Bernard Field Station Use Requests for Current Semester

Course Requests

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1257408977-Nina_Karnovsky
Submitted: 2009-11-05 00:16:17

Course Information
Course Name: Vertebrate Biology
College: Pomona
Course Number: BIOL 132
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 4

Instructor Information
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky
Email: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College Phone: 909-607-9794
Other Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-11-05 to 2009-12-05
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Boats,
Plant or animal species to be studied: All waterfowl in and around pHake Lake
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

Four students in my Vertebrate Biology class would like to conduct their independent study observing the waterfowl utlizing Hake Lake during migration. They will observe birds from the landing and from the other side of the lake and from the middle of the lake every morning. They will be there early (before 9) and will stay for about 45 minutes - 1 hour. Their names are: Nell Baldwin Ross Brennan Michael Mulroy Kristen Boysen All the best, Nina

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1256086202-Nina_Karnovsky
Submitted: 2009-10-20 17:50:02

Course Information
Course Name: Vertebrate Biology
College: Pomona
Course Number: BIOL 132
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 14

Instructor Information
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky
Email: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College Phone: 607-9794
Other Phone: 282-2244

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-10-22 to 2009-10-25
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: resident and migratory passerines
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? We will have furled mist nets up for 72 hours. They will be marked with pink flagging

Description of project/event:

We will be studying the diversity of migratory passerines utlizing the BFS. We will compare the body condition of both migrant and resident birds. We catch birds in specially designed mist nets and potter traps. Within 10 minutes of capture each bird will be removed and weighed and measured and their fat level will be assessed before they are released. We will be color banding scrub jays, California towhees and white crowned sparrows, which means they will each receive an individual combination of colors so that they can be recognized later and during other years. This will be the fifth year we have carried out this study.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1255800350-David_B._Hull,_P
Submitted: 2009-10-17 10:25:50

Course Information
Course Name: Environmental Studies
College: Westwood College - Upland
Course Number: SCI-313
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 10

Instructor Information
Instructor: David B. Hull, Ph.D.
Email: dhull@westwood.edu
College Phone: (909) 624-9705
Other Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-11-16 to 2009-11-16
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

Field trip to make students aware of native ecosystems to contrast with urban/suburban development and resources required by these.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1255051265-Dr._Dawn_M._Kauf
Submitted: 2009-10-08 18:21:05

Course Information
Course Name: Environmental Science
College: JSD
Course Number: BIOL 062
Number of Sections: 2
Approx. no. of students per section: 17

Instructor Information
Instructor: Dr. Dawn M. Kaufman
Email: dkaufman@jsd.claremont.edu
College Phone: 607-8277
Other Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-10-28 to 2009-11-04
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, classroom/infirmary area
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

TEACHING ONLY--Collection of water samples from pHake Lake

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1255050961-Dr._Dawn_M._Kauf
Submitted: 2009-10-08 18:16:01

Course Information
Course Name: Environmental Science
College: JSD
Course Number: BIOL 062
Number of Sections: 2
Approx. no. of students per section: 17

Instructor Information
Instructor: Dr. Dawn M. Kaufman
Email: dkaufman@jsd.claremont.edu
College Phone: 607-8277
Other Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-10-14 to 2009-10-27
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, classroom/infirmary area, south field, lower neck, central neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
Plant or animal species to be studied: Will observe and identify what bird species that they see
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

TEACHING ONLY--Comparison of BFS and campus avifauna

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1253830777-Nina_Karnovsky
Submitted: 2009-09-24 15:19:37

Course Information
Course Name: Vertebrate Biology
College: Pomona
Course Number: BIOL 132
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 13

Instructor Information
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky
Email: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College Phone: 909-607-9794
Other Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-09-24 to 2009-12-12
Frequency: Once
Time of day: depends on taxa we are observing
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Sceloperus and Uta lizards
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

We are going to cartch lizards and measure them and their body temperature and then will release them. They will be given a dot of paint so that they are not caught more than once.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1252012722-Frances_Hanzawa
Submitted: 2009-09-03 14:18:42

Course Information
Course Name: Insect Ecology and Behavior
College: Pomona
Course Number: BIOL 121
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 12

Instructor Information
Instructor: Frances Hanzawa
Email: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College Phone: 621-8601
Other Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-09-15 to 2009-12-01
Frequency: 9/15, 9/22; weekly 10/27-12/1
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Various insects and host plants
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Stake flags will be used for 1-4 weeks as required by student projects

