Living Observatory (LO) is a public interest learning collaborative of scientists, artists, and wetland restoration practitioners engaged in the documenting, interpreting, and revealing the arc of change as it occurs prior to, during, and following the ecological wetland restoration on retired cranberry farms.  LO was initially founded to compliment the trajectory of the Tidmarsh Farms Restoration Project, the largest freshwater wetland restoration project to date in Massachusetts, and the restoration at Foothills Preserve.  LO now supports collaborative work on over 20 wetland restoration sites on retired cranberry farmland.

Recent News

We are hiring! Apply today to join our team as a Learning Coordinator and Data Specialist.

Explore Living Observatory Projects site to learn more about current research initiatives!

Living Observatory has developed a sister site, OneWater, under an MVP grant to the Town of Plymouth. The site highlights new work to model the risk of salt water intrusion to Plymouth’s coastal communities.

OnJuly 28, Living Observatory in collaboration with Mass Audubon, InterFluve, and SumCo Environmental hosted an event to learn from the site 7 years post restoration. Updates are posted to Making Meaning at Tidmarsh

Recent publications have moved here.