As human populations increase, deforestation and anthropogenic changes to the Earth's forests are projected to rise. With forest fragmentation increasing globally, 70 percent of all forests are now located within 1 km of an edge. These edges experience altered microclimate conditions, which influence carbon cycling. Climate projections for the New England region indicate an increase of 5.8 to 6.8 degrees Celsius by 2080, and precipitation patterns are expected to rise by 3-5 percent per degree Celsius of local warming. While temperate forests in New England have been shown to exhibit elevated carbon uptake at the edges of fragmented forests, less is understood about how soil respiration responds to interacting changes in temperature and moisture across edge-to-interior gradients, which is especially important for future climate scenarios. This study will quantify soil respiration across altered precipitation treatments at the Harvard Forest Climate Interactions in Forest Fragmentation experiment, which simulates drier and wetter conditions across a new forest clearing-edge-interior gradient. We measured soil respiration biweekly across six plots using the LI-COR LI-7810 and 8100-01's Smart Chamber spanning drought, control, and irrigated conditions, with collars positioned from clearing to edge to interior. Specific collars were also designed to measure the role heterotrophs and autotrophs play in soil respiration. By isolating heterotrophic respiration and tracking soil temperature and moisture, we aim to understand (1) the extent to which warmer soil temperatures will stimulate respiration rate and (2) if drier soils offset the impact of temperature-induced increases in CO? flux. With climate projections and precipitation patterns projected to increase, these findings will help bring new light to estimates of carbon fluxes in forest fragments, which will inform models of temperate forests' net primary productivity and help to better inform climate policy.