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Request No.: 0129FCC75C
Submitted on: 11/6/01 at 10:16 PM
User: Nancy Hamlett, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: Nancy_Hamlett@HMC.edu
College phone: (909) 607-3811, Other phone: (909) 625-2223

Type of use: Course - Biol 128 - Prokaryotes Laboratory
Number in group: 3
Dates: 11/8/01 to 11/28/01
Frequency: Other - one to half a dozen times in 3-week period
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon, Varies - sampling may occur at different times on different days
Areas or facilities needed: pHake Lake - We will need one boat on the afternoon of Thursday, 11/8
Species to be studied: Sulfate-reducing bacteria, magnetotactic bacteria, phenazine-producing Pseudomonas, and acylhomoserinelactone-degrading bacteria
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: Students in the Prokaryotes laboratory are attempting to isolate specific physiotypes of bacteria selected by the students. Several students in the class will use water or sediment from pHake Lake as inocula. The instructor or another student will accompany the student using the boat; other students will come to the station individually.

Request No.: 0124CEE9D7
Submitted on: 10/29/01 at 1:22 PM
User: Donald A. McFarlane, Faculty member, JSD
E-mail: dmcfarla@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 72564

Type of use: Course - Bio 146l
Number in group: 10
Dates: 31 OCT 2001 to 31 OCT 2001
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Evening
Areas or facilities needed: Lower neck
Species to be studied: CSS shrubs
Will vertebrate animals be used? No
Will markings or flags be used? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No

Project description: Comparison exercise, Line Intercept versus Point Quarter methods of plant cover analysis.

Request No.: 0120F7E74A
Submitted on: 10/23/01 at 8:55 AM
User: Dan Guthrie, Faculty member, JSD
E-mail: dguthrie@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 607 2836, Other phone: 621 4000

Type of use: Course - Sci 62 - Environmental Science
Number in group: 65
Dates: Oct 29 to Nov 5
Frequency: Other - each student pair use once for 1 hour.
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: Central CSS, eastern CSS, east field
Species to be studied: Birds
Will vertebrate animals be used? No
Will markings or flags be used? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No

Project description: Students in pairs are asked to conduct two spot counts of birds, recording all birds seen in the area. Spots are selected at random.

Request No.: 0119390C11
Submitted on: 10/4/01 at 9:53 PM
User: Nancy Hamlett, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: Nancy_Hamlett@HMC.edu
College phone: x73811, Other phone: (909) 625-2223

Type of use: Course - Bio 128: Prokaryotes Laboratory
Number in group: 6
Dates: 10/9/01 to 10/9/01
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: pHake Lake
Species to be studied: Mixed samples of bacteria, algae, and invertebrates
Will vertebrate animals be used? No
Will markings or flags be used? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No

Project description: Students will create a depth profile of chemical indicators of microbial activity in pHake Lake. They will measure oxygen concentration and remove approximately 1-L water samples at 2-ft depth intervals. In the lab, we will measure the following in the samples: temperature, pH, nitrate, nitrite, sulfide, chlorophyll, bacteriochlorophyll, ATP, and total direct counts of bacteria and protists.

Request No.: 0118C0D562
Submitted on: 9/25/01 at 1:17 PM
User: Dan Guthrie, Faculty member, JSD
E-mail: dguthrie@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 72836, Other phone: 621-4000

Type of use: Course - Science 62 - Environmental Science
Number in group: 55
Dates: Sept. 26 - Oct. 2
Frequency: Other - each pair of students will use it once.
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: central CSS, eastern CSS
Species to be studied: Plant cover survey - all plants
Will vertebrate animals be used? No
Will markings or flags be used? No
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes

Project description: Small branch of perennial species (one of each by each group) for identification.

Description = comparison of volume and diversity of CSS with campuses.

Request No.: 0114F6BC34
Submitted on: 9/19/01 at 10:18 AM
User: Donald A. McFarlane, Faculty member, JSD
E-mail: dmcfarla@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 72564

Type of use: Course - Bio 146L (Ecology)
Number in group: 12
Dates: 26 Sep 2001 to 26 Sep 2001
Frequency: Other - Once in this context
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: Eastern CSS, east field
Species to be studied: General collection of insects by sweep net.
Will vertebrate animals be used? No
Will markings or flags be used? No
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes

Project description: I would like the students to collect insects by sweep net for subsequent identification and use in a rarefaction analysis lab, later in the semester. Students would work in 6 pairs, sweeping grass and low shrubs for 5 minutes, repeated five times.

Request No.: 011287F89A
Submitted on: 9/11/01 at 1:48 PM
User: Brian R. Hudgens, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: Brian.Hudgens@pomona.edu
College phone: 607-9794

Type of use: Course - Bio 125 Animal Behavior
Number in group: 3-6
Dates: 9/14/01 to 9/27/01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon, Evening
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS - We may use areas 7 and 10-12 if we cannot find sufficient lizards in areas 1, 2, and 4.
Species to be studied: Sceloporus occidentalis, Uta stansburiana, potentially other lizard species
Will vertebrate animals be used? Yes
Will markings or flags be used? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No

Project description: I am planning a lab on habitat use and territorial behaviors in lizards for an animal behavior class for the last two weeks of Sept (9/20-9/27). I will be visiting the field station and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden with two student assistants on 9/14 to determine the best places to conduct the lab (it has been conducted at Rancho Santa Ana in past years). This initial visit will only include siting lizards. Should we use the BFS I will fax or deliver a copy of the animal care committee approval to you before lab begins on 9/20. Students may continue working on the lab throughout the week of 9/20-27.

