Tanana Valley Watershed Association and Thrivalaska are celebrating the arrival of spring with their Annual Green Up Day Classic - a guessing contest. The tradition began in 1974 when scientists at the West Ridge of the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus looked out on the western flank of Chena Ridge. “Green Up Day” is determined by the National Weather Service. The exact day of “greenup” is when ”leaf buds in birch and aspen open just enough to produce a faint but distinct green flush through the forest canopy”. Guessing the right day enters you in the drawing to win 10,000 Alaska Airline Miles! Each ticket costs $5, and proceeds help connect kids to nature through Thrivalaska and TVWA's Watershed Discovery Zones.

What can you do to help connect kids to nature?

1. Buy tickets!  Tickets are available at:

• Big I Pub & Lounge downtown
• River City Cafe on 2nd Avenue
• Grassroots Guitar on College
• Ivory Jacks in Goldstream
• S Salon on Cushman

Or at the TVWA Office in Fairbanks
516 2nd Avenue, Suite 412                                OR
(4th Floor of the Lathrop Building)

2. Sell Tickets!

Contact TVWA begin selling tickets in your place of business or stop in the office and Bryn can get you a pack of tickets.

907-374-8890 or Lissa.TVWA@gmail.com