Description of project/event:

Students will design and carry out projects examining herbivorous or gall-forming insects during September. Each student will carry out a 6-week independent project on some aspect of insect behavior or ecology beginning in late October. (Many of these projects will be largely or entirely lab-based; only a few will be conducted at BFS.) In addition, students will occasionally collect insects via pitfall traps, nets, etc for a required insect collection.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1242764628-Andre_Wakefield
Submitted: 2009-05-19 13:23:48

Course Information
Course Name: Environmental History
College: Pitzer
Course Number: ENVS 016
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 7

Instructor Information
Instructor: Andre Wakefield
Email: awakefield@pitzer.edu
College Phone: 909-607-3068
Other Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-05-26 to 2009-07-10
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

I am a historian. The students in my summer course (EH 16) will be working together, and with me, to produce a complete (i.e., social, economic, ecological, etc.) history of the BFS.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1240352493-Gene_Fowler
Submitted: 2009-04-21 15:21:33

Course Information
Course Name: Intro to Environmental Studies
College: Pomona
Course Number: EA 50
Number of Sections: 1
Approx. no. of students per section: 10

Instructor Information
Instructor: Gene Fowler
Email: Gene.Fowler@pomona.edu
College Phone: 621-8970
Other Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-04-23 to 2009-04-23
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, classroom/infirmary area, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

This is a walking tour of the BFS, to familiarize EA students with the facility

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: cr-1236497291-Nancy_Hamlett
Submitted: 2009-03-07 23:28:11

Course Information
Course Name: Introductory Genetics
College: Pomona
Course Number: BIOL 040
Number of Sections: 4
Approx. no. of students per section: 32

Instructor Information
Instructor: Nancy Hamlett
Email: Nancy.Hamlett@Pomona.edu
College Phone: x73811
Other Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Dates of use: 2009-03-10 to 2009-03-13
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

Tour of the BFS for Introductory Genetics students as part of a program to introduce them to research opportunities at Pomona College.

Research Requests

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1258591617-Sally_Carter_and
Submitted: 2009-11-18 16:46:57

User Information
Name: Sally Carter and Robert Luo
College: Pomona
Email: sac02006@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 661-904-1988
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Nina Karnovsky
Email: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
Phone: 909.607.9794

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 2
Dates of use: 2009-11-18 to 2009-12-18
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO Fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) and Western gray squirrels (Sciurus griseus)
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
We will be attempting to map the distributions of the two squirrel species found in this area, the native western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) and the invasive fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). To do this, we will be walking around the Pomona College campus, Pomona's organic farm, the Bernard Field Station and the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic gardens and visually searching for squirrels. Using a GPS unit, we will record the coordinates and species of each squirrel we encounter. We will also record observations of the surrounding areas and the behavior of each squirrel. From this, we hope to gain some insight into where the two species are found and what habitat features favor each species.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1256847586-Michal_Shuldman
Submitted: 2009-10-29 13:19:46

User Information
Name: Michal Shuldman
College: UC Berkeley
Email: mishuldman@berkeley.edu
College Phone: 510-642-1054
Other Phone: 718-614-4727
Category: Graduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: UC Berkeley
Name: Todd Dawson
Email: tdawson@berkeley.edu
Phone: 510-642-6090

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-12-21 to 2010-03-30
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive
Facilities or equipment needed: none
Plant or animal species to be studied: Heteromeles arbutifolia (toyon)
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
California is a biodiversity hotspot with a unique flora. Current and future climate change will affect plants on physiological and ecological levels. I use comparative ecophysiology of closely related species found in different environments to elucidate some possible outcomes of climate change. My research is focused on the California native shrub Heteromeles arbutifolia. If plants currently found in climatically stable environments (e.g. coastal) are adapted to constant environments, they may be under greater threat from increases in climatic extremes, such as heatwaves. There have been numerous studies examining the effects of increased average temperatures on plants in California and elsewhere but, we know much less about the impact of increased extreme temperatures on the terrestrial biosphere. My research examines the effect of extreme heat events on multiple populations of the wide spread shrub Heteromeles arbutifolia. I will be growing seeds collected from multiple locations (including BFS) in one coastal and one inland common garden near UC Berkeley.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1256766449-Sarah_Woods
Submitted: 2009-10-28 14:47:29

User Information
Name: Sarah Woods
College: Pomona
Email: slw32008@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 909-260-8667
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Fran Hanzawa
Email: FMH04747@pomona.edu
Phone: 909-621-8601

