Chattanooga 8-Year Old Named Young Eco-Hero for Saving Monar

[Mona Miller]

http://www.wdef.com:80/news/chattanooga ... ro/07/2008
This got national coverage.
He's already created two Waystations and inspired a park to create a third.

We need more kids like Ben. Except where's he getting those Monarch eggs with 6 caterpillars in them.

[keithpetrosky]

That's a really cool story! I live in New York but in my area it seems they aren't very concerned about wildlife much. The local Park by me used to be full of Common milkweed and visited by many monarchs, but they eradicated all the milkweed for grass....

[Mona Miller]

I was able this year to collect some seeds of the common milkweed in an area, which is a gas line right of way. Within a few days of collecting, the rest were mowed to pieces. I'm hoping to get more common milkweed started from seeds. More and more habitat where I live is being converted to shopping centers, office complexes, and subdivision.