As a faculty member at a primarily undergraduate institute, I have limited research funds. The Read & Publish agreement Lafayette College has with The Company of Biologists helped make publishing my work open access in Biology Open accessible to me. This helped ensure that my work would be freely available and able to reach the largest possible audience. Also, as a lover of natural spaces, I was thrilled to learn about The Forest of Biologists and that a tree would be planted in recognition of my article.