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-10-28 to 2010-05-01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: ground-dwelling beetles (Coleopterans)
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? flags for marking pitfall traps and flagging tape to mark beginning/end of transects

Description of project/event:
I plan to examine the effects of edges caused by habitat fragmentation on the biodiversity of ground-dwelling beetles (Coleopterans) at the Bernard Field Station. More specifically, I will research the effects of man-made edges by assessing the diversity and abundance of beetles along transects spanning the “neck” of the BFS. The peripheral and interior roads of this area will be the primary edges of focus. Along approximately five transects spanning across the research area, I will place pitfall traps every 10 meters that will be present in the field for 3 days. Traps will be laid along transects approximately once every month. I will determine the number of individuals/species present and use these data to assess the biodiversity and species richness of beetles. I will also research similar edges at an additional site with less fragmentation than the BFS for comparison. From this study, I hope to examine how fragmentation and edge effects influence the biodiversity and species richness of an ecosystem.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1256188672-Ben_Rubin
Submitted: 2009-10-21 22:17:52

User Information
Name: Ben Rubin
College: Pitzer
Email: benjamin_rubin10@pitzer.edu
College Phone: 201-779-5090
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pitzer
Name: Paul Faulstich
Email: paul_faustich@pitzer.edu
Phone: 909-621-8818

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-10-21 to 2009-12-20
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
The project will be to complete an autoCAD rendering of the Bernard Field Station. Emphasis will be placed on determining the impact of the proposed parking lot from an urban planning perspective. Methods include compiling the data and then using this data to create an autoCAD image. The significance of the project is to accurately illustrate some of the consequences of the proposed development.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1255387166-Nichole_Gleichma
Submitted: 2009-10-12 15:39:26

User Information
Name: Nichole Gleichmann
College: Scripps
Email: ngleichm@ScrippsCollege.edu
College Phone: 720-939-3214
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Joint Science Department
Name: Diane Thomson
Email: dthomson@jsd.claremont.edu
Phone: 607-0029

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 2
Dates of use: 2009-10-15 to 2010-06-15
Frequency: Several-days/week, With gaps between sampling
Time of day: Daylight hours depending on schedule
Areas to be used: south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Amsinckia mensiezii, Phacelia distans, Camissonia bistorta, Bromus spp.
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Flagging with aluminum tags at base used to mark plots

Description of project/event:
The goal of this project is to look at how invasive grass litter and dead biomass from the previous growing season affects germination of native seeds. 6 blocks, each 2.5 m by 2.5 m in size, will be set up in the south field grassland. Each block will contain 4 .75 m by .75 m plots that will receive the following treatments: 1. Control. 2. All invasive grass litter removed. 3. Invasive grass litter removed and replaced with an equivalent volume/cover of straw. 4. Invasive grass litter removed, ground up and replaced in the plot. These treatments will allow me to determine if litter negatively affects germination, and if so whether these effects are mostly physical (such as shading) or partly chemical. In each plot, I will plant 10-20 seeds for three native plants (Amsinckia mensiezii, Phacelia distans and Camissonia bistorta). All seeds were collected at the BFS last spring. I will then return and count germinated seedlings in all plots.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1255386354-Adam_Hanbury-Bro
Submitted: 2009-10-12 15:25:54

User Information
Name: Adam Hanbury-Brown
College: Pitzer
Email: abrown@pitzer.edu
College Phone: (203) 921-6144
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: JSD
Name: Donald McFarlane
Email: dmcfarlane@jsd.claremont.edu
Phone: (909) 607 2564

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-10-12 to 2010-05-01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: central CSS, corner, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Eriodictyon trichocalyx (Yerba Santa)
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
This project examines the degree of infection of sooty fungus on Eriodictyon trichocalyx. It specifically looks at how elevation and proximity to urban areas influences the abundance and severity of infection. I will be examining the success of sooty fungus at multiple sites below 2000 feet (including the BFS), as well as at sites of higher elevation. The density of stands will be measured in an effort to see if this variable has a significant effect on infection.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1253768122-Allison_Rossman
Submitted: 2009-09-23 21:55:22

User Information
Name: Allison Rossman
College: Pomona
Email: akr02006@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: (206) 949-7708
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Frances Hanzawa
Email: FMH04747@pomona.edu
Phone: (909) 621-8601

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-09-24 to 2010-04-30
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Brassica nigra (Black Mustard), Vulpia myuros (Rat-tail Fescue), Artemisia californica (California sagebrush), Eriogonu
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Flags and flagging tape will be used to locate and mark soil collection and potting sites.

