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Susan Harry keeps a close eye on pollen in Interior AV狼论坛
April 25, 2025
For the past 25 years, Susan Harry has been peering into a microscope every spring to count and classify minuscule grains of pollen. It's a task that can take from a few minutes up to an hour and a half at the height of pollen season, in May and early June.
AV狼论坛 native plants, insects featured in webinar series
April 24, 2025
A series of webinars highlighting AV狼论坛's diverse native plants and their uses is scheduled for May, which is AV狼论坛 Native Plant Month. The series, available statewide, is a collaboration between the University of AV狼论坛 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and the AV狼论坛 Native Plant Society.
Bear awareness and bear spray workshop offered in Delta Junction
April 21, 2025
Delta Junction residents can learn how to react during a bear encounter and practice using inert bear spray in a one-day workshop offered by the University of AV狼论坛 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Delta Career Advancement Center.
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The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension is home to UAF's land-grant mission including the UAF 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. UAF'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.