Newsletters...

Friends receive newsletters approximately three times a year, with information about Friends events, any news affecting the status of the BFS, news of activities at the BFS, recent sightings, and information about the flora and fauna of the BFS. If you would like to receive a newsletter, please contact us. A donation to cover printing and mailing expenses is greatly appreciated!

Previous newsletters are also archived here for your perusal:

2012:

• February 2011 [pdf (871 kb)]
  Annual Silent Auction · BFS Volunteer Days · Invasive Plants at the BFS · Update on the Division of the BFS · Greater Roadrunner · BFS Director Search · Inflorescence Types

2011:

• November 2011 [pdf (1124 kb)]
  Development in the Quarry · The BFS: a Short History and the Current Situation · BFS Director Sought · Toyon, California Holly · California Ebony Tarantula
• June 2011 [pdf (919 kb)]
  Meet Dr. Jennifer Gee · Southern California Toad · Wedge Leaf Honeydew · Three New Species · Leaves
• February 2011 [pdf (189 kb)]
  Habitat Preserved · Habitat Lost · Statements from City Council Candidates

2010:

• November 2010 [pdf (272 kb)]
  Butterflies · Scalebroom · Update on College Plans · Stephen Dreher Departs
• June 2010 [pdf (195 kb)]
  Update on Harvey Mudd Plans · Harvester Ants · Popcorn Flowers · BFS 30th Anniversary Open House
• February 2010 [pdf (1002 kb)]
  Auction · New Lichen Discovered · Nevin's Barberry · Western Gray Squirrel

2009:

• October 2009 [pdf (245 kb)]
  New Pond at the BFS · Telegraph Weed · Galls
• June 2009 [pdf (373 kb)]
  Update on HMC Plans · Assorted Information · Four Spot · Bobcat
• February 2009 [pdf (920 kb)]
  New Plans to Build on BFS · What Constitutes the BFS · Wild Cucumber · Some BFS Animals · Habitat · Election issue: Statements from City Council Candidates

2008:

• June 2008 [pdf (514 kb)]
  New Elementary School Program · CUC Drops Plan to Build on BFS · BFS Website · Croton californicus · Ladybug · Common Insect Orders
• February 2008 [pdf (418 kb)]
  Auction · Deerweed, California Broom · California Ground Squirrels

2007:

• October 2007 [pdf (391 kb)]
  BFS & Schools · Big Leaf Mistletoe · Dragonflies · Fruits
• June 2007 [pdf (323 kb)]
  Introduction Reduction! · Scorpion · Milkweed · Inflorescence Types · Johnson's Pasture Purchase
• February 2007 [pdf (118 kb)]
  Election issue: Statements from City Council Candidates Linda Elderkin, Michael Keenan, Mike Maglio, Jackie McHenry, Opanyi Nasiali, Sam Pedroza, and Peter Yao

2006:

• October 2006 [pdf (243 kb)]
  Measure S · Annual Tobacco · Snails
• June 2006 [pdf (352 kb)]
  Johnson’s Pasture Assessment District · CGU Housing Project · Mining Ordinance · General Plan Update · Redberry · California Toad · Botanical Miscellany
• February 2006 [pdf (384 kb)]
  Silent Auction · Pinebush · Coots · General Plan Update

2005:

• October 2005 [pdf (400 kb)]
  CGU Housing Project · General Plan Update · Dodder · Bobcat · Fire Prevention with Goats
• June 2005 [pdf (352 kb)]
  CGU Housing Project · Lichens · Summer Research at the BFS · General Plan Update
• February 2005 [pdf (464 kb)]
  Election issue: Statements from City Council Candidates Corey Calaycay, Ellen Taylor, Sam Pedroza, Russ Brown, Al Leiga, Llewellyn Miller, and Michael Keenan · General Plan Update

2004:

• October 2004 [pdf (360 kb)]
  General Plan · Coast Live Oak · Bacillus bacteria · BFS Observations
• June 2004 [pdf (476 kb)]
  General Plan · Southwestern Pond Turtle · Sugarbush · Summer at the BFS
• February 2004 [html | pdf (388 kb)]
  Winter Visitors · College Master Plan · Yerba Santa · Bees · Rare Plants · General Plan

2003:

• October 2003 [html | pdf (416 kb)]
  Lyle Gustaveson · City General Plan · Blue Elderberry · Gray Fox · pHake Lake
• June 2003 [pdf (308 kb)]
  Community Access · Golden Currant · California Quail · Expenditures · North Campus History
• February 2003 [pdf (312 kb)]
  Election issue: Statements from City Council Candidates Jackie McHenry, Peter Yao, Zephyr Tate-Mann, Jeffrey Carman, Karen Rosenthal, and Sandra Baldonado

2002:

• October 2002 [pdf (380 kb)]
  Willow · Greater Roadrunner · Edge Effects in Coastal Sage Scrub at the BFS
• June 2002 [pdf (516 kb)]
  Buckwheat · Pink Glow Worm · Effect of Lead in Gasoline on the Environment next to Foothill Blvd
• February 2002 [pdf (356 kb)]
  Blue Dicks · Fairy Shrimp · Map of the Field Station

2001:

• October 2001 [pdf (400 kb)]
  Larry Oglesby · BFS entry sign · Nettles · Cactus Wren
• June 2001 [pdf (172 kb)]
  Contested Land documentary · Cane Cholla · Horned Lizard · Infirmary · 4^th Graders Learn Native Uses of BFS Plants
• February 2001 [html | pdf (180 kb)]
  City Council Candidates · CEQA Lawsuit Settlement · Toyon · Legless Lizard

2000:

• June 2000 [html | pdf (156 kb)]
  LEEP program · Wild Cucumber · Dodder · Woodrat · General BFS Information
• March 2000 [pdf (72 kb)]
  City's List of Benefits of Approving the NCMP

1999:

• December 1999 [pdf (73 kb)]
  More on CPCC · Where we are in the NCMP approval process
• November 1999 [pdf (75 kb)]
  More FAQs · Coalition to Preserve Claremont's Character referendum
• August 1999 [pdf (100 kb)]
  Answers to FAQs · BFS History · Quotes from Opponents to Building
• July 1999 [html | pdf (45 kb)]
  Update on the Status of the EIR for the North Campus Master Plan
• May 1999 [html]
  News and Status of the Environmental Impact Report for the North Campus Master Plan