Description of project/event:
An important component of plant ecology is the presence of chemicals in soil and leaves that inhibit the germination and growth of nearby seeds and plants, a phenomenon called allelopathy. I will be studying how allelopathy in coastal sage scrub (CSS) contributes to invasion resistance and if the effect differs between plant health and species. This will be accomplished by examining the effects of soil from under native shrubs on the germination and growth of two non-native species, Brassica nigra and Vulpia myuros. I will use three native shrubs, Artemisia californica, Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Eriodictyon trichocalyx, and compare older, senescent plants in the neck of the BFS with more actively growing plants in the central and eastern CSS. I will collect seeds of Brassica nigra and soil from under the canopies of the shrubs in the fall and conduct the germination and growth experiments in growth chambers and the greenhouse at Pomona College. Additionally, in the winter, I plan to conduct an experiment on the interaction between native shrubs and non-native seeds in the field in order to examine the effects of both soil-bound and volatile organic compounds from the native shrubs. I will place pots in the soil under the canopies and in the open to contain the exotic plants I am growing in the field.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1253290596-Warren_Roberts
Submitted: 2009-09-18 09:16:36

User Information
Name: Warren Roberts
College: Pitzer, Don McFarlane
Email: warren.roberts@libraries.clare
College Phone: 6070405
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Staff member

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: N/A
Name: N/A
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 10
Dates of use: 2009-09-23 to 2009-09-23
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
demonstration of research tools (GPS and GIS) for biology students.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1253230486-Amy_Briggs
Submitted: 2009-09-17 16:34:46

User Information
Name: Amy Briggs
College: Pomona
Email: amy.briggs@pomona.edu
College Phone: 781 572 1399
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Rachel Levin
Email: rachel.levin@pomona.edu
Phone: X18632

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-09-17 to 2010-05-15
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
The Western Scrub-Jay is a small corvid which inhabits a diverse range of habitats in the western United States and Mexico. These birds are notorious for their cognitive abilities, particularly those which concern caching food for the future. The Western Scrub-Jay is generally known to be territorial and have strong territory fidelity, only rarely leaving its territory in times of drought or acorn shortage (Carmen 1988). However, nonbreeding “floaters” sometimes form groups of 5-15 individuals and travel around “scouting” for territories suitable for breeding (Westcott 1969). There is a sizeable population of these birds residing at the Bernard Field Station and on the Claremont College campuses. I am interested in which areas of the field station are suitable for Scrub Jay breeding territories, how large these territories are, and if males and females are differentially loyal to their territories. I am also interested in whether food availability is a primary factor in determining habitat quality, and whether Jay’s caches are randomly distributed or clustered around nests or food sources. I will address these questions by color banding and genetically sexing scrub jays and observing their movements within the field station, including caching behavior of food provided at feeders. I will also map major food sources within the field station. Understanding how scrub jays are using space and what factors are important in determining territory quality will be useful in determining conservation strategies for the Western Scrub-Jay, the coastal sage scrub ecosystem, and the Western Scrub-Jay’s threatened relative, the Florida Scrub-Jay. It will also provide insight into the selection pressures acting on these birds, which may be generalizable to other species.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1252682535-Sally_Carter
Submitted: 2009-09-11 08:22:15

User Information
Name: Sally Carter
College: Pomona
Email: sac02006@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 661-904-1988
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Fran Hanzawa
Email: frances.hanzawa@pomona.edu
Phone: 909-621-8601

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-09-11 to 2010-05-11
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: harvester ants
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Each nest site will be marked with a flag.

Description of project/event:
I will be studying the diet and seed preferences of harvester ants for my senior thesis. I will be looking at nests in disturbed and intact areas of the field station, to determine whether the presence of non-native plants has a significant effect on the harvester ants’ diet. I will be collecting foragers as they return to the nest so that I can identify the food they are carrying in the lab. I will collect them by scooping individual ants up into plastic cups. These collections will be limited to approximately 30 ants per nest, at a total of ten nests, during each of 4 months. To get an idea of what seeds are available around the nest, I will be taking shallow soil samples (about 0.5 cm deep) along 12 meter transects surrounding the nest. I will do this by scraping up soil into a collecting container over an area of approximately 100 square centimeters.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1247527027-Sally_Carter
Submitted: 2009-07-13 16:17:07

User Information
Name: Sally Carter
College: Pomona
Email: sac02006@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 661-904-1988
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Fran Hanzawa
Email: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
Phone: 6218601

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-07-13 to 2010-06-01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: harvester ants
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? I will mark ant nests with stake flags.

