Community Lectures and Events

Join us to celebrate the graduation of new Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve docents from the classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022! Graduation Ceremony and Community Picnic is Back! Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Join us to celebrate, welcome and meet the new graduates and docents from the BIO / ESYS 105 Ecology and Natural History of Jasper Ridge classes of 2020,... more

Squirrels in the city: predicted threats to our native squirrel from two invading species Dr. Jessica Castillo Vardaro, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biological Sciences Department, San Jose State University Virtual Event via ZOOM: May 17, 2022 at 4:30 PM (PT) Invasive species are a major threat to biodiversity worldwide and tree squirrels ( Sciuridae ) are among... more

Virtual Event via ZOOM: May 13, 2022 at 2-3 PM (PT) Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer presents Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Citizen Potawatomi Nation, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, Founder and Director: Center for Native Peoples and the Environment Hosted by: School of Humanities and Sciences, Department of Biology, Hadly Lab, Jasper... more

The wild side of E. coli: Investigating the distribution and diversity of Escherichia coli in wild animals at Jasper Ridge Katherine Lagerstrom, PhD Candidate, Hadly Lab, Biology, Stanford University April 19, 2022 at 4:30 PM (PT) Escherichia coli is a well-known and important species of bacteria to humans, but is understudied in wild animals. E. coli residing in the guts... more

Hybridization, coloration, and genomics in the northern flicker Stepfanie M. Aguillon, PhD Stanford Science Fellow, Biology, Stanford University Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 4:30 PM (PT) Red-shafted and yellow-shafted flickers are incredibly colorful woodpeckers that hybridize in the Great Plains. This hybridization leads to many individuals of intermediate coloration with mixed genetic ancestry (so called "hybrids" or "intergrades"). In this... more

Environmental Justice at Stanford: Environment, Community, Justice and Intersectionality Emily Polk, PhD, Notation in Science Communication; Sibyl Diver, PhD; Earth Systems Program; Richard Nevle, PhD, Earth Systems Program; Tanvi Dutta Gupta, ‘23, Biology. Tuesday, January 11, 2022 5:00 PM (PT) ZOOM Meeting The Environmental Justice Working Group (EJWG) at Stanford is an intergenerational collective working to embed environmental justice into... more

Past, Present, and Future of Prescribed Burns in California Dr. Rebecca Miller, Postdoctoral Scholar, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West Tuesday, Decembrer 7, 2021 4:30 PM (PT) ZOOM Meeting Recent wildfires have prompted new policy conversations in California around the use of prescribed burns, referring to purposefully-set fires used to reduce the severity of a future wildfire. However, many... more

The event is now at capacity, docents have received their link in their email. Please visit the project website to stay up to date with upcoming events: https://searsville.stanford.edu/ Searsville Watershed Restoration Project Tom W. Zigterman, Senior Director of Water Resources & Civil Infrastructure, Stanford University, and Karla Traynor Smith, Senior Project Manager, Stanford University Tuesday, November 2, 2021 4:30 PM... more

Drought and the invasive Argentine ant at Jasper Ridge Deborah M. Gordon, Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University. Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:30 PM (PT) ZOOM Meeting Our twice-yearly survey of the ants of Jasper Ridge is now in its 28th year. The data show how changes in climate, especially drought, affect both invasive and native ants. The Argentine ants... more

Hands Off or Hands On? Perspectives on Managing Nature Jeffrey Schwegman, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University Tuesday, June 1, 2021 4:30 PM (PT) ZOOM Meeting Should we let wild nature run its course within a nature preserve, or should we intervene to guide it in directions we deem beneficial? There... more