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Earlier this summer, Jasper Ridge hosted a Fire Fuels Ecology workshop with 25 experts in the areas of wildfire modeling, fire emergency response, land-management, risk management, indigenous practice, research, education, policy making, law and ecology. The purpose of the workshop was to review the 2021 Stanford Wildfire Management Plan (2021 SWMP) which identifies areas for fuel reduction across all University... more

We are pleased to announce the 2022 Jasper Ridge Environmental Education Scholar Award: Bianca Silva Santos! Bianca is a PhD student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources , where she focuses her research around science and policy for managing human impacts on highly migratory marine animals in the Pacific. Her research applies interdisciplinary methods from the fields... more

An ongoing exhibit at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin, Germany features Searsville Reservoir as one of the twelve sites from around the world that are being considered as the global reference site defining a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Entitled Earth Indices , the exhibit opened May 19 and will run through October 17, 2022. It... more

Pythagorus once proposed that sun, moon, stars, and Earth make a harmonious universe of sound called the music of the spheres. Contemporary earth system science confirms that spheres make our planet function. Not by divine music, however, but in a complex interplay among the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the lithosphere (geology) and the biosphere. Today the interactions among these spheres are... more

Climate change in recent years has extended the length of the fire season and increased the intensity and frequency of wildfires in our area, as is the case through much of the American West. Recent analyses commissioned by the Midpeninsula Open Space District and the Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network suggest these trends will continue. In 20 to 40 years... more

We are pleased to sum up what has been a very exciting “hybrid” year at Jasper Ridge in our Annual Report. “Hybrid," of course, means that while the pandemic continued to demand we expand our virtual offerings, we were also delighted to welcome researchers, students, and our broader community back on site under COVID-safe guidelines. As usual, we are distributing... more

Congratulations to John Working, Lysbeth Anderson, and Julien Ueda for awards received from the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) at the 2021 OBFS Annual Meeting, which took place virtually at Flathead Lake Biological Station in Polson, Montana. John and Lysbeth were honored with the OBFS Mary Hufty Local Hero Award, which recognizes “individuals who exemplify the ideals of OBFS... more

In a virtual ceremony held September 23, 2021, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve was honored with the Human Diversity Award by the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS). The award was presented at the OBFS 2021 Annual Meeting, which took place at Flathead Lake Biological Station in Polson, Montana. The OBFS includes about 200 field stations from around the world, and... more

We are pleased to announce Sydney Lee Schmitter and Sriram R. Narasimhan as the recipients of the 2021 Jasper Ridge Environmental Education Scholar Award. Both students have engaged in meaningful environmental education activities both at and related to Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve by leading outreach efforts with the Redwood Environmental Academy of Leadership (REAL) program and their leadership with the... more