Here are some scenes from our October 1 volunteer workday – the first of the 2022-2023 academic year. As usual for this time of year, we were cutting cattails, and lots of cattails were cleared from around the boat launch area!
It’s fall, so it’s time for… Cutting Cattails! Read More »
After a little hiatus thanks to Omicron, we are excited to announce that BFS Volunteer Workdays will resume, this Saturday, April 2, when we will be planting native plants, propagated by CalBG from BFS stock, in the Foothill Blvd Parkway. We hope you can join us! Do note that this workday will begin at 8:00
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Big excitement at the BFS – today was the first volunteer workday since March 7, 2020! We had a “soft open” with a very small group to make see how things went with our new COVID-19 protocols in place. But our little group did manage to pull a whole lot of mustard (+ a few
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The list of BFS Mammals has just been updated. There is one new addition to the list: Merriam’s Chipmunk (Neotamias merriami) This chipmunk was captured by a trail cam (shown above). It is probably accidental; there is no eveidence that they are established on the BFS. There is one name change: San Diego Desert Woodrat
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The list of BFS Reptiles & Amphibians has just been updated. There are two name changes: San Diegan Legless Lizard (Anniella stebbinsi)Previously reported as Anniella pulchra, but A. pulchra has been divided into 5 species on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence. The species at the BFS is A. stebbinsi, which can be distinguished
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COVID-19, the disease caused by a novel coronavirus has arrived in LA County. Although there are currently no confirmed cases in Claremont, the Claremont Colleges are responding vigorously to mitigate the potential threat. In addition to moving all undergraduate classes online, the Colleges have canceled all public events through May 15. As a result:
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The first two volunteer workdays of the 2019-2020 academic year were, as usual, devoted to cutting back cattails in pHake Lake. The cattails weren’t planted when the lake was first constructed. They got there on their own. And, boy, do they love it! They grow very tall and thick, extending their territory with rhizomes that
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As we move into a new academic year – and a new season of volunteer workdays – it’s fun and satisfying to look back on what we accomplished last year and to look at some photos not previously posted. As usual, we started off with cattail removal, which you can see here, here, here, and
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The California Department of Fish & Wildlife designated June 1-9 as “California Invasive Species Action Week“, and we at the BFS are doing our part! We teamed up the Sustainable Claremont’s Green Crew to remove invasive plants from an area currently undergoing restoration. The area was bulldozed during the installation of a sewer line during
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If you walk along Foothill Blvd to the field station, you may be enjoying the masses of Common Fiddleneck (Amsinckia intermedia) and Distant Phacelia (Phacelia distans) blooming in the parkway, spurred on by the unusually rainy winter. Both Common Fiddleneck and Distant Phacelia are characteristic annuals of California Sage Scrub – a native plant community
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