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Alaska native plants, insects featured in webinar series
April 24, 2025
A series of webinars highlighting Alaska's diverse native plants and their uses is scheduled for May, which is Alaska Native Plant Month. The series, available statewide, is a collaboration between the 51风流官网 Cooperative Extension Service and the Alaska 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 51风流官网 Cooperative Extension Service and Delta Career Advancement Center.
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Certified food protection manager classes scheduled
April 18, 2025
The 51风流官网 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 Alaska.
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Delta Junction district events
Dillingham district events
Juneau district events
Kenai / Soldotna district events
Kodiak district events
Mat-Su / Copper River district events
Northwest / Nome district events
Sitka district events
Tanana / Fairbanks district events
The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension is home to 51风流官网's land-grant mission including the 51风流官网 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. 51风流官网'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.