April 5, 2024
Since its inception in 1975, the 20 week field course “ Ecology and Natural History of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ” has trained hundreds of JRBP'O'O docents over the years. While there have been several course number and curriculum changes in that time, one feature that has remained steady is the opportunity for students to conduct an independent course project... more
March 15, 2024
We were thrilled to have members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area participate in the initiation of pile burning at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve - 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma on Monday, March 4, 2024. The Tribal members’ interaction with students, faculty, staff, and the fire crew that day inspired us to start taking new steps toward two-eyed... more
March 15, 2024
After months of planning, the first week of March provided an excellent prescription window for pile burning at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve - 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma (JRBP'O'O) with nearly 200 piles burned! Pile burning was selected as one of multiple tools to reduce and remove fuels to create a fuel break along key perimeter areas of the preserve for mitigating wildfire... more
February 8, 2024
Following the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve – 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma (JR'O'O) Recommendations for Merging Fire Fuel Mitigation with Stewardship Practices white paper, we are ready to reintroduce good fire back to the preserve as part of our stewardship plan. JR'O'O previously conducted a few small controlled burns as part of the Global Change Experiment in 2011, and in grasslands in 2001;... more
January 24, 2024
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is honored to introduce 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma, pronounced oot-cha-mean oo-yahk-ma , as the translation of Jasper Ridge in the Muwekma Ohlone Chochenyo dialect ( hear Monica V. Arellano, Tribal Vice Chairwoman say it here ) The aboriginal Puichon Ohlone name of the area in which Jasper Ridge is located had not been recorded, but 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma is... more
January 24, 2024
With the recent decision to introduce 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma as the Ohlone translation of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, the preserve looks forward to promoting research efforts that are guided by both Western and Indigenous science, the approach known as two-eyed seeing. When guided by two-eyed seeing, place-based research at Jasper Ridge can strive to inspire others elsewhere since the central tenet... more
December 20, 2023
Jasper Ridge was formally designated by the university as a biological preserve in 1973. To celebrate its 50 th anniversary, a series of events are being held this academic year. The first of these, hosted at the preserve on November 30, 2023, turned out to be quite a memorable day. More than 120 participants enjoyed a light lunch outside in... more
December 13, 2023
Day 1 panelist discussion at the Watershed Restoration Conference. Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Faculty Director Tad Fukami hosted the Watershed Restoration Conference on December 11-12, 2023. This event was organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and Doerr School of Sustainability as part of a year-long conference series focused on identifying intersections and connections in sustainability between researchers... more
December 8, 2023
Fuel reduction efforts for 2023 have wrapped up at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, and planning for the next phase of work has already begun which will introduce “good fire” back to the landscape at the preserve. The first phase of work was completed over the summer, as summarized in this blog post and explains how this work has been part... more
September 29, 2023
Branches that were later chipped by the fuel reduction consultants after limbing up and thinning treatments that created a shaded fire break inside the perimeter of the preserve along Sand Hill Road. This summer, staff at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve did their part to mitigate wildfire risk by reducing fuel across approximately 80 acres of the preserve. These high-priority areas... more