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The Agricultural and Environmental Testing Laboratory located in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences provides soil and manure testing services for the agricultural community in Vermont and throughout New England. The lab also provides ¶¶Òõ̽̽ researchers with access to advanced analytical instrumentation, both for sample submission and hands-on use. Training is available in a variety of nutrient and metal analyses.

The Rubenstein School's main building on ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s campus is the net-zero, green renovated George D. Aiken Center. This living building includes a green roof, ecological design makerspace, onsite solar energy, and a long history of student and intern contributions to the ongoing greening process. 

The George D. Aiken Forestry Sciences Laboratory, located two miles from campus, is a shared by scientists, faculty, staff, and students. Students can work in laboratories with faculty and graduate students specializing in biogeochemistry, ecological design, ecosystem ecology, forest ecosystem health, silviculture and applied forest ecology, tree physiology, and more.

Delehanty Hall on ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s Trinity Campus houses several geochemistry laboratories for environmental research: 

• The is one of only a handful of such facilities in the country. Students can work with scientists who study Earth's surface processes to measure the age of landforms and the rate at which they change.
• In the Environmental Stable Isotope Laboratory, scientists use isotope analysis as a standard tool for studying elemental or material cycles in the environment as well as global climate change.
• The Limnogeology Laboratory specializes in studying lake sediments to reconstruct environmental changes of the past.
• In the Microbial Geochemistry Laboratory, faculty and students study the role microbes play in natural processes.

The James M. Jeffords Hall houses classrooms and state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratories. It is home to the Departments of Plant Biology and Plant and Soil Science within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Jeffords is connected to the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Greenhouse and surrounded by extensive gardens, living laboratories that complement the teaching and research within the hall. Opened in 2010, the building is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED Gold certified building.

The Marcelle Melosira Research Vessel, docked at the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, is a hybrid-electric catamaran used for research and teaching on Lake Champlain. The vessel is staffed with a full-time Captain and deckhand experienced in all aspects of limnological, geological, and fisheries sampling. In courses and as research assistants, students learn to sample for water and plankton, core for sediment, deploy and maintain in situ sensors, use gill nets, trawl for fish, and conduct hydroacoustic sampling.

The Proctor Maple Research Center is a research laboratory focusing on the sugar maple tree and its sap and syrup in Underhill Center, Vermont. The property consists of approximately 200 acres of wooded and open land and serves as a field classroom and research station for students, scientists, and maple syrup producers, offering presentations and tours. 

The Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory is located at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain on the Burlington waterfront. The laboratory houses state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities, including laboratories for the study of water and sediment quality, contaminants, and aquatic biota including fish, invertebrates, and algae. The laboratory provides researchers and students with the tools necessary to investigate and understand the ecosystem processes that determine ecological health and influence the quality of life for the human community in the Lake Champlain basin.

The is a research facility located in the Aiken Center. Staff, students, and faculty in the lab apply techniques in GIS, remote sensing, and spatial statistics to problems in natural resource ecology and planning. The lab specializes in biodiversity analysis, land-cover mapping, planning for conservation lands, and development of new applications for natural resource management.

The Spatial Analysis Lab is also home to the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) team which uses drones to capture landscape data to help clients solve natural resource and environmental problems. Student employees and interns often assist the UAS team.

The ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Greenhouse serves as an important facility for research and teaching in the plant sciences and other disciplines. A stroll through the greenhouse corridor reveals thousands of tiny seedlings being cultivated by ¶¶Òõ̽̽ researchers exploring the biochemistry, physiology and development of plants. Its central campus location provides a balmy refuge and quiet study space in mid-winter.

The Rubenstein School manages four research forests throughout Vermont: Jericho Research Forest, Talcott Woods, Wolcott Research Forest, and Washington Research Forest. These forests are used for recreation, research and educational activities that involve faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

From one thousand acres along the shoreline of Shelburne Pond to less than three acres at Redstone Quarry, from the lowlands of Colchester Bog to the summit of Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak, the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Natural Areas provide outstanding resources for teaching and research needs in disciplines that require or benefit from field experience.