An image taken at Burns Nature Park in Sylvan Lake. (Supplied)

By Josh Hall | @Vancan19

changes in the natural world

Lacombe County gets funding for photography-based citizen science project

Dec 18, 2025 | 1:55 PM

Lacombe County is receiving $6,300 from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.

The money is to support Changes in the Natural World: A Citizen Science Project.

The project is a chronolog time-lapse photography initiative, the county says in a release.

Chronolog stations allow participants to take photos using their phones and upload them to create evolving time-lapse videos that illustrate how our natural world shifts throughout the seasons and years.

With support from the foundation, Lacombe County will install photo stations at Buffalo Lake, Gull Lake, Blindman River, Medicine River, and Crooker Wetland, expanding the County’s existing network of environmental monitoring sites.

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“The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has been a strong supporter of local environmental initiatives across Canada, and Lacombe County is thrilled to work with them,” said Reeve John Ireland.

“This grant allows us to grow a project that directly connects people with the environment, which will turn everyday observations into valuable, long-term environmental data.”

It will also fund interpretive signage at each location, and 150 trees and shrubs will be planted.

“We’re so proud to help Lacombe County bring this vital environmental initiative forward,” said Mandip Kharod, Regional Manager, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.

“TD FEF is committed to supporting programs that help to grow and steward quality green spaces in urban and suburban areas for everyone to enjoy.”

More about the project can be found here.