Description of project/event:
I will be studying the diet and seed preferences of harvester ants for my senior thesis. I will be looking at nests in disturbed and intact areas of the field station, to determine whether the presence of non-native plants has a significant effect on the harvester ants’ diet. I will be collecting foragers as they return to the nest so that I can identify the food they are carrying in the lab. These collections will be limited to approximately 30 ants per nest during each of 4 months. I will also be setting up seed traps (10 cm diameter sticky traps) on transects near each colony to determine what seeds are available in the area around the nest. Traps will be in place for 1 week.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1246928757-Emily_Snyder
Submitted: 2009-07-06 18:05:57

User Information
Name: Emily Snyder
College: HMC
Email: esnyder@hmc.edu
College Phone: (909) 601-8684
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: HMC
Name: Nancy Hamlett
Email: Nancy_Hamlett@hmc.edu
Phone: (909) 601-8684

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-07-06 to 2009-08-06
Frequency: Occasionally
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
I'm working on a research project with Professor Hamlett this summer, and we are interested in determining the diversity of soil bacteria, specifially diversity of Bacillus species in the soil. I wish to collect several soil samples in the coastal sage scrub habitat so that I can clone and eventually extract the DNA of the bacteria in the soil to see what kinds of Bacillus are living in the CSS habitat.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1246473431-Jonathan_Wright
Submitted: 2009-07-01 11:37:11

User Information
Name: Jonathan Wright
College: Pomona
Email: jcwright@pomona.edu
College Phone: x18603
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Faculty member

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: N/A
Name: N/A
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 3
Dates of use: 2009-06-20 to 2009-07-20
Frequency: periodic, prob. 1-2/wk on ave.
Time of day: inverts with variable activity patterns
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Multiple invertebrate species
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
The project is seeking to build an invertebrate data-base for BFS as part of a Hahn Grant-funded effort to expand the BFS website. Key components of this project are: 1. Compile a collection of photographs of BFS invertebrates comprising either live animals or slide-mounted speciments (for small species) 2. Compile a physical collection of documented BFS invertebrate species that will reside in the Biology department, Pomona College, under the oversight of Jonathan Wright. Relatively scarce, conspicuous or sensitive species, including most butterfly and dragonfly species, will be recorded only photographically. 3. Conduct collecting trips to sample invertebrates from the full diversity of BFS habitats, generating specimens that can be preserved and keyed out - where possible, to species. 4. Incorporate existing and new invertebrate records into the BFS webpage, with linked photographs and reference materials.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1243991041-Frances_Hanzawa
Submitted: 2009-06-02 18:04:01

User Information
Name: Frances Hanzawa
College: Pomona
Email: fhanzawa@pomona.edu
College Phone: 621-8601
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Faculty member

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: N/A
Name: N/A
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 4
Dates of use: 2009-06-02 to 2009-07-17
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Eriastrum sapphirinum and its pollinators
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Stake flags marking study sites will have site number, my name, and termination date.

Description of project/event:
We are examining effect of the size and density of Eriastrum sapphirinum patches on pollinator visitation rate and on the identity and diversity of pollinators. Data on visitation rates will be collected via observation of pollinator activity at focal plants. This will require no manipulation of either plants or insects. Visitation rate data will be collected over approximately 4 weeks. On several days before, during, and after the this 4-week period, we will collect samples of insect visitors to E. sapphirinum, mainly solitary bees and small flies, in order to identify them in the lab.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1243982344-Fahmi_Quadir
Submitted: 2009-06-02 15:39:04

User Information
Name: Fahmi Quadir
College: HMC
Email: fahmi_quadir@hmc.edu
College Phone: 516-508-6573
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: HMC
Name: Nancy Hamlett
Email: nancy_hamlett@hmc.edu
Phone: 909-964-2731

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 2
Dates of use: 2009-06-02 to 2009-08-10
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Boats,
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Buoy in deepest part of lake

Description of project/event:
As is typical of lakes in warm climates, pHake Lake at the Bernard Field Station is monomictic, turning over only in autumn. In spring and summer as the surface warms, the lake stratifies, and the deeper layers become anaerobic. The upper anaerobic layer is dominated by green sulfur bacteria, but the second most conspicuous microbe (a spindle-shaped organism with a large refractile body) appears to be completely unknown. We will be collecting water samples for the isolation of this organism.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1240386083-Nancy_Hamlett
Submitted: 2009-04-22 00:41:23