Request No.: 01F69DE19
Submitted on: 8/26/01 at 12:16 PM
User: Paul Faulstich, Faculty member, Pitzer
E-mail: paul_faulstich@pitzer.edu
College phone: 621-8818 Instructor/Advisor: Paul Faulstich, same, same

Type of use: Course - Envs Stds. 146; Theory and Practice in Environmental Education
Number in group: about 25
Dates: Jan 22, 2002 to May 10, 2002
Frequency: Daily - see below
Time of day: Morning, Varies - Tuesday through Friday will be mornings, with elementary schoolchildren (about 30 per day, plus about 8 college students); Mondays MAY be in the afternoon, and will not be every week, but we will have very frequent visits to the Station.
Areas or facilities needed: Western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary, classroom, east field, lower neck, central neck - Daily, the classes will break into groups, and will work at different areas of the Station.
Species to be studied: general place-based outdoor environmental education
Will vertebrate animals be used? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - If markers are used for specific projects, we will provide notification before they go up.
Will plants or animals be collected? No

Project description: LEEP makes extensive use of the field station’s natural resources and outdoor laboratory. Under the guidance of college students, elementary school children conduct environmental science projects at the station’s outdoor lab, engage in cooperative problem-solving, and participate in activities that build environmental responsibility. Experts in environmental education lead training sessions for college students and school teachers on the principles and techniques of outdoor education. On-site workshops addressing such topics as plant identification, animal tracking, and Native American uses of plants are geared toward the school children.

Request No.: 01DA01BCC
Submitted on: 8/23/01 at 2:55 PM
User: Frances Hanzawa, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8601

Type of use: Course - Bio 41E
Number in group: 24 students, 4 fac/staff/TAs
Dates: 11/14/01 to 12/12/01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon, Varies - lab meets Wed pm; students will also work at other times
Areas or facilities needed: Western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary, classroom, east field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck - Classroom needed 1-5 pm on 14, 21, and 28 Nov.
Species to be studied: various - see project description
Will vertebrate animals be used? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - see project description
Will plants or animals be collected? No

Project description: Students propose and carry out independent projects. The nature of the projects is varied, and therefore, the species to be studied or markings used cannot be specified. All projects, however, are subject to approval by the instructor and projects involving vertebrates are discouraged.

Request No.: 01D9EB6FE
Submitted on: 8/23/01 at 2:42 PM
User: Frances Hanzawa, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8601

Type of use: Course - Bio 41E
Number in group: 24 students, 4 fac/staff/TAs
Dates: 10/17/01 to 10/31/01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon, Varies - class meets Wed pm; students also visit at other times
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, classroom, lower neck, central neck, upper neck - Classroom needed on 17 Oct only
Species to be studied: Seed-eating birds
Will vertebrate animals be used? Yes
Will markings or flags be used? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No

Project description: Students develop and carry out projects examining some aspect of the foraging behavior of seed-eating birds. We will use temporary feeding stations that will remain in place from 17 Oct until 7 Nov.

Request No.: 01D9D542F
Submitted on: 8/23/01 at 2:30 PM
User: Frances Hanzawa, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8601

Type of use: Course - Bio 41E
Number in group: 24 students, 4 fac/staff/TAs
Dates: 9/19/01 to 9/26/01
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon, Varies - class meets Wed pm; students also visit at other times during these 2 weeks
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, classroom, east field, lower neck, central neck - Classroom needed Wed afternoon both weeks.
Species to be studied: Ground-dwelling arthropods, plants
Will vertebrate animals be used? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Pitfall trap locations will be marked w/ stake flags.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes

Project description: Students examine questions relating to the community ecology of ground-dwelling arthropods using pitfall traps to sample these populations.

Request No.: 01CFD987B
Submitted on: 8/22/01 at 2:18 PM
User: Frances Hanzawa, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8601

Type of use: Course - Bio 41E
Number in group: 24 students each day
Dates: 9/4/01 to 9/5/01
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: pHake Lake - none
Species to be studied: Hyalella azteca (freshwater amphipod)
Will vertebrate animals be used? No
Will markings or flags be used? No
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes

Project description: In this project, students examine the genetic variation present at 2 loci in the Hyalella azteca population in pHake Lake using cellulose acetate gel electrophoresis. Each of the two lab sections will collect with a dip net approximately 120-150 individuals for analysis in lab the following week. This is a very modest sample given the apparent size of the H. azteca population.

Request No.: 01CE8978B
Submitted on: 8/22/01 at 11:07 AM
User: Rachel N. Levin, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: RLevin@Pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8632

Type of use: Course - Bio 41E
Number in group: 27
Dates: 9/3/01 to 12/11/01
Frequency: Weekly - Tues pm; independent projects at other times
Time of day: Afternoon - Tues pm for class; other times for independent projects
Areas or facilities needed: Western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary, classroom, east field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Species to be studied: Students will be engaged in projects on flora and fauna of BFS throughout the semester. The first project will focus on amphipods collected from pHake Lake. The third project will be focused on seed eating birds. The second project is a broad study of the BFS communities and the final, independent project is determined by the students.
Will vertebrate animals be used? Yes
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Students will place flags on their study plots during the week of Sept 17. These will stay up for a minimum of three weeks.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes

Project description: Amphipods will be collected from pHake Lake during the first week of class for an initial project. Pitfall traps will be set on group plots during the week of Sept. 17 and kept out for a maximum of 3 weeks.