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April 2025 ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ____________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENTS ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​____________________________________ Wednesday, April 23, 4 PM. Evening Lectures with Dr. Laureano Gherardi, UC Berkeley Join us on Wednesday April 23, 4-6 PM to meet and be in conversation with Dr. Laureano Gherardi, from UC Berkeley. Laureano will share his presentation titled: “ Grassland Ecology Upside Down : A roadmap to belowground processes”. Bring a friend... more

On Friday, September 13, 2024, Jasper Ridge hosted the Year 2 All-Hands Symposium for the NSF-funded RCN-UBE project San Francisco Bay Research Coordination Network for Student Opportunities in Avian Research ( SOAR ). It was exciting to see how the network’s dynamism and success had grown in one year since the first SOAR All-Hands Symposium . Everyone was excited to... more

Figure 1. A panel of the broad topics represented at the pile burn research convening. California’s landscapes evolved with fire, both natural and anthropogenic. For thousands of years, people used fire and gained a deep understanding of the effects of burning on the ecology and natural history of the land. Unfortunately, however, European colonization disrupted this traditional ecological knowledge, eventually... more

March 2025 ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ____________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENTS ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​____________________________________ Hot off the press! Explore the 2023-2024 Annual Report The 2023-2024 Annual Report highlights our significant achievements in research, education, and stewardship, including the integration of Indigenous knowledge and practices into fuel reduction and vegetation management projects aimed at enhancing wildfire resilience. The report celebrates the 50th anniversary of our community and the preserve,... more

2023-2024, A transformative year! Our Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) 2023-2024 Annual Report illustrates a year filled with significant research, education, and stewardship milestones. The preserve has effectively added Indigenous knowledge and practices to our ongoing research and educational initiatives, notably including a fuel reduction and vegetation management project to enhance wildfire resilience at JRBP ('O'O). This pile burn... more

February 2025 ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​____________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENTS ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​____________________________________ Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 8 AM-12 PM: Prescribed Fire Research Convening We will be hosting a convening for prescribed fire research. Almost one year after the pile burns, the convening will include research presentations and a panel session with faculty, for the community to gain new insights on pile burn research. Please note that we... more

Jan uary 2025 ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​____________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENTS ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​____________________________________ Tuesday, Jan uary 21, 2025, 4 PM: Evening Lectures with Katie Glover, Ph.D Join us on Jan 21, 4-6 PM to meet and be in conversation with our very own associate director for environmental education, Katie Glover. Katie will share her presentation titled: “Exploring the Past and Future of California’s Ecosystems” and incorporate the... more

    December 31, 2024 Dear Jasper Ridge Community, As we approach the new year of 2025, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you for the many ways you have supported Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma). Because of your contributions, we accomplished significant milestones in 2024. We have continued to lead in innovative research and education to understand Earth's... more

We're in the midst of preparing another iteration of the field course "Ecology and Natural History of Jasper Ridge," now in its 50th year. In just a few weeks, we'll be seeing new docents-to-be creating community as they spend Thursday afternoons at the preserve. We'll come to know the unique expertise they bring to their learning and scholarship, and can't... more