UAF to host forest festival
September 29, 2014
907-474-5042
9/29/2014
The 17th annual Farthest North Forest Sports Festival will bring out the woodsmen in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø on Saturday, Oct. 4.
Individuals and teams compete in ax throwing, log rolling, campfire building and more lumberjack-style activities in this free event hosted by the University of Alaska ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø. The competition begins at 10 a.m. at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Experiment Farm and moves to Ballaine Lake on Farmers Loop at about 1 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the UAF School of Natural Resources and Extension and the UAF Resource Management Society student club. For more information, contact professor John Yarie, 474-5650 or jayarie@alaska.edu.
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