Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve – ' Ootchamin ' Ooyakma 50 th Anniversary Symposium April 15, 2024 at JR'O'O 8:30-9:00 Reception and breakfast 9:00-9:05 Welcome, Jorge Ramos and Tad Fukami 9:05-9:20 Remarks, Muwekma Ohlone Tribal members (Invited) Session 1: Humans as part of nature 9:20-9:35 Laura Jones, University Archaeologist, Stanford 9:35-9:50 Esak Ordonez, Amah Mutsun Land Trust Steward 9:50-10:05 David Freyberg,... more
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve 2023 HOLIDAY PARTY Wednesday, December 13th, 2023 4:30 to 6:30 PM Sun Field Station, JRBP Come share your 2023 memories with our community over a beverage, holiday cookies, and more! What to bring? Beverages, favorite hors d'oeuvres, cookies, pan dulce, yourself.. . Remember to bring a new book or toy for the Native American Cultural Center... more
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
SUMMER PICNIC TO CELEBRATE TWO JASPER RIDGE MILESTONES! Celebrate the graduation of the new 2023 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve docents! Celebrate Liz Hadly’s accomplishments and leadership at Jasper Ridge as Faculty Director from 2016-2023! 4:30 PM Graduation Ceremony and Celebrations 5-6:30 Friends, Food, and Refreshments! What can you bring? JRBP is providing the main entree’s and salads but we need... more
Muwekma Landscape, Archeology and the Narratives of the California Natives Michael Wilcox, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer, Native American Studies, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University Who are the Indigenous People of the Bay Area? California was settled by Native Peoples thousands of years ago, before the Bay existed, when grizzly bears roamed the peninsula. How do we explain their... more
Vegetation and land use change at Jasper Ridge reconstructed from over a century of sedimentary and written records M. Allison Stegner, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Department of Biology Using a combination of microfossil and geochemical analysis of sediments from JRBP’s Searsville Lake and Upper Lake Marsh, along with historical records, we documented over one and a half centuries of vegetation and... more
SHARE Title IX Program SHARE Title IX Office Carley Jaskulski, Director of Prevention Education for Students in the SHARE Title IX Office will lead a discussion on how to create a safe and inclusive environment at Jasper Ridge. Saturday, April 15, 2023 9-11 AM Sun Field Station, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve To access the video after the training please see... more
A Year with the Urban Gray Fox Bill Leikam Thirteen years ago, Bill began an ethological study, documenting, photographing and researching the behavior of the urban gray fox. This engaging program will begin with an overview of the gray fox then follow them on their adventure from the time that they pair up – the romantic period – before they... more
Rekindling a ruined hearth: Preliminary results of archeological survey and historial research of the Zoology cabin site Garrett Trask, M.A., Senior Archaeologist, Heritage Services, Stanford University Over a century after the Zoology Cabin was tore down by the University, its stone fireplace still stands alone and ruined amongst the redwoods at Jasper Ridge. A group of Stanford Zoology faculty and... more
Seeing the fungi for the trees: How hidden cooperative networks sustain forest health Kabir G. Peay, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology, of Earth System Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment Fungi are invisible but omnipresent components of terrestrial ecosystems. Despite the difficulty of observing them they shape the structure of plant communities, biogeochemical cycles, and... more