Field Resources
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The Pitzer College Arboretum began informally in 1984 as a movement to save surviving indigenous vegetation from demolition by well-meaning developers. The commonality among the sixteen Arboretum gardens, spread over an area of about ten acres, is that drought-tolerant and native landscaping can produce not only a beautiful and welcoming, but environmentally responsible setting for a college located in the San Gabriel alluvial scrub country of Southern California. See article featuring John Rodman and the arboretum named after him. |
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| The Bernard Field Station, located on approximately 86 acres, contains remnants of the once widespread Coastal Sage Scrub plant community. In addition to having one of the largest remaining parcels of Coastal Sage Scrub in Los Angeles County, the Bernard Field Station also contains alluvial fan scrub, live oak forest, grassland, an artificial lake with surrounding riparian woodland, and several created vernal pools. |
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The Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology reserve and field station is a 150-acre property located on the southwest coast of Costa Rica. Management of the property was transferred to Pitzer College in 2005, which manages the site as a biological reserve and logistical base for undergraduate ecological research and education.
Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology site: http://costarica.jsd.claremont.edu/index.shtml |
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