Stewardship Partners

The Golden Gate Biosphere Network (GGBN) is a group of 20 organizations collaborating for stewardship and sustainable development in the Bay Area.

The Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network is a collaboration of 25 organizations engaged in land stewardship with the mission to help cultivate a resilient, vibrant region where humans and natural systems thrive.

The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe creates opportunities for joint stewardship through two-eyed seeing.

CAL FIRE offers partnership and support from our local unit (San Mateo - Santa Cruz, CZU) for developing wildfire resilience through fuel reduction and prescribed burning at the preserve.

Woodside Fire Protection District (WFPD) regularly works with our local responding fire district to expand fuel breaks along the perimeter of the preserve. WFPD provides regular fire tours for District staff to be familiar with all vehicle gates, bridges, major fire roads, major experiments, facilities, and sensitive areas such as the serpentine grassland.

Fire Safe San Mateo County (Fire Safe Council) hosts an annual Fire Safe Council BBQ at Jasper Ridge as a community event for fire agency personnel, fire practitioners, and community members.

The Stanford Wildfire Resilience Program focuses on land stewardship activities, fire fuel reduction treatments, and partnering with community agencies to enhance regional wildfire resilience.

The Stanford Conservation Program's  mission is to protect and bolster biodiversity in and around Stanford in order to inspire value for local stewardship in our community for this and future generations. To achieve that mission, we guide the University in meeting its goals and requirements to conserve biodiversity, steward protected species and the lands they occupy, we encourage learning about the natural world around us.

Stanford University lands contain nearly 100 archaeological sites and over 50 historic structures.  The historians and archaeologists working in Heritage Services conduct archival research and write historic and archaeological reports, perform surveys and excavations, map and record sites and structures, and provide construction monitoring services.