February 20, 2016
Mistletoe is well known for giving license to holiday kisses but has a vampire-like quality for the trees it grows on. It is a hemisparasite: though it photosynthesizes on its own, it extracts water and nutrients from its host tree. Jasper Ridge has a single mistletoe species, and it can be found on multiple oak species. Until now there was... more
February 14, 2016
JRBP was featured on the cover of the January 12, 2016 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in an image by Greg Asner et al. that illustrates 3-dimensional mapping of the water content of tree canopies by the Carnegie Airborne Observatory. JRBP has been a reference site in their survey of moisture stress across all of... more
January 22, 2016
Studio 2 is an eco, micro, mobile art space for the street or the foothills. Three weeks before most students arrived on campus to start fall quarter 2015, guest artist David Szlasa was building an arts studio with students at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. The studio was built from salvaged materials largely from scrap material available at the Jasper Ridge... more
July 22, 2015
CHRIS FIELD , a professor of biology and of Earth system science at Stanford, has been honored for the clear and compelling manner in which he explains climate-change science to the public. The 2015 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication is being given to Field by Climate One, a special project of the Commonwealth Club of California... more
May 1, 2015
A Stanford University committee has completed an extensive, four-year study of the future of Searsville Dam and Reservoir, located in the university's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in the San Francisquito Creek watershed. more
July 14, 2022
We are pleased to announce Bianca Silva Santos as the recipient of the 2022 Jasper Ridge Environmental Education Scholar Award. Bianca is a PhD student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources , where she focuses her research around science and policy for managing human impacts on highly migratory marine animals in the Pacific. Her research applies interdisciplinary... more
November 20, 2019
At a ceremony held on the Stanford University campus November 20, Nona Chiariello received one of the university’s highest honors, the Marsh O’Neill Award. Presented by Dean of Research Kathryn “Kam” Moler, the award honors staff who have contributed above and beyond to the exceptional research for which Stanford is known. The awardees are nominated by faculty in recognition of... more
March 22, 2018
See the complete p rogram of a ctivities and exhibits Download PDF guide and activities map On Saturday May 12, 2018, from 10 am to 3 pm, Stanford University’s premier terrestrial outdoor research and teaching laboratory in the hills near Palo Alto—Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve—will be open to the public for discovery and exploration in one of California’s most diverse... more
April 4, 2017
The Stanford community is invited to a special screening of Tomorrow , the award-winning documentary by actress and filmmaker Melanie Laurent and environmental activist and documentarian Cyril Dion, followed by a panel discussion with Dion and Stanford experts in the field of environmental research. This event is sponsored by Students for a Sustainable Stanford, the Department of Biology, the Jasper... more
December 20, 2013
Local teacher receives Presidential award Eastside Field Studies collaborating teacher, Alma Suney Park, has been honored with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching ! Congratulations to Suney and all of the hardworking students from Eastside. The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is awarded annually to outstanding K-12 science and mathematics teachers from... more
