Bernard Field Station

The official Facebook site for the
Robert J. Bernard Field Station
of the Claremont Colleges The Robert J. The BFS is currently comprised of 86 acres.

Bernard Biological Field Station (BFS) is located within the Claremont Colleges Campus at 1400 N. Amherst Avenue, on the north side of Foothill Boulevard between College Avenue and Mills Avenue in Claremont, CA. There are three habitat types that comprise the BFS: (1) endangered California sage scrub, (2) coastal live oak forest, and (3) non-native grassland. In addition, an artificial lake with surrounding riparian woodland and several created vernal pools add to habitat diversity.

🕹️ Check out this epic footage from our #drone workshop last weekend!

Interested in learning about processing drone images (November 9) and flying drones (December 7)? Get event info and register now: 7clib.cc/DataGISEvents

12/05/2024

The Claremont Colleges Library holds a drone workshop at the BFS

🕹️ Check out this epic footage from our #drone workshop last weekend! Interested in learning about processing drone images (November 9) and flying drones (December 7)? Get event info and register now: 7clib.cc/DataGISEvents

09/11/2024

View of the from the BFS this afternoon

Photos from Bernard Field Station's post

04/13/2024

Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry (Ribes speciosum) is blooming at the BFS, and the hummingbirds love it!

12/01/2023

Happy December!

Toyon (Heteroimeles arbutifolia) with berries.

05/03/2023

BFS Volunteer workday this Saturday morning, May 6!
Come help us pull some Maltese Star Thistles (aka Tocalote)!
All the rain this year has made them go crazy!

Details here:
https://research.pomona.edu/bfs-dev/volunteer/
Registration here:
https://forms.gle/atjwiV9kEwcaYtLLA

03/29/2023

BFS Volunteer workday this Saturday morning, April 1!

Come help us pull some thistles! All this rain has made them go crazy!

Details here:
https://research.pomona.edu/bfs-dev/volunteer/
Registration here:
https://forms.gle/atjwiV9kEwcaYtLLA

03/15/2023

BFS Volunteer workday this Saturday, March 18!

Come help us stomp out some weeds!

Details here:
https://research.pomona.edu/bfs-dev/volunteer/

Registration here:
https://forms.gle/atjwiV9kEwcaYtLLA

02/16/2023

BFS Volunteer workday this Saturday, February 18!

Come pull some Sahara Mustard and other invasive plants!

Details here:
https://research.pomona.edu/bfs-dev/volunteer/

Register here:
https://forms.gle/4phq1FPpVLd3BRkZ7

01/26/2023

Great volunteer workday on Saturday! The volunteers planted ALL of the plants for the first native plant demonstration garden in our developing ecological walk. Thank you, volunteers!

01/15/2023

First volunteer workday of the spring semester this Saturday, January 21, at 9:45 AM! Please come help us plant some plants for our ecological walk in front of the BFS!

More info here:
https://research.pomona.edu/bfs-dev/volunteer/

Registration here:
https://forms.gle/rh2r2GdRyXuHtBth7