Community Lectures and Events

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

Group picture by Dan Quinn during the trees and shrubs Nov 6 continuing education event. Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve! 2022 HOLIDAY PARTY! Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 4:30 to 6:30 PM Sun Field Station, JRBP (Stanford encourages masks when indoors) Come share your best 2022 memories with your friends over a cup of hot apple cider, holiday cookies, a glass of... more

Date Change: Monday, November 14, 2022 Audubon Science: Producing actionable science for bird conservation Chad Wilsey Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Scientist, National Audubon Society Chad Wilsey has been with Audubon since 2013 and in his current role, leads a team of scientists conducting analyses in support of Audubon’s national main mission: to protect birds and the places they need... more

Place-based stewardship science at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Sheena Sidhu, PhD. Staff Scientist at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University There is important work to do place-based applied research that can directly inform local climate change resilience, and it is vital to act collectively. Jasper Ridge’s newest staff scientist, Dr. Sheena Sidhu, approaches this work with the goal of creating... more

The Sierra Nevada: Natural History, Poetry, and Ecological Imagination Conversation with Steven Nightingale, Richard Nevle, and Rodolfo Dirzo. Friday, June 3rd, 4:00 PM (PT) (in person, outside) Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (picnic tables) Richard J. Nevle and Steven Nightingale take us across the legendary Sierra Nevada mountain range on a journey illuminated by scientific insight and incandescent poetry. From granite... more