About the Preserve
Stanford University’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (JRBP) is in the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, about five miles southwest of the main campus. The preserve encompasses remarkable geologic, topographic, and biotic diversity within its 483 hectares (1,193 acres) and provides a natural laboratory for researchers from all over the world, educational experiences to students and docent-led visitors, and refuge to native plants and animals.
Research at Jasper Ridge has re-started—gradually, and subject to painstaking review by Stanford’s Field Research Working Group. To be eligible to re-start, studies must be long-term or have completed all exploratory work prior to March; researchers must be... more
Photo above from David Tattoni’s bird-banding research at Jasper Ridge by Peter E. Hart.
Thanks to an incubator grant from the National Science Foundation, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve will be working with several partner institutions to plan the San... more
Technology is aiding California firefighters in detecting, responding to, and fighting wildfires through a statewide network of cameras—the ALERTWildfire Camera Network—that can be remotely operated and whose imagery can be viewed by the general public as... more
From 1970 to 2007, Leonard Robinson was the Jasper Ridge caretaker, a title that barely skims the surface of decades of contributions to the preserve. He was the carpenter, mechanic, heavy equipment operator, and plumber who kept the... more
The paintings in this collection of wildflower watercolors were done by Herb Dengler in the 1980s and 1990s from specimens gathered on Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. They are printed on an Iris printer in a limited edition of 250, each numbered and containing an engraved authentication. Learn More
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