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Bernard Field Station Use Spring 2004

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Request No.: 044038A6A5
Submitted on: 5/3/04 at 5:02 PM
User: Gene Fowler, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: gsf04747@pomona.edu
College phone: 18970

Type of use: Course - EA 89 Environmental Literature
Number in group: 10
Dates: 4 May 2004 to 4 May 2004
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, east field
Species to be studied: no
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: General tour of BFS, observation of plants and animals

Request No.: 043C906586
Submitted on: 4/27/04 at 7:01 PM
User: Gene Fowler, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: gsf04747@pomona.edu
College phone: 18970

Type of use: Course - Env. Analysis 51 PO
Number in group: 23
Dates: 28 April 2004 to 28 April 2004
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, east field, lower neck
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: This will be a walking tour of the BFS, for PO's Introduction to Environmental Science course.

Request No.: 04331DA194
Submitted on: 3/27/04 at 11:49 AM
User: Katelyn Walker, UGStudent member, HMC
E-mail: katelyn_walker@hmc.edu
College phone: 909-607-4787

Type of use: Course - Ecology BIOL108
Number in group: 1
Dates: 3/27/04 to 3/27/04
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: central CSS, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, east field
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: I will observe two plant species (possibly an insect species as well). No samples will be collected.

Request No.: 0428FA10A1
Submitted on: 3/2/04 at 3:05 PM
User: Melinda Herrold-Menzies, Faculty member, Pitzer
E-mail: Melinda_Herrold-Menzies@pitzer.edu
College phone: 607-7960

Type of use: Course - ENVS 126 PZ California Landscapes
Number in group: 15
Dates: April 28, 2004 to April 28, 2004
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: This will be an introduction to the Coastal Sage Scrub community. We will walk around the areas checked above, looking at the vegetation but we will NOT be collecting anything.

Request No.: 0421CC3A24
Submitted on: 2/5/04 at 11:09 AM
User: Stephen C. Adolph, Faculty member, HMC
E-mail: adolph@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-1872

Type of use: Course - Biology 108, Ecology and Environmental Biology
Number in group: 25
Dates: Feb. 23 to Feb. 23
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Dawn
Areas or facilities needed: pHake Lake, eastern CSS, oak forest, east field
Species to be studied: no
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: We are visiting BFS to introduce the students to the various habitats. This visit will just be observational. Individual students from the class may return for their own observations. I will have them submit individual use requests if they plan to do that.

Request No.: 041F529BED
Submitted on: 1/30/04 at 3:07 PM
User: Frances Hanzawa, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College phone: 621-8601

Type of use: Course - Bio 116, Ecology and Evolution of Plants
Number in group: 8
Dates: 2 Feb 04 to 26 April 04
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, east field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Stake flags labeled with course number and student name. Flags will be in place <4 weeks.
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: During February students will carry out an experiment on plant demography. In March and April, each student will do an independent project on some aspect of plant ecology.

Request No.: 041FE36781
Submitted on: 1/27/04 at 10:40 AM
User: Dan Guthrie, Faculty Member, JSD
E-mail: dguthrie@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 607 2836

Type of use: Course - Science 62, Env. Sci
Number in group: 65
Dates: about Feb 8 to about April 1
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: eastern CSS
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? yes

Project description: Small clippings of live plants to be used for identification.

Request No.: 041CBFF642
Submitted on: 1/22/04 at 8:47 AM
User: Paul Faulstich, Faculty member, Pitzer
E-mail: paul_faulstich@pitzer.edu
College phone: 621-8818

Type of use: Course
Number in group: ENVS 146
Dates: Spring Semester to End of Semester
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Morning, Varies - plus some afternoons by students and one saturday
Areas or facilities needed: central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary, classroom, east field, lower neck, central neck
Species to be studied: no
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 continuation of the LEEP project. See the Leadership in Environmental Education Partnership website for more information.

Request No.: 041B4C06BF
Submitted on: 1/15/04 at 10:48 AM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Type of use: Course - Bio 44, Introductory Biology
Number in group: 185
Dates: April 20, 2004 to April 30, 2004
Frequency: Other - Afternoons (T-F, 1-5) the first week. Will vary the second week depending on student experiments.
Time of day: Varies - see frequency
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary, classroom, east field, lower neck - Classroom will be used the first week only. Areas and times of use will vary in the second week depending on the experiments the students design.
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Students who have designed multi-day projects will mark sites with flags.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes

Project description: This is a pollination biology lab. Students will be introduced to flower structure, inflorescence types, and pollinators. They will design experiments, collect data during the following week, and present the results in oral reports.

