September 11, 2019
Over the course of my first year at Stanford, I became increasingly interested in how people interact with their landscapes. I came to Stanford set on majoring in earth systems, but I accidentally fell in love with art... more
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.
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September 6, 2019
Recently, staff at Stanford and AECOM completed two days’ worth of non-native fish control and sampling from Searsville reservoir at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. This occurred over a time when the water levels have also been dropped for... more
September 5, 2019
In these turbulent times of environmental and social unrest, rigorous study, personal (and collective) appreciation, and active protection of our planet’s beautiful biological and cultural diversity, can serve as critical tools to help us address the increasingly steep... more
September 5, 2019
Throughout my entire Stanford career as an Earth Systems major, I have focused on learning about the many different intersections of the ecological and human dimensions in environmental science. I still remember sitting in Earth Systems 10 during... more
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Purchase Wildflower Prints
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
