In 2017, a 14-year-old Virginia girl dug a backyard pond for a school project; 9 years later, it has become a thriving wildlife ecosystem

• In 2017, 14-year-old Maggie decided to build a backyard pond as part of her high school agriculture class project.
• Today, Maggie’s Pond is filled with aquatic life, surrounded by native plants and regularly visited by frogs, toads and other wildlife, a powerfu