User Information
Name: Nancy Hamlett
College: Pomona
Email: Nancy.Hamlett@Pomona.edu
College Phone: x73811
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Faculty member

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: N/A
Name: N/A
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 2
Dates of use: 2009-04-26 to 2009-04-26
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Lecanora sp.
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Flags marked with researcher name, lichen species, and date

Description of project/event:
I will be working with Kerry Knudsen, Curator of Lichens at the UC Riverside Herbarium, who is preparing to publish the species description of a new species of Lecanora, which he discovered at the BFS. We will be collecting a few small additional voucher specimens of this species. In addition, we will survey the Western CSS area, which was not included in the previous lichen survey. Some lichen location may be marked with temporary flags for future photography, if needed. In addition, we may mark some locations of rare lichens to prevent their accidental destruction. We will consult with the Manager about whether to install longer-lasting markers.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1239857173-Kate_Brieger
Submitted: 2009-04-15 21:46:13

User Information
Name: Kate Brieger
College: Pomona
Email: kkb02007@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 916-215-4517
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Nina Karnovsky
Email: Nina.Karnovsky@pomona.edu
Phone: 909-607-9794

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 4
Dates of use: 2009-04-15 to 2009-04-28
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti)
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? we will place flags where our tracking plates are

Description of project/event:
We will study the density and activity of the kangaroo rat using pre-inked tracking cards. Since the kangaroo rat lives in CSS and most of what Harvey Mudd owns is pristine CSS, we aim to examine a species that may be drastically impacted by construction. It is important to determine where the kangaroo rats are living in the BFS and discuss possible impacts on the species as a result of development. Our group consists of four Pomona sophomores: Kate Brieger, Christine Kho, Isso Shimamoto, and Winnie Wong.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1239750525-Nathan_Wilairat
Submitted: 2009-04-14 16:08:45

User Information
Name: Nathan Wilairat
College: Pomona
Email: nathan.wilairat@pomona.edu
College Phone: 510-295-9462
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Nina Karnovsky
Email: nina.karnovksy@pomona.edu
Phone: 909-607-9794

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 4
Dates of use: 2009-04-14 to 2009-04-30
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, vernal pools
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Pogonomyrmex barbatus (harvester ant), Linepithema humile (argentine ant)
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
We will be collecting some harvester and argentine ants and investigating competition between the two species in the laboratory. Our experiment may change based on preliminary observations of their interactions, but most likely will concern their interactions in different fixed ratios in the presence of a common food source. Other participants are: Jonathan Gelber, Sarah Woods, and Vincent Tenorio.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1239739190-Eleanor_Caves
Submitted: 2009-04-14 12:59:50

User Information
Name: Eleanor Caves
College: Pomona
Email: eleanor.caves@pomona.edu
College Phone: 505-239-5931
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Nina Karnovsky
Email: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
Phone: 909-607-9794

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 5
Dates of use: 2009-04-14 to 2009-05-10
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: classroom/infirmary area, lower neck, central neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Western Fence Lizard-Sceloporus occidentalis, Common Side-Blotched Lizard-Uta stansburiana
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? We will be marking the captured lizards with three painted dots before releasing them.

Description of project/event:
The purpose of this project is to investigate the population sizes of two species of lizards at the Bernard Field Station—the Western Fence Lizard and the Side-Blotched Lizard. In addition, we will be examining if one species is more prominent in a certain habitat type, our two study being the outdoor classroom (manmade) and a natural habitat in the northern neck of the BFS. This study will help us to shed light on the complicated, fragile ecosystem that exists within the BFS. Knowing how prominent these lizards are at the Bernard Field Station can help us to elucidate species interactions, as well as provide us with experience in a basic research method, such as mark and recapture. In order to capture and mark the lizards, we will be utilizing “nooses,” as have been used by previous classes at the Bernard Field Station, and the Botanic Garden. The nooses are simply extendable sticks with a slip knot, made of floss, tied at the end. To capture the lizards, they are approached from behind, and the knot is slipped over their heads. Once the animal has been caught, we mark them with three dots of colored, non-toxic paint, which will eventually come off of the lizards. We will also be measuring their length with a ruler. After these two procedures, we release the lizards in the same spot as we caught them.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1239134890-Par_Singhaseni
Submitted: 2009-04-07 13:08:10

