First published by the Duke Nicholas School.

Many of my childhood memories are centered around the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, a Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. My mom has worked there for as long as I can remember, and during their summer meetings I would often tag along, swimming in Mirror Lake, hanging with my friends, babysitting the littler kids, or (when I got older) listening to the scientists present their research.

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