Virtual Café – Role of field stations in conservation efforts
Event Time is 11 am-12 pm Eastern Daylight Time Via Zoom Biological field stations play a multifaceted role in advancing ecological research and conservation efforts. Field stations provide researchers access to diverse ecosystems, essential infrastructure, and logistical support, enabling them to conduct field studies, long-term monitoring, and experiments. Field stations serve as educational hubs, offering…
Read MoreCoastal Resiliency Lecture
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Read MoreIntroducing ‘Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is honored to introduce ‘Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma, pronounced oot-cha-mean oo-yahk-ma, as the translation of Jasper Ridge in the Muwekma Ohlone Chochenyo dialect. The aboriginal Puichon Ohlone name of the area in which Jasper Ridge is located had not been recorded, but ‘Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma is the name suggested by the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of…
Read MoreCabin Fever Series
Please join us for our Cabin Fever presentation on Monday, January 22 at 11am. We are thrilled to have Sam Chapman share his vast knowledge of alewives. Learn about their life cycle, migration, historical & cultural importance, current population data & connection to Maine’s economy. Our Cabin Fever Series is the perfect opportunity to socialize…
Read MoreOBFS Board Post
OBFS attendees for AIBS congressional Visit day in 2023. This is a great way to meet your congressional leaders
Read MoreVirtual Café – Fire Management at Field Stations
Within the community of biological field stations, we don’t need to debate whether climate change is real as we see the local impacts in real time. Among the most dramatic changes is the global and local increase in frequency and intensity of fires as well as the associated increasing length of the fire season. For…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Creation of the Philippe Cohen and Cindy Stead OBFS Endowment
At the annual OBFS meeting at La Selva Costa Rica, long time board members and field station directors Philippe Cohen and Cindy Stead made a game changing announcement. They have created the Philippe S. Cohen and Cynthia I. Stead OBFS endowment. A percentage of income from their retirement accounts will be bequeathed to OBFS upon…
Read MoreDeadline to sign up for the Virtual Field Research Coordination Network
We still have room available to join this year’s Virtual Field RCN cohort. Faculty participants in this RCN will implement the Virtual Field (TVF) products (EE-videos, 360-degree videos, and Live from the Field events) in their undergraduate classrooms and FSML participants will learn how to create content for TVF! What’s included? Faculty participants will receive…
Read MoreLifetime Members
The lifetime Membership category was launched by the first member, Eric Nagy, PhD a longtime OBFS board member and the Associate Director of the Mountain Lake Biological Station. Eric has served in the following capacities on the OBFS board: President / Past-President / Vice President / Finance Committee / Governance Committee, Chair / Preventing Sexual…
Read MoreSummer Lecture Series: Melissa Sevigny, Author of “Brave the Wild River”
Melissa Sevigny, the author of the book “Brave the Wild River,” will visit the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) in northern Michigan to give a talk as part of the historic scientific field station’s 2024 Summer Lecture Series. The event on the Pellston campus is free and open to the public. Sevigny’s book, which…
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