What began as a school assignment with a shovel and a patch of ordinary lawn has, nine years later, become a miniature wildlife sanctuary in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. In 2017, 14-year-old Maggie decided to build a backyard pond as part of her high school agriculture class project.

What began as a school assignment with a shovel and a patch of ordinary lawn has, nine years later, become a miniature wildlife sanctuary in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. In 2017,…

A backyard pond dug by a 14-year-old Virginia girl for a 2017 school agriculture project has, nine years later, grown into a certified wildlife habitat, drawing toads, treefrogs…