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Bernard Field Station Use Spring 2002

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Request No.: 025A17B225
Submitted on: 4/29/02 at 9:54 AM
User: Kathleen Purvis, Faculty member, JSD
E-mail: kpurvis@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 79782

Type of use: Course - Chem70- Environmental Chemistry
Number in group: 8
Dates: 5/8/02 to 5/8/02
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning
Areas or facilities needed: pHake Lake
Species to be studied:
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: Test water for various properties, i.e. ammonia, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, phosphate, and chlorine concentrations and pH.

Request No.: 0258B169A2
Submitted on: 4/23/02 at 3:06 PM
User: Michael Black, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: black@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-2614

Type of use: Course - Humanities 2i; "Bloom or Bust: Gambling with Water in Arid CA"
Number in group: 24
Dates: April 25th to April 25th
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: oak forest, infirmary, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Species to be studied: unspecified
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: I would welcome an informally guided tour of the Field Station with an eye to the flora and fauna which once lived here. Times: 12:45-2:00 PM, Thursday, April 25th.

This is for a course on Western water and its discontents.

Many thanks

Michael

Request No.: 0251A08FD2
Submitted on: 4/3/02 at 6:17 PM
User: Maya Federman, Faculty member, Pitzer
E-mail: maya_federman@pitzer.edu
College phone: 607-2646, Other phone: 323-661-2347

Type of use: Course - Econ 172 Pz
Number in group: 10 max
Dates: 4/9/02 to 4/9/02
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning
Areas or facilities needed: central CSS, pHake Lake - Don't know exactly - Jeanne Gural is taking us on a tour
Species to be studied:
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: Tour of the BFS.

Request No.: 0250ED67FA
Submitted on: 4/2/02 at 3:09 PM
User: Paul Stapp, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: Paul_Stapp@hmc.edu
College phone: 7-9884

Type of use: Course - Bio 108 Ecology and Environmental Biology
Number in group: 12
Dates: 8 April 2002 to 26 April 2002
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Varies - students will visit station at their own discretion
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: plants and animals - observational studies only
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: Students will visit the field station to complete an essay assignment for Bio 108, which will be due at the end of April. They will observe ecological interactions between plants and/or animals, take notes of their observations and develop hypotheses about the nature of the interactions. Students are expected to spend a minimum of 4-5 hours in the field making observations but their activities should not result in any disturbance to plants or animals.

Request No.: 0252E00EF3
Submitted on: 3/26/02 at 1:42 PM
User: Gene Fowler, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: gsf04747@pomona.edu
College phone: 18970

Type of use: Course - Environmental Analysis 51 - Intro to Env. Sci.
Number in group: 15
Dates: 28 March 2002 to 4 April 2002
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, east field, central neck
Species to be studied: All plant species
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? yes

Project description: We will be measuring plant biodiversity, using transect and quadrat methods. Quadrats will be 0.25 m squares, from which all grass species will be removed (smaller forbs will be counted in situ). Approximately 10 such quadrats will be measured.

Request No.: 0244F5ECCB
Submitted on: 1/28/02 at 2:20 PM
User: Gene Fowler, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: gfowler@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8970

Type of use: Course - Environmental Analysis 51
Number in group: 18
Dates: Jan. 31 2002 to Jan. 31 2002
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: central CSS, pHake Lake, oak forest, east field, lower neck
Species to be studied:
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: This is a walking, introductory tour of the BFS. We will also make a few measurements of Opuntia joints and leaves of other plant species.

Request No.: 0244E54818
Submitted on: 1/28/02 at 11:48 AM
User: Grizelda Velasquez and Joe Saldana, Student, Other
E-mail: Gvelasquez@aol.com
College phone: 909-869-4056, Other phone: 760-802-2413
Instructor/Advisor: Dr. Ronald Quinn, 909-869-4056, RDquinn@csupomona.edu

Type of use: Course - Conservation Biology (CSU Pomona)
Number in group: 2
Dates: February 16 or 17, 2002 to same
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
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: coastal sage scrub, any native and non-native flora and fauna.
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: We are interested in possibly talking to the care taker about the station (beyond what is on the web site). In addition we would like to take pictures and examine the types of living flora and fauna for our project in our Conservation Biology class. If you would be so kind as to oblige us, we wood greatly appreciate it.

