December 3, 2024
We're in the midst of preparing another iteration of the field course "Ecology and Natural History of Jasper Ridge," now in its 50th year. In just a few weeks, we'll be seeing new docents-to-be creating community... more
Annual Report 2022-2023
About the Preserve
Stanford University’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (JRBP) is in the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, about five miles southwest of the main campus. The preserve encompasses remarkable geologic, topographic, and biotic diversity within its 483 hectares (1,193 acres) and provides a natural laboratory for researchers from all over the world, educational experiences to students and docent-led visitors, and refuge to native plants and animals.
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November 19, 2024
Corine Pearce teaching basket weaving to Stanford students (photo by Tadashi Fukami)
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) collaborated with Fiber Optics, a workshop with the Stanford Humanities Center, to host a ... more
November 13, 2024
The birding team surveys with binoculars across a transect. Photo by Dan Quinn.
Since 1975, the docent community of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) has been volunteering to offer natural history research and educational experiences... more
November 13, 2024
At Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma), we have been continuing our efforts to turn the preserve into a place where not just Western science, but both Western and Indigenous science can flourish, and inform each other.... more
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The paintings in this collection of wildflower watercolors were done by Herb Dengler in the 1980s and 1990s from specimens gathered on Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. They are printed on an Iris printer in a limited edition of 250, each numbered and containing an engraved authentication. Learn more about purchasing Herb Dengler wildflower prints