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Posted in News on Sep 17th, 2019
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 […]
Posted in News on Jun 10th, 2019
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 […]
Posted in News on Jun 10th, 2018
The California Department of Fish & Wildlife has declared June 2 – June 10 “California Invasive Species Action Week“, so Saturday, June 9, was the perfect day to have Sustainable Claremont’s Green Crew to the BFS to learn about and remove invasive plants. After an introduction to the BFS and some of our invasive plant […]
Posted in News on Feb 27th, 2014
New vegetation is coming up in the that area burned last September in the Foothill Fire. Part of the burn area is in the east field, which was once cleared and was covered with a mixture of non-native grasses and recovering coastal sage scrub. A cursory look at this area gives the impression that a […]
Posted in News on May 29th, 2013
It’s now that time of year when the Italian Thistles (Carduus pycnocephalus) have gone to seed, so the volunteers have turned their attention to Maltese Star Thistles (Centaurea melitensis, aka Tocalote), which are starting to bloom. You can read about these invasive thistles and our overall Star Thistle management strategy in this post from last […]
Posted in News on Apr 25th, 2013
Some time in the past, perhaps in the early 1970s, a very large mound of dirt was dumped on what is now the southwestern portion of the BFS in preparation for a development that never happened. Because the dirt in the mound has more clay than the native BFS soil, it retains more water, and […]
Posted in News on Jul 9th, 2012
This past Saturday, volunteers set up a soil solarization trial at the BFS. The area to be solarized was cleared of rocks and vegetation and covered with clear plastic, which will be left in place for 2–3 months. The plastic will trap heat generated by solar radiation (the greenhouse effect), causing soil temperature to rise […]
Posted in News on May 6th, 2012
This past Saturday BFS volunteers mounted an assault on Italian Thistles (Carduus pycnocephelus) at what we think is the site of the original infestation – the top mound of dirt that with the ‘old toad pond’. This is what it looked like before we started: And here’s what it looked like after we finished: In […]