Thank you for your time

Request No.: 023F55C7E1
Submitted on: 1/19/02 at 12:07 PM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: x 74018

Type of use: Course - Bio 44, Introductory Biology
Number in group: 25-50 per day
Dates: April 8, 2002 to April 19, 2002
Frequency: Other - M-F, 1-5pm the first week. Students will make observations of birds some mornings in the first and second weeks.
Time of day: Varies - See above
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, lower neck
Species to be studied: CSS plant, birds, insects
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? yes

Project description: Students will collect data for an analysis of some aspects of the CSS ecosystem and comparison of it with conditions on the developed part of the campus. Plant samples and insects will be collected for identification.

Request No.: 023F5519B7
Submitted on: 1/19/02 at 12:01 PM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: x 74018

Type of use: Course - Bio 44, Introductory Biology
Number in group: 25-50 per day
Dates: April 22, 2002 to May 3, 2002
Frequency: Other - April 22-26, M-F, 1-5 pm, after that varies with student project
Time of day: Varies - see above
Areas or facilities needed: eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary, classroom, east field - More areas may be used depending on student projects.
Species to be studied: Many
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Some student groups may mark the plants they will study.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes

Project description: Students will be introduced to flower structure and aspects of pollination biology at the outdoor classroom the first week. The following weeks they will carry out data collection for a project of their own design. A few plant samples may be collected.

Request No.: 023EB2DEDC
Submitted on: 1/18/02 at 11:26 AM
User: Brian Hudgens, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: Brian.Hudgens@pomona.edu
College phone: 79794

Type of use: Course - Bio 112 Terrestrial Ecology
Number in group: 18 (16 students, 1 faculty and 1 TA)
Dates: Feb 15 to May 1
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Varies - Initially noon-5:00, then varies as necessary to complete independent projects
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary, east field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Species to be studied: To be determined. Initial use will be observation of distribution patterns of plants and animals throughout field station. Students will then propose 3-4 projects to explain those patterns that interest them. A complete list will be provided when projects have been approved for the class.
Will vertebrate animals be used? yes
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Flagging tape or small flags may be used to mark individual plants or plots. A complete description will be sent when projects are approved for class. Care will be taken to avoid overlap between markings used for this class and those used for current studies at BFS.
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: The class will conduct independent projects at BFS over a 3-5 week period. During the first week, students will spend 2-3 hours observing distribution patterns of plants and animals throughout the station. They will then propose 3-5 projects designed to explain some of those patterns. I will approve those projects that are feasible given the resources and time available to the students and submit a full description of those projects at that time. The nature and scope of these projects will be similar to those carried out in the past at BFS by Bio 112 under Bill Wirtz and Bio 41e.
These projects will be conducted either from Feb 15-Mar 1 or Mar 29 through May 3 (preferably) depending on conditions at a second site to be used in the class.

Request No.: 023BB04661
Submitted on: 1/13/02 at 2:41 PM
User: Michael Honer, Faculty member, Pitzer
E-mail: michael.honer@cgu.edu
College phone: 909-949-4046

Type of use: Course - Art 123: Photography and the Local Landscape
Number in group: appx. 19
Dates: Jan 23, 2002 to May 8, 2002
Frequency: Other - appx. 5-7 class dates; some individual student use
Time of day: Afternoon, Evening, Varies - course meets 2-5pm Mon & Wed. May stay later than 5pm depending on lighting conditions
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom, east field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck - ALL areas may be accessed, but we can limit usage to avoid critical habitat, other course / research areas
Species to be studied:
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: This is an Art course cross-listed with Environmental Studies, emphasizing "landscape photography." Its objectives are to provide outdoor shooting experience to advanced photography students, fine-tune their photography skills, and familiarize them with the common physiographic and biotic communities of So. Cal. Use of the BFS is of particular interest because of its proximity to campus, its (relatively) "wild" environment, its close juxtaposition to heavily developed areas, and its status as a "threatened landscape." An on-going assignment for students will be to document the appearance of the BFS during different seasons, times of day, and lighting conditions. Baseline photographs will be made with associated positional information in order to create good documentation of the Station in 2002, for future reference. Hopefully this course will result in the creation of professional quality archivable photographs of the Station for use and reference by future students / researchers.

