February 8, 2021
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is pleased to announce the creation of a new award that will recognize students who have engaged in meaningful environmental education activities at or related to Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve . The Jasper Ridge Environmental Education Scholar Award will be given annually to a student who, through their leadership, best exemplifies Jasper Ridge’s commitment to education,... more
December 8, 2020
As we enter the last month of 2020, we reflect on what a different year it has been with our Jasper Ridge Annual Report . Through it all we are grateful to have shared it with our wonderful community. We thank you all for weathering the year’s storms with us—keeping connected with you all has been one of the high... more
October 1, 2020
Plants, like humans, are host to many pathogens. Just how many pathogens and just how much of a disease burden they levy is not immediately evident in seemingly tranquil and restorative places like Jasper Ridge. But in two new publications from Professor Erin Mordecai’s lab, we get a different view, that of Jasper Ridge grasses confronting diverse and ubiquitous pathogenic... more
September 3, 2020
Research at Jasper Ridge has re-started—gradually, and subject to painstaking review by Stanford’s Field Research Working Group. To be eligible to re-start, studies must be long-term or have completed all exploratory work prior to March; researchers must be located in Northern California; and their visits must receive approval from the Working Group and their department chair. The Working Group evaluates... more
September 2, 2020
Photo above from David Tattoni’s bird-banding research at Jasper Ridge by Peter E. Hart. Thanks to an incubator grant from the National Science Foundation, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve will be working with several partner institutions to plan the San Francisco Bay Research Coordination Network for Student Opportunities in Avian Research to Enhance STEM Education . Appropriately abbreviated SOAR, the program... more
July 16, 2020
Technology is aiding California firefighters in detecting, responding to, and fighting wildfires through a statewide network of cameras—the ALERTWildfire Camera Network—that can be remotely operated and whose imagery can be viewed by the general public as well as by emergency responders. The network consists of state-of-the-art Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) fire cameras and associated software tools to help firefighters and first responders... more
July 6, 2020
From 1970 to 2007, Leonard Robinson was the Jasper Ridge caretaker, a title that barely skims the surface of decades of contributions to the preserve. He was the carpenter, mechanic, heavy equipment operator, and plumber who kept the place functioning. He was also a dedicated father who raised a family at Jasper Ridge, and a blues guitarist. His legacy at... more
May 7, 2020
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is home not only to world-class science, but also offers right-brain inspiration to a wide variety of photographers, artists, and writers. This month one of those writers, Kevin Arnold of Palo Alto, was honored by having a poem he wrote about Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve published on-line at the webstie Your Daily Poem . Kevin wrote... more
April 22, 2020
Don Kennedy has a multitude of legacies. Perhaps none is more important than his role in protecting Jasper Ridge when it mattered most. Several of the most significant turning points in the conservation and management history of Jasper Ridge took place under Don Kennedy’s leadership as chair of the biology department from 1965 to 1972 and as president of Stanford... more
March 31, 2020
A new Jasper Ridge paper examines the changes in soil bacteria and fungi—two major components of the grassland soil microbiome—under long-term global change treatments and disturbance by fire. Lead author Clara Qin ’15, MS’16 conducted the research as part of an undergraduate honors thesis, advised by professor Kabir Peay. The paper was selected as the editor’s choice for the March... more
