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JRBP('O'O) February 2024 Newsletter

February 2024

Link to 2023-2024 JRBP ('O'O) Newsletters.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Pile burning at Jasper Ridge, March 4, 2024

A fuel reduction project in March 2024 to improve wildfire resilience in and around the preserve will serve as a living lab for wildfire management research and an opportunity to build a long-term plan towards prescribed broadcast and cultural burns. The pile burn plan was developed by Jasper Ridge staff, Stanford main-campus colleagues, and consulting forester, with support from local fire agencies (CAL FIRE and Woodside Fire Protection District).

 

Click on the links below to learn more

  1. From Jasper Ridge: Jasper Ridge is Bringing Good Fire Back to the Land - Prescribed Burning

  2. From Stanford University: Pile burning will reintroduce good fire to Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve

 

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GRACIAS! THANK YOU!

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Thanks to our docents that helped lead tours in January of 2024: Catherine Magill, Jonathan Segal, Mary Bernstein, Vivan Neou, Joyce Friedrichs, Claire Elliott, Dawn Neisser, Jerry Hearn, Helen Quinn, Dan Quinn, and Klaus Porzig

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PICTURE OF THE MONTH

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Piles created from chaparral vegetation near fence line. Piles are covered with craft paper to keep them partially dry, which will aid in ignition during planned burns.