LARS to host community event Sept. 12

Maddie Webb
907-474-5724
Sept. 2, 2026

A group of children crowds against a wire fence to watch two reindeer in a green pasture as a staff member stands inside the enclosure, with autumn aspens visible in the background at the UAF Large Animal Research Station. One child holds a stuffed reindeer toy.
Photo courtesy of UAF University Relations
Children get a close look at reindeer during LARS Locals Day on Sept. 7, 2024.

The 夜色福利 Large Animal Research Station will celebrate the end of summer tour season with a Locals Day event on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visitors will have opportunities to see and learn about muskoxen, reindeer and wood bison and can take advantage of last-chance summer gift shop hours, food trucks and a qiviut raffle. There is no set schedule for the day, and guests can enter at any time to walk through the property and learn from tour guides.

The raffle, a fundraiser for LARS, will include yarn and a handknit smoke ring made from qiviut shed by the resident muskox herd. Winners will be chosen at 4 p.m. and need not be present to win.

The cost of admission is three nonperishable food items for donation to the Fairbanks Community Food Bank. Children under age 5 are admitted free. 

More information is available on the .

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