Request No.: 041B4A6F9A
Submitted on: 1/15/04 at 10:34 AM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Type of use: Course - Bio 44, Introductory Biology
Number in group: 185
Dates: April 6, 2004 to April 16, 2004
Frequency: Other - 50 students each afternoon for the first week. Bird observations will be taken during mornings of the first and second weeks.
Time of day: Varies - see frequency
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, lower neck - Areas with coastal sage scrub
Species to be studied: yes
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 about plant diversity, vegetation profile, and plant volume, along with insect numbers and diversity, and bird numbers and diversity. They will compare this data with a set collected similarly on the developed portion of the campus. Plant samples and insects will be collected for later identification.

Request No.: 041B4956BC
Submitted on: 1/15/04 at 10:24 AM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Type of use: Course - Bio 44, Introductory Biology
Number in group: 185
Dates: March 2, 2004 to March 15, 2004
Frequency: Other - Afternoons T-F the first week. Will vary the second week depending on the experiments the students design.
Time of day: Varies - see frequency
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary, east field, lower neck - Mostly around lake the first week. Locations will vary the second week.
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Students projects which require sequential data collection will require flags.
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: This is a lab which allows students to investigate ant behavior. The first week, students will carry out a set of preliminary observations and design experiments. The second week, each group will collect data on which to base a formal report.

Request No.: 041B48734D
Submitted on: 1/15/04 at 10:16 AM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Type of use: Course - Bio 44, Introductory Biology
Number in group: 185
Dates: March 30, 2004 to April 2, 2004
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: pHake Lake, classroom
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - Four sites around the lake will be marked for sampling.
Will plants or animals be collected? yes

Project description: Students will collect samples from the labeled sites and examine them at the outdoor classroom. Species and population numbers will be correlated to site conditions. Students will also suspend bottles from the floats and measure 24 hr oxygen concentrations to determine productivity in the lake during the week.

Request No.: 041A264CEC
Submitted on: 1/8/04 at 2:21 PM
User: Jennifer Perry, Faculty member, Pomona
E-mail: jennifer.perry@pomona.edu
College phone: 607-9675

Type of use: Course - Anthropology 110 (Field Methods in Archaeology)
Number in group: 8
Dates: February 7, 2004 to May 1, 2004
Frequency: Other - no more than 2 to 3 times starting on February 7th
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Species to be studied: no
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? no
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: I am requesting permission to use the Bernard Field Station to train students in archaeological field methods as part of the spring course I am offering at Pomona College, entitled "Field Methods in Archaeology." No excavation, artifact collection, or other destructive or invasive activities will be conducted. Rather, I would like to use the property to instruct students in compass navigation, archaeological survey (i.e., how to scan the ground surface and look for signs of human activity), and other mapping techniques. The advantage of the field station is that it provides a local, relatively natural landscape, an appropriate context for students to learn and practice such techniques (e.g., finding cardinal directions, determining distances between natural features, etc.). The first scheduled date is Saturday, February 7, with perhaps two more days to be scheduled sometime between February and May, depending on the needs of the students as the course develops over the semester.

Request No.: 031C0A160D
Submitted on: 12/30/03 at 4:53 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: Monday 9 February to Monday 19 April
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Evening, Night
Areas or facilities needed: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, east field, lower neck
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - colored forestry flags and/or forestry tape may be used to mark experimental sites
Will plants or animals be collected? no

Project description: Students will test optimal foraging hypotheses by measuring giving-up-densities of foraging nocturnal rodents. Aluminum pie plates containing seeds mixed in sand will be placed at experimental locations at dusk and collected the following dawn. Experimental sites may be manipulated in other ways (examples from past years include placing fake predators at sites or marking sites with predator scent).

Request No.: 031C0917FE
Submitted on: 12/30/03 at 4:44 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 8 2004 to April 5 2004
Frequency: Other - to be determined - probably several times/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night
Areas or facilities needed: pHake Lake, classroom - Outdoor classroom needed on March 8 2-5 pm only.
Species to be studied: yes
Will vertebrate animals be used? no
Will markings or flags be used? yes - rope transect will be left in place across lake from March 8 to April 5
Will plants or animals be collected? yes

Project description: Students will conduct an experiment to determine if zooplankton in pHake Lake exhibit diurnal vertical migration. Plankton tows will be taken at various depths along a transect during the day and at night (sampling times and periodicity to be decided by students). We will use the outdoor classroom on Monday March 8 from 2-5 pm for introduction to zooplankton identification; after that equipment and samples may be stored in the outdoor classroom on days when samples will be taken.