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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.
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Museum family programs highlight trees in April
April 01, 2025
Family programs at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will focus on trees during April.
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Sample Cajun etouffee in Sitka cook-off
March 31, 2025
Join the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka for a Cajun cuisine cooking competition: The Sitka Etouffee-Off.
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Microplastics contaminate spotted seal diets in remote Alaska waters
March 31, 2025
Spotted seals in some of the most remote marine areas around Alaska are consuming significant amounts of microplastics in their diets, according to a new ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½-led study.
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Workshop discusses science behind selecting vegetable varieties
March 31, 2025
Learn about the hardiness, yield and taste of different varieties of 10 common garden vegetables during an in-person workshop in Delta Junction.
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Journalism, the First Amendment and covering Trump
March 28, 2025
A roundtable of journalists and ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ faculty members will discuss the media's role as President Donald Trump seeks to remake the federal government and punish perceived enemies in the press and judiciary.
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Learn the basics of Alaska 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 Alaska. Casey Matney, the Kenai-based agriculture and horticulture agent with the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the free classes.
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Snow's absence and welcome presence
March 28, 2025
Rick Thoman noted in a recent report that the paucity of 2024-2025 snowfall in Anchorage and other Southcentral Alaska locations may be unprecedented in the era of modern records.
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ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ donors contribute $812,373 during Giving Day 2025
March 27, 2025
More than 1,100 ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ supporters donated $812,373 during the fifth annual UA Giving Day event March 25-27. The event set another participation record for ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½, with 1,150 donors making gifts to more than 80 scholarships, programs and initiatives over the course of 49 hours.
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'Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment' report updated
March 27, 2025
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ has released an updated report highligh