User Information
Name: Par Singhaseni
College: California State Polytechnic University,
Email: psinghaseni@csupomona.edu
College Phone: (310)980-9851
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Graduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: California State Polytechnic University,
Name: Kristopher Lappin
Email: aklappin@csupomona.edu
Phone: (909)869-2355

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-04-07 to 2010-04-07
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Sceloporus occidentalis - Western Fence Lizard
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? Flagging tape will be used to mark the location of lizards

Description of project/event:
The Western Fence Lizard is a common species found among many types of habitats. They are a generalist species that feeds on a variety of arthropods. I will be comparing the diets of the lizards among different patches of habitat. The lizards will be caught by hand or noose and stomach-flushed using a gavage needle. The lizards will be housed overnight to monitor their condition and released the following morning. I will also be collecting arthropods via sweep net to compare with the stomach contents.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1238700428-Matthew_Borok
Submitted: 2009-04-02 12:27:08

User Information
Name: Matthew Borok
College: HMC
Email: mborok@hmc.edu
College Phone: 209-406-2957
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: HMC
Name: Ed Pearson
Email: pearson@Hmc.edu
Phone: 909-607-1872

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-04-04 to 2009-04-04
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
In order to learn more about the distribution and preferred habitat of the Western fence lizard, I plan to observe these lizards at the Bernard Field Station.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1238636789-Stephani_Shusta
Submitted: 2009-04-01 18:46:29

User Information
Name: Stephani Shusta
College: HMC
Email: sshusta@hmc.edu
College Phone: 714 470 9556
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: HMC
Name: Ed Pearson
Email: pearson@hmc.edu
Phone: 909 607 2257

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-04-04 to 2009-04-05
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
The purpose of my project is to conduct a natural history study pertaining to the Western Mosquitofish. I'm interested in looking at the distribution of the fish in open areas along the shoreline of pHake Lake versus areas of the shoreline that are more densely vegetated and how they utilize each area. I intend to do this by observing the fish in open areas of shoreline and in more vegetated areas of comparable size. I would also take note of any predation of the fish that might occur. This project will give insight into the fish's natural history and provide to conducting ecological studies.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1238567413-Daniel_Garcia
Submitted: 2009-03-31 23:30:13

User Information
Name: Daniel Garcia
College: HMC
Email: dgarcia@hmc.edu
College Phone: 619-846-2620
Other Phone: 909-607-2065
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: HMC
Name: Ed Pearson
Email: pearson@hmc.edu
Phone: 909-607-2257

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-04-04 to 2009-04-27
Frequency: just twice
Time of day: Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: E. californicum, E. trichocalyx
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:
Natural history Project: Investigate the natural history of E. californicum, E. trichocalyx, species indigenous to CA. I will study the relationship between the species and the fungus that resides on it. I intend to measure the amount of fungus that infects the plant as well as the distance to its nearest neighbor. I will also correlate the amount of infectivity to the approximate age of the plant.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1236570178-Juliet_Shih
Submitted: 2009-03-08 20:42:58

User Information
Name: Juliet Shih
College: Scripps
Email: shih.juliet@gmail.com
College Phone: 805-415-5447
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: HMC
Name: Catherine McFadden
Email: Catherine_McFadden@hmc.edu
Phone: (909) 607-4107

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-03-08 to 2009-05-01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Coastal Sage Scrub and associated plant community.
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO Flags will be used to mark transect.

Description of project/event:
I will be surveying the CSS plant community on the BFS and comparing the HMC property to the adjacent land. I may collect small samples of plants for identification.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: rr-1236569898-Chris_Gurney
Submitted: 2009-03-08 20:38:18

User Information
Name: Chris Gurney
College: CMC
Email: Cgurney09@cmc.edu
College Phone: 805-407-5747
Other Phone: N/A
Category: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: HMC
Name: Catherine McFadden
Email: Catherine_McFadden@hmc.edu
Phone: (909) 607-4107

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-03-08 to 2009-05-01
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: General plant community
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? Flags will be used to mark the boundaries of sampling quadrats

Description of project/event:
I will be studying edge effects by comparing the plant species composition and percent cover at various distances from the fence.

