Community Lectures and Events

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

A holistic framework for characterizing landscape health in the Santa Cruz Mountains Dr. Kelly McManus Chauvin Postdoctoral Scholar Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University Tuesday, May 18, 2021 4:30 PM (PT) ZOOM Meeting The Santa Cruz Mountains is a hotspot of ecological diversity, with many kinds of rare habitats, special ecosystems, and threatened species. It is also a hotspot of... more

What’s soil got to do with climate change? Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry, and Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced. The soil system stores twice as much more carbon than the atmosphere and all of the world’s vegetation combined. Exchange of greenhouse gases between the soil... more

Signals of a Persistent Pollutant: Characterizing the History, Distribution, and Bioaccumulation of Mercury at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (and beyond) Sergio Redondo, PhD Candidate, Hadly Lab, Department of Biology, Stanford University California’s geology, mining history and atmospheric deposition have led to extensive accumulation of mercury in the Bay Area, with troubling implications for human, wildlife and environmental health. Although mercury... more

Jasper Ridge Undergraduate Researchers: Julien Ueda and Tanvi Dutta Gupta, Stanford University Tuesday, April 6, 2021 5:30 PM (PST) Long-term bird population trends at the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve by Julien Ueda, Dirzo Lab, Stanford University Birds provide numerous ecosystem services and intrinsic value as a part of our planet’s biodiversity. However, human impacts, such as land use and climate... more

How Dry it Was! Searsville Lakebed: Plant Discoveries and Stories Members of Oakmead Herbarium Team Tuesday, March 16, 2021 4:30 PM (PST) Carl Cheney grew up in Southern California chaparral, graduated from Stanford in 1965 and from docent training in 2003. He did his docent project on the native trees of Jasper Ridge, and joined the Herbarium group in 2013... more

Connecting with the Outdoors by learning and using iNaturalist while protecting vulnerable communities Jennifer Adams, Bryan Rodriguez and Esmeralda Cabrera, Latino Outdoors We inspire, connect, and engage Latino communities in the outdoors and embrace cultura y familia as part of the outdoor narrative, ensuring our history, heritage, and leadership are valued and represented. In these challenging times, members of Latino... more

Mary Ellen Hannibal, Author, 'Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction' Tuesday, February 9, 2021 4:30 PM (PST) ZOOM Meeting (Contact Jorge Ramos jorge.ramos @ stanford.edu for the link) What Makes the Bay Area a Biodiversity Hotspot? Mary Ellen Hannibal, Author, 'Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction' Mountains rise,... more

Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies, Emeritus and President of the Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University Tuesday, January 26, 2021 5:30 PM (PST) ZOOM Meeting (Contact Jorge Ramos jorge.ramos @ stanford.edu for the link) A conversation with Dr. Paul Ehrlich: From Searsville Park to Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies, Emeritus... more

You are all invited to the 2020 Jasper Ridge Holiday Party! Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:30-6:00 PM PST ZOOM Meeting (Contact Jorge Ramos jorge.ramos @ stanford.edu for the link) Join us and take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy winter break! Send us your favorite Jasper Ridge photo and we will give you the opportunity to say a few... more