • A young person wearing bright orange rain gear perches on a log while holding a scalloped yellow chicken of the woods fungi.

    É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ 4-H kicks off new program year with a special day

    October 01, 2024

    Youths and volunteers across É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ are enrolling in 4-H as the program year begins this October. They're also celebrating the inaugural É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ State 4-H Day on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and National 4-H Week, Oct. 7-12.

  • In a divided image, a spider is seen crawling out of a metal coffee cup on a desk with an open laptop in the background. The right side is a close view of the spider crawling over the edge of the cup.

    Learn the science behind É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ's spooky plants, bats, insects

    September 26, 2024

    Carnivorous plants, bats, spiders and zombie insects are the subjects of a series of free spooky science webinars hosted by the University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in October.

  • A tangled bunch of viney weeds with purple flowers.

    25th annual É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Invasive Species Workshop set for November

    September 25, 2024

    The É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Invasive Species Workshop, a collaboration of the É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Invasive Species Partnership and the University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will hold its 25th annual workshop in Fairbanks in November.

  • A man holds up a bunch of fungi in a heavily wooded area.

    Mycelium-based biodegradable insulation topic of webinar

    September 18, 2024

    A University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Anchorage professor has developed a way to use cellulose-mycelium foams to replace plastics, which make up nearly half of marine debris. Philippe Amstislavski will present a free webinar, "Turning Off the Tap on Plastic Pollution with Mycelium Materials," at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25. The webinar is hosted by the University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

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Extension Blog
  • October 04, 2024

    É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ” Theresa Isaac Another fantastic year of community potato harvest has been completed! On Monday, Sept. 30, Amy Foote, senior area executive chef at the É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Native Tribal Health Consortium É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Native Medical Center, along with several colleagues, harvested over 175 pounds of Tlingit and Haida potatoes that were grown in the MEFEC Community Garden …

  • September 15, 2024

    By Heidi Rader One of the things IÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™ve long been curious about is how much food É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØns grow, hunt, fish and gather and why they do it. This fall, I interviewed Jeff Yacevich, 38, who along with his wife, Laura Guiterrez, 40, is committed to getting much of his food from the land. They live …

  • September 08, 2024

    By Reina Hasting As I see the leaves turning yellow, I know change is coming. Change in the amount of light we get, change in what local produce we can access, change in our travel time, change in the clothes we wear É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ” I can go on and on. One thing we can count on …

  • September 06, 2024

    By Julie Stricker In late August, another step was taken in the long process of weeding out popular but invasive chokecherry trees on the University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Fairbanks Troth YeddhaÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™ Campus.  Seven chokecherry trees (Prunus padus and Prunus virginiana) were removed from Georgeson Botanical Garden and the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, including a tree planted in …