ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)

The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) is administered by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.  The station includes the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, the Matanuska Experiment Farm & Extension Center and the Delta Junction field research site. The Georgeson Botanical Garden is at the Fairbanks farm. 

Researchers associated with the experiment station focus on creating knowledge and solving problems in agriculture, natural resources and the forest sciences. State and federal agencies, private industry, and the university sponsor and fund AFES research. Here are summaries of their current research in agriculture and horticulture, forestry, ecosystem management and climate change, energy, animal management and meat production, human impacts on the environment, and youth and families.

 

Blog

  • March 16, 2026

    Many raised garden beds full of greens and other plants in front of a red barnA series of workshops hosted by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Harvest Collaborative in Fairbanks will introduce participants to starting seeds, composting, irrigating...

  • November 07, 2025

    UAF Invasive Species written on a white board with an arrow pointing leftBy Laura Weingartner The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Invasive Species Partnership Workshop brought together researchers, land managers and community leaders from across the...

  • August 25, 2025

    Sculpture of a fireweed leaf designed to catch and store water installed in a gardenBy Kelsey Aho It’s July, and it’s another sunny day in Interior ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. Dusty roads, balsam poplar fluff stirred up...

  • August 22, 2025

    Light pink currant berries on a bushBy Laura Weingartner The Georgeson Botanical Garden in Fairbanks is home to a collection of over 80 varieties of currants....

Santosh Panda

Turning Science into Tools: Mapping ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ with Santosh Panda

Santosh Panda uses remote sensing to study and predict permafrost thaw in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥â€™s National Parks, map rivers important for subsistence and to better understand changes in the boreal forest. He always starts his research with a problem that affects people or the environment and ends with something anyone can use or benefit from.


 

Barn at the UAF experimental farm.

Fairbanks Experiment Farm staff have been collecting weather data since 1911.