FAU Student Works to Save the Owls

You might have noticed recent construction along the backside of FAU's campus. That is home to a few of FAU's most current development plans. Along with a long awaited football stadium, they intend to build new housing for upperclassman, and a parking garage with a row of shops below.

But what about our mascot, the burrowing owl. If my memory serves me right that same land was once the home of a number of burrowing owls and now a "species of special concern," the gopher tortoise. Unfortunately as the school continues to grow, they continue to build. FAU senior Dan Rowan is determined to make a convincing case to protect what is left of the preserve and that doing so would be of equal prestige as any building.

To read more about Rowan and his efforts to protect the last few inhabitants of the FAU nature preserve read the original article at The Palm Beach Post.

Here are a few of FAU's efforts to preserve the environment around campus: