Stories about "Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area"

From a Distance: The meandering Sprague River at Bates–Morse Mountain
Friday, June 19, 2020 11:51 am
Check out this aerial photo of Bates–Morse Mountain Conservation Area and fun facts from Bates geologists Bev Johnson and Dyk Eusden '80.

Caitlin Cleaver named director of Bates–Morse Mountain Conservation Area and Shortridge Coastal Center
Friday, August 16, 2019 8:28 am
With extensive experience at the intersection of research, education, and conservation, Cleaver is "the right leader at the right time” for Bates–Morse Mountain and Shortridge, said Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill.

Video: What can you see in the starry Maine sky on a summer night?
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:41 am
This time-lapse video, filmed at the college’s Coastal Center at Shortridge, kicks off with sun barreling toward the western horizon. Then the show begins.

Q&A: Laura Sewall on 11 years as Bates–Morse Mountain director
Friday, July 19, 2019 10:30 am
Sewall shares takeaways from the conservation area, including the role of "blue carbon," the toll of climate change, and the value in letting nature take its course.

Curtis ’17 in key role as Bates joins Maine ecosystem project
Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:13 pm
With an alumna playing a central role, Bates College has joined The Nature Conservancy and state agencies in a long-term effort to monitor Maine ecosystems.

Slideshow: Bates photographers’ favorite images of 2017
Monday, January 1, 2018 3:00 am
Welcome to our annual showcase of the favorite images taken by Bates Communications photographers, featuring photographs from three perspectives.

Campus Construction Update: Shortridge goes 100 percent solar
Thursday, November 16, 2017 1:57 pm
A year after the first row of solar panels went atop Bates' Coastal Center at Shortridge, a second row has made the center electrically self-sufficient.

Bates in the News: Oct. 14, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016 8:00 am
The news media tells stories about coastal research, Bates parents of a transgender child, Val Smith '75's second year as Swarthmore president, and teaching 9/11 to students who don't remember it.

Slideshow: Beach morning, marsh afternoon, and starry night for these geology students
Friday, August 28, 2015 12:00 pm
From beach to marsh, geology students did faculty-guided thesis fieldwork in and around the Bates–Morse Mountain Conservation Area, with time for play, too.

For students, finding an invasive insect in Maine is yet another ‘useful’ Bates experience
Friday, May 22, 2015 10:17 am
Finding an invasive and destructive insect is no one's idea of good news. How the insect was found, by a Bates professor and his students, does hit better notes.