Wood is an important fuel source in Alaska. In February, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host three free webinars on cutting wood safely and keeping chainsaws in good working condition. Glen Holt, an Extension biomass technician who has used firewood for primary and backup heat in Alaska for more than 40 […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, the State of Alaska and 10 other states and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency delivered a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because of their failure to update wood stove emission standards. The communities of Fairbanks and North Pole experience some of the coldest winters in […]
Deep beneath the waves, tiny clams with shells usually about as big as a pea bore into pieces of sunken wood. The wood is food for them, as well as a home. These rare, scattered, sunken pieces of wood support miniature ecosystems where different wood-boring clam species can live in harmony for years. But in […]