Chronolog Time-Lapse Project at Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area   

Anyone can be a community scientist! Use your cell phone to help us document seasonal changes in the Sprague Marsh while you explore Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area. 

A Chronolog station has been installed at the entrance of Sprague Marsh within the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area to help document seasonal changes as well as tidal flooding events. This community science project provides an opportunity for visitors to contribute to long-term data to better understand how this unique landscape changes season to season and over time. Everyone is invited to participate!

How it works:

Step 1: Locate the Chronolog station along the dirt road of Bates-Morse Mountain. An informational sign will alert you to the opportunity to contribute to this project. 

Step 2: Place your cell phone on the designated mounting bracket and take a photo of the landscape.

Step 3: Email the photo to Chronolog by following the directions provided at the station. After the photo is submitted, you will receive a brief message through email about the unique photo you captured.

Step 4: Check back here or visit the Chronolog website and view a time-lapse series of everyone’s photos. Visitor photos are compiled together into a time-lapse series showing seasonal changes and all different weather conditions on the marsh.

Check out the Bates-Morse Mountain Chronolog timelapse: 

Calling all Educators! How could you use this tool in your classroom? 

• Introduction of phenology (study of seasonal change) 
• Tidal education and sea level rise
• Wabanaki Studies and sweetgrass beds in marsh ecosystems  
• Introduction of community/citizen science
• Introduction of the space and place before your visit to BMMCA
  • What do you Notice, what do you Wonder activity