Bellefonte Area High School freshman, Eli Martin, is a member of the Lock Haven Wildlife Leadership Academy program. This program involves a dedication to spread awareness, inspire action, and foster a commitment to conservation. Eli has exhibited this pledge through a number of activities such as teaching others to fish, mentoring friends on hiking and camping trips, learning to carve and paint brook trout from reclaimed wood, learning the art of taxidermy, and processing deer meat into bologna. Eli has also worked to organize an invasive plant removal project that helped to restore native plant communities and support local biodiversity.
You can read the full article about this very impressive young man on the Wildlife Leadership Academy website here:
https://wildlifeleadershipacademy.org/outreach-highlight-eli-empowers-others/
