Each platform features a stand on which hikers can place their phones to take pictures of certain areas of the forest. 

These are areas that were once overgrown with non-native vegetation and briars that Woodlands Conservancy staff and volunteers cleared and replaced with hundreds of native trees.

These Chronologs will aid Woodlands Conservancy in the monitoring of each area to ensure the survival of as many trees as possible, and will help in documenting the effectivity of Woodlands Conservancy in their goal of restoring Louisiana’s forested wetlands.

The Chronologs will also allow the community around Woodlands Preserve to participate in citizen science by collecting this data. 

Once the participant has used the platform to capture the photo, they can follow the simple instructions on the stand to upload the photo to the Chronolog site where it will be automatically added to a time-lapse video.