Several instructional afternoons will be spent covering topics such as orientation, composition, exposure control, botanical macro photography, night photography, basic field identification of plants. Independent student projects on the BFS may be assigned, contingent on approval of the BFS Manager, and observance of all BFS regulations. These will be approved by the instructor prior to starting.

Request No.: 0239375E71
Submitted on: 1/9/02 at 2:47 PM
User: Marion Preest, Faculty member, JSD
E-mail: mpreest@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 607 8014

Type of use: Course - BIO 57L - Concepts in Biology
Number in group: 46
Dates: Feb 18 to Feb 19
Frequency: Other - twice the week of Feb 18-19 weather permitting (lab may be rescheduled for the next week if it's wet)
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, infirmary, classroom
Species to be studied: - willow (salix)
- variety of plankton (phyto- and zoo-)
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: Terrestrial Activities
We will be taking using increment borers to take core samples from a series of willows around the edge of pHake Lake to assess the relationship between age and size. I anticipate taking 25 samples.

Aquatic Activities
We will measure depth, temperature, oxygen concentration from a variety of sites on pHake Lake. We will make a series of plankton tows and identify the organisms collected back in the lab.

Request No.: 02375FCAFD
Submitted on: 1/6/02 at 3:20 PM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: x 74018

Type of use: Course - Bio 44 Introductory Biology
Number in group: 25-50/day
Dates: April 1, 2002 to April 5
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: pHake Lake, classroom
Species to be studied:
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Several sites around the lake will be marked.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes

Project description: Measurements of oxygen production in the lake over the week. Sampling of organisms at lake edge and correlation with edge conditions.

Request No.: 012F407D71
Submitted on: 12/14/01 at 4:11 PM
User: Catherine McFadden, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 909 607-4107

Type of use: Course - Biology 110 - Experimental Ecology Lab
Number in group: 8
Dates: Feb. 11 2002 to April 22 2002
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Evening
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, east field, lower neck - on Mon Feb. 11 from 2:30-4 pm I will give students a general orientation tour of the entire field station.
Species to be studied: nocturnal rodents: kangaroo rats, deermice, wood rats
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - colored forestry flags and flagging tape will be used to mark experimental sites; all flags will be labeled with course number and student's initials
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: Students will test individual hypotheses about effects of predation risk on the giving up density (GUD) of foraging nocturnal rodents. GUD will be tested by placing aluminum pie plates filled with sand and millet seeds at experimental sites at dusk. Plates will be collected at dawn and the number of seeds remaining will be determined. No rodents will be captured or harmed during the experiment. Depending on the individual hypotheses students address, additional items may be placed in the field near experimental sites (e.g., small shelters, plastic owls on posts, etc).

Request No.: 012F3F5257
Submitted on: 12/14/01 at 4:01 PM
User: Catherine McFadden, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 909 607-4107

Type of use: Course - Biology 110
Number in group: 8
Dates: March 11 2002 to April 01 2002
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon, Varies - 1-5 pm on 3/11; after that students will conduct an independent experiment and will sample plankton at various times of day and night and maybe on multiple days
Areas or facilities needed: pHake Lake, classroom - need outdoor classroom on 3/11 and will need to store a small amount of equipment there during week of 3/25-4/1
Species to be studied: zooplankton (primarily Daphnia)
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - will need to string a marked rope transect across the lake and leave it in place from 3/11-4/1
Will plants or animals be collected? yes

Project description: Students will design and conduct an experiment to determine if the zooplankton in pHake Lake exhibit daily vertical migration in the water column. Plankton samples will be taken at various depths along a marked transect at intervals throughout the day and night. Students may take samples over several days and will also take at least one sample at night.

Request No.: 01F69DE19
Submitted on: 8/26/01 at 12:16 PM
User: Paul Faulstich, Student, 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, 2001
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.