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Posted in News on Jun 2nd, 2017
The day after the 2017 Foothill Fire, a small group was allowed into the field station to assess damage. Among the group were members of Prof. Matina Donaldson-Matasci‘s Bee Lab at Harvey Mudd Collge, whose bee hives narrowly escaped the fire thanks to the work of the firefighters. The Bee Lab group included HMC student […]
Posted in News on May 20th, 2017
Late in the afternoon of May 18, a fire started inside the BFS fence along College Avenue. Although the fire was thought to have been quickly extinguished, the wind came up and blew embers east so that the fire quickly spread to pHake Lake and along the south shore of the lake. The fire eventually […]
Posted in News on May 20th, 2017
Here are some scenes from this year’s Bernard Field Station Earth Day Celebration for the Claremont Community: One of the most popular events was the Family Science tour. At the Invertebrate Station, BFS Director Marty Meyer introduced families to some of the invertebrates at the field station, including millipedes, centipedes, beetles, and snails. Families got […]
Posted in News on Apr 3rd, 2017
On April 15, 2017, the BFS is hosting a variety of tours for the Claremont Community in celebration of Earth Day 2017, and we hope you can join us! (Click here or on the image at the right to download a PDF poster.) A list and description of the different tour options is below. We […]
Posted in News on Jan 16th, 2017
Volunteer workdays for Spring 2017 will resume Saturday, February 4. We had originally planned to start January 21, but a number of faculty, staff, and volunteers requested the day off to attend the Women’s March. You can check out the volunteer schedule here.
Posted in News on Dec 9th, 2016
For the last workday of the fall semester, volunteers removed a number of invasive woody plants, including: Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca) This South American native was introduced to California about 100 years as a landscape plant. It produces the poisonous alkaloid anabasine and is very toxic to both humans and wildlife. Tree Tobacco is drought […]
Posted in News on Nov 23rd, 2016
On this Thanksgiving, we at the BFS give thanks for all our wonderful volunteers! The BFS is so much better because of your efforts! For November, the BFS volunteers were planting and clearing…. November 5 – Planting: Back last January, Antonio Sanchez, the Nursery Production Manager, at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSABG), helped […]
Posted in News on Oct 8th, 2016
Volunteer workdays continued on October 1, when a terrific crew of stalwart volunteers cleared cattails, bulrushes, and reeds from the northeast corner of pHake Lake. The little island there is a prime spot for viewing waterfowl and other wildlife at the lake, but the view had been completely blocked by the cattails and bulrushes. The […]
Posted in News on Sep 27th, 2016
The first BFS Volunteer workday for 2016-2017 academic year was held Saturday, September 17, when 14 volunteers, including Claremont Colleges faculty and students, Citrus College students, and community members, cleared cattails from the south shore of pHake Lake, where this heavily used lake access point had become almost unusable. Here are some photos of the […]
Posted in News, Research, Web Updates on Aug 29th, 2016
If you’re curious about what went on at the BFS this past academic year, you can check out the “Robert J. Bernard Field Station 2015-16 Annual Report”, which is posted on our website. We’ve also posted research publications for the 2015-2016 academic year, including six peer-reviewed journal articles and five senior theses. Do check them […]