Other Use Requests

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1257903320-stephen_wong
Submitted: 2009-11-10 17:35:20

User Information
Name: stephen wong
College: CGU
Email: fyrefly78@yahoo.com
College Phone: 8182887336
Other Phone: N/A
You are a: Graduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: CGU
Name: pat evans
Email: patricia.evans@cgu.edu
Phone: 909 607-9292

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-11-13 to 2010-01-10
Frequency: Once
Time of day: (one time drop off/pick up)
Areas to be used: upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

I want utilize the natural processes within the bernard field station to decompose an animal that came out of the field station and became roadkill. this is part of an art project. This project seeks to give the animal a dignified burial/reification of sorts not possible for most animals slain on the street. I also want the project to explore the elements of fragmentation within urban settings. i will put the animal in a wire cage to decompose over the course of a couple of months. afterwards i will retrieve the bones, carefully wrap each one, and then re-articulate the skeleton.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1255326959-Maya_Higgins_an
Submitted: 2009-10-11 22:55:59

User Information
Name: Maya Higgins and Erin Baumler
College: Scripps
Email: mhiggins@scrippscollege.edu
College Phone: (505)414-6605
Other Phone: N/A
You are a: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: JSD
Name: Dr. Marion Preest
Email: mpreest@jsd.claremont.edu
Phone: 909-607-8014

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 2
Dates of use: 2009-10-11 to 2010-05-10
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night, , build pond afternoon, observe at
Areas to be used: western CSS, vernal pools
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: Anaxyrus boreas
Will any plants or animals be collected? YES
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? YES
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

Purpose: To observe the natural establishment and growth of a population of Anaxyrus boreas in the new toad pond. If the toads do not find the new pond on their own, we will attempt to determine if translocation would be a good conservation tool at the BFS. Methods: Create a new toad pond near pH lake. Monitor lake health/water chemistry/vegetation. Observe pond to determine if Anaxyrus boreas find and utilize the new pond. If they do, determine if their establishment is successful by looking at population growth/reproduction success. If not successful, attempt to translocate an existing population of A. boreas at the BFS to the new toad pond and measure the success of this establishment. Significance: To examine the success of conservation efforts and the ability of a species to acclimate to a new habitat naturally or by translocation in response to habitat destruction at the BFS.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1255200684-Charlotte_Chang
Submitted: 2009-10-10 11:51:24

User Information
Name: Charlotte Chang
College: Pomona
Email: chc02006@mymail.pomona.edu
College Phone: 8058953192
Other Phone: N/A
You are a: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: CGU
Name: Stephen Dreher
Email: stephen.dreher@cuc.claremont.e
Phone: (909) 447-5052

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 10
Dates of use: 2009-10-11 to 2009-10-11
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, oak forest along drive, classroom/infirmary area, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

Hiking/geocaching tour of the BFS for other students to learn about the space and to increase student awareness of this local ecosystem.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1241991655-Nancy_Hamlett
Submitted: 2009-05-10 14:40:55

User Information
Name: Nancy Hamlett
College: Pomona
Email: Nancy.Hamlett@Pomona.edu
College Phone: x73811
Other Phone: N/A
You are a: Faculty member

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: N/A
Name: N/A
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 3
Dates of use: 2009-05-12 to 2009-05-12
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

Rick Hazlett and Bob Gaines of the Pomona College Geology Department, will be accompanying me on a site visit to review geological features of the BFS for revision of the Geology and Geography description on the BFS website.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1240092536-Cornelia_Clarke
Submitted: 2009-04-18 15:08:56

User Information
Name: Cornelia Clarke
College: Pomona
Email: cac02008@pomona.edu
College Phone: (310)7661532
Other Phone: N/A
You are a: Undergraduate student

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: Pomona
Name: Nancy Hamlett
Email: nancy.hamlett@pomona.edu
Phone: (909)6073811

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 1
Dates of use: 2009-04-18 to 2009-06-30
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest along drive, corner, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

Photography of plant and animal species at the BFS.

Bernard Field Station Usage Request
Request Number: our-1240011969-Catherine_McFad
Submitted: 2009-04-17 16:46:09

User Information
Name: Catherine McFadden
College: HMC
Email: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College Phone: 74107
Other Phone: N/A
You are a: Faculty member

Supervising Faulty (if undergraduate or graduate student)
College: N/A
Name: N/A
Email: N/A
Phone: N/A

Project/Activity Infomation
Number in Group: 20
Dates of use: 2009-05-02 to 2009-05-02
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Morning
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: N/A
Plant or animal species to be studied: NO
Will any plants or animals be collected? NO
Will any vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? NO
Will flags or markings be used? NO

Description of project/event:

Tour of BFS for HMC alumni.

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