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Certified food protection manager classes scheduled

April 18, 2025

The University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer three certified food protection manager classes in May and June. The course will cover the material required to pass the National Restaurant Association's ServSafe Manager exam for òòò½´«Ã½.

Expert offers tips for gardeners to keep slugs at bay

April 17, 2025

Learn how to keep slugs from enjoying more of your garden than you do during a free statewide webinar. Joey Slowik, an integrated pest management technician with the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will share best practices for designing your garden to discourage slug incursions. He also will discuss ways to whittle their populations and other management strategies.

Love birds? Learn how to attract them to your backyard

April 16, 2025

Delta Junction residents can attend a free in-person workshop offered by the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service office to learn about birds that frequent their area and how to attract them to local yards. Jeff Mason, an ecologist with the Salcha-Delta Soil & Water Conservation District, has worked with birds throughout his career. He will discuss species found in Delta and highlight the ones residents are likely to see in their yards.

Birch tapping workshops on tap in Anchorage, Palmer

April 14, 2025

Southcentral òòò½´«Ã½ residents can learn the process of collecting birch sap to make refreshing drinks or boil down into birch syrup in two University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service workshops. The workshops, led by retired Extension educator Meg Burgett, will introduce birch "sugaring" and cover where, when and how to tap birch trees to collect sap.

Control strategies for pretty, but invasive, orange hawkweed

April 01, 2025

Don't be fooled by orange hawkweed, a dainty little orange flower that can take over your pasture, lawn or wildflower garden. In a free statewide webinar, learn how orange hawkweed's biology makes it so invasive and how to use that biology to control it.

Sample Cajun etouffee in Sitka cook-off

March 31, 2025

Join the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka for a Cajun cuisine cooking competition: The Sitka Etouffee-Off.

Learn the basics of òòò½´«Ã½ gardening in workshop series

March 28, 2025

Grow your gardening knowledge in this series of 11 weekly webinars covering the basics of growing vegetables in òòò½´«Ã½. Casey Matney, the Kenai-based agriculture and horticulture agent with the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the free classes.

Making sense of òòò½´«Ã½'s changing environment

March 25, 2025

Changes in òòò½´«Ã½'s environment are evident all across the state, but the details vary greatly. In a webinar hosted by the Anchorage office of the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, UAF climate specialist Rick Thoman will share a broad overview of observed changes around òòò½´«Ã½, from snow and ice to heat and wildfire.

Registration open for three-day pesticide training course

March 24, 2025

A three-day online workshop, available statewide, is scheduled in April for people who wish to become certified pesticide applicators in òòò½´«Ã½. The classes are designed to help participants understand and pass the òòò½´«Ã½ Department of Environmental Conservation exam.

Tree felling, chainsaw safety workshop on tap for Sitka

March 21, 2025

Glen Holt, a biomass technician with the University of òòò½´«Ã½ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will lead two free interactive sessions on basic tree cutting and chainsaw maintenance and repair in Sitka. Both sessions are free and in person.