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Events
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.
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.
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.