Presentation planned on GPS use for recreation

A free in-person and virtual presentation will discuss how to use a GPS receiver for navigation and safer backcountry travel.

Nelson Crone, farm director at the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer, will provide a basic overview of GPS use for navigation, plus tips and best practices for recreational travel in Alaska. Crone has a background in geographic information systems and is an avid outdoorsman.

The presentation will be from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7. Participants can attend in person in Room 208 of Kerttula Hall at the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center, 1509 S. Georgeson Drive, Palmer, or via Zoom. 

Registration is via the online form or by visiting https://bit.ly/GPS-GIS.

For questions, contact the Matanuska Extension Center front desk at 907-745-3360.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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