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Bernard Field Station Use Spring 2008

Other Uses and Activities

Request No.: 08FC3007F2
Submitted on: 4/2/08 at 3:59 PM
User: Sidi Benzahra, Faculty member, JSD
E-mail: sbenzahr@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 7-0922, Other phone: 612-850-8497

Number in group: 7
Dates: 04/05/2008 to 04/05/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Evening, Night
Areas to be used: pHake Lake, classroom/infirmary
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of activity or project: We are filming two scenes of an independent film.

Request No.: 08E9B72255
Submitted on: 2/13/08 at 2:05 PM
User: Erica Helson, Undergraduate student, Pitzer
E-mail: ehelson@pitzer.edu
College phone: 8057462940

Number in group: 10
Dates: 02/15/2008 to 02/15/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of activity or project: Tour of the field station for Claremont students who are unfamiliar with the resource.

Request No.: 07DCD2E194
Submitted on: 12/3/07 at 9:44 PM
User: Carl Norlen, Undergraduate student, Pomona
E-mail: carl.norlen@pomona.edu
College phone: (909) 607-8453

Number in group: 15
Dates: 02/23/2008 to 02/23/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: classroom,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Quercus sp. (oak), Sambucus canadensis (elderberry), Yucca whipplei (Our Lord's Candle), Asclepias californica (California milkweed), Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood), Salix sp. (willow), Salvia mellifera (black sage)
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of activity or project: Jim Lowery, a survival expert will be teaching a native plant uses class. The class will be one day of about 6 hours of training at the field station. We will use the classroom area for formal instruction and then move to other parts of the field station to look at particular plant specimens. We will learn survival related uses of plants as well as how to identify them. Some information we will learn traditional uses of plants such as processing of acorns, making medicinal teas, and weaving cordage. The event is sponsored by On The Loose, the outdoors club of the Claremont Colleges.

Request No.: 07D2B63E75
Submitted on: 11/17/07 at 1:02 PM
User: Susan Schenk, Staff member, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Number in group: 5
Dates: 10/01/2007 to 05/01/2008
Frequency: Other - will vary depending on prep needed
Time of day: Varies - will vary depending on prep needed
Areas to be used: eastern CSS, north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Plant and animal species located in the CSS/grassland areas
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Semi-permanent quadrats will be located in these areas

Description of activity or project: This is part of the Partnership for Advanced Learning in Science (PALS) 5-C volunteer program. The students are planning some long-term observation projects for local elementary school classes. This is preliminary work and no classes are yet scheduled. Observations may include plants and animals found in the quadrats, development of ant colonies in the roads, and phenology and pollinators of several shrubs. Samples of plants will be collected occasionally for identification. Invertebrates may also be temporarily collected.