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The photo above of the doe and two new fawns is just in off our camera traps--what better way to document that life goes on at Jasper Ridge? This week we also take a few detours down memory lane, by featuring a few photos of past experiences at Jasper Ridge shared by some of our wonderful docents at our virtual... more

Week 6 of Shelter in Place brings some spring flowers, California's state lichen, great birds, and more. Enjoy, and stay safe and healthy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky4v-T2E4zU&feature=youtu.be http://jrbp.stanford.edu/news/remembering-don-kennedy more

This week teaching "at" Jasper Ridge moved forward in the virtual world, with video clips that illustrated points of interest on Jasper Ridge trails for students, as well as research demonstrations. And, as always, a day-by-day fun fact or two for you to mull over. We hope you enjoy these reminders of what we all be returning to once the... more

Welcome to Week 4 of Shelter In Place at Jasper Ridge. Life goes on here, though without the usual human presence, and still provides us opportunities to learn about this place we all love. Here are this week's vignette's of Jasper Ridge Virtual Tours. more

As we settle into Week 3 of shelter in place, bright spots at Jasper Ridge include the announcement that docent Casey Mullins has been honored with Stanford Earth's Julie Kennedy Public Service Scholars Award, the knowledge that up on the serpentine wildflowers are heralding the onset of spring, and that bobcats and all our wildlife are enjoying the respite from... more

On week 2 we bring you newts, butterflies, predators ... and more oaks. And we extend hearty thanks to our docent photographers whose photos have made the first three weeks of Virtual Jasper Ridge possible: Alice Cummings, Toni Corelli, Peter Hart, Dan Quinn, Jeff Schwegman, Bob Siegel! more

As we all began to shelter in place on March 17, Jorge Ramos began tweeting day-by-day about nature going about its business at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. If you are already on Twitter, you can find his daily posts at @stanfordjrbp . If you're not, we'll be bringing you weekly summaries here! For all of us at JRBP, these virtual... more

Wood density (the mass per unit volume of wood) is associated with mechanical support, carbon and nutrient storage, drought tolerance, pathogen defense, and water transport in trees and shrubs. Models of carbon stocks often rely on wood density estimates. Although understanding wood density variation can better inform studies of tree evolution and carbon models, ambiguity exists as to what factors... more

Kevin Leempoel, Trevor Hebert, Elizabeth A. Hadly Note: Dr. Kevin Leempoel will be presenting his latest research during our Jasper Ridge Evening Lecture series on Tuesday, March 17 at 4 PM. In conservation, faunal diversity surveys are essential to document eventual changes in diversity and abundance over time. They are, however, time-consuming, expensive, and usually detect a limited number of... more

We’re Jen and Hilary Bayer, 20-year-old twins from Palo Alto. For as long as we can remember, we’ve been exploring nature. Several times during childhood we visited Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve with Stanford student friends of our family who were docents. Since then we’ve aspired to learn more about, and contribute to work being done at the preserve. Throughout our... more