So I decided I could do something about it. He convinced his father, Glenn, and two neighboring property owners to let him doctor some of the fields, woods, a creek and a pond to make them more hospitable to wildlife. That was three years ago. The enterprising teen's tinkering with nature has been so successful that he recently won a statewide contest on wildlife conservation, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and state Department of Education.
Money always comes in handy.
But a bigger reward seems to be the rodent tunnels that snake under the mats of warm-season grasses Weber has planted in a meadow. Or the rabbits that scurry into the brush that Weber has allowed to grow on the forest edge. Or the red and grey foxes that hunt the cottontails. Weber drew up a plan and quickly set about erasing the monoculture on 75 acres of woods and fields. It's all part of a plan for more diverse habitat to make it better for wildlife.