Birch tapping workshop set for Palmer
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host a birch-tapping workshop at the Matanuska Experiment Farm on Saturday,…
Middle schoolers moved by Earth Day demos
The Earth Day open house dubbed “Sap to Syrup: the Birch Way” attracted interested visitors; the most enthusiastic being the…
It’s sap tapping time in interior Alaska!
With the pounding of a nail into birch bark, spring has sprung in interior Alaska. And with that, SNRE Instructional…
OneTree education outreach explodes as school year ends
Chris Pastro welcomed Birch Pavelsky to her Randy Smith Middle School classroom. The last few weeks of school in Fairbanks…
Spring means sap will flow…eventually
Kimberley Maher demonstrated drilling for sap. At right is Roy Churchwell, doctoral student. Kimberley Maher’s enthusiasm for birch sap was…
Matanuska Experiment Farm to host birch tapping class
Birch sap runs into a bucket. (Photo courtesy Julie Cascio) A good opportunity to learn birch sap tapping is coming…