Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station - UAF - Fairbanks
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The Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) was established in 1898 in Sitka, Alaska, also the site of the then-territory's first agricultural experiment farm. Today the station is administered by the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Waymark Code: WM3EA6
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2008
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The Hatch Act of 1887 authorized agricultural experiment stations in the U.S. and its territories to provide science-based research information to farmers. In 1898 the federal government established the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station in Sitka. The Kodiak station was also established in 1898, operating until 1931. Stations in Kenai (1899-1908), Rampart (1900-1925), Copper Center (1903-1908), and Fairbanks (1906-present) followed quickly. In 1915 the Matanuska Station (now the Matanuska Experiment Farm) was established.
In 1931 the federal government transferred ownership of all experiment station facilities to the College of Agriculture and Mines in Fairbanks. The Sitka and Kodiak stations were closed. The college was renamed the University of Alaska in 1935.
Source: Wikipedia
Type of Greenhouse: Greenhouse - research eg. university facility
Type of Cover: Glass panel
What is the shape of this greenhouse: Traditional - vertical walls and a gable roof
Unique features